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THURSDAY • MAY 1 • 2014

Kansas revenue falls far below estimates

Request for money hits a nerve

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Brownback blames Obama; Democrats argue governor is directly responsible Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photos

ABEL MARTENS, LEFT, AND JUSTIN GUDENFAUF, both of Lawrence, play a game of ping pong Wednesday at the East Lawrence Recreation Center. Below is a box at the center seeking donations from rec center users to help the city pay for equipment.

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In the northwest corner of Lawrence, city officials are spending more than $22 million for a new recreation center and related infrastructure for the adjacent Rock Chalk Park Sports complex. But in other pockets of the city — at the recreation centers at Holcom Park, East Lawrence and downtown, for example — city officials have donation boxes up hoping to

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attract a few dollars to help maintain equipment such as treadmills and weight machines. “I think in many regards it is kind of a slap in the face to residents who live in other parts of town,” said Anne Schulman, a Lawrence resident who uses the Holcom center. “The equipment there is not in a real up-to-date condition. They are pouring all of this money into Rock Chalk Park, and they are asking for

Topeka — Kansas tax receipts fell sharply in April, decreasing 30 percent below April 2013, and prompting a round of political finger pointing as lawmakers reconvened after a threeweek break to finish the year’s legislative business. The figures surprised legislative leaders because the drop-off occurred less than two weeks after budget experts and Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration submitted a revenue estimate Brownback that indicated state coffers were in good shape for the rest of the fiscal year. House Speaker Ray Merrick, R-Stilwell, said budget leaders would analyze the new numbers “and make prudent decisions that will continue to ensure that the state meets its funding obligations.” The revenue figures ignited immediate political fallout.

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As city seeks donations, users point to millions spent on new rec center By Chad Lawhorn

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SafeCenter aims to reduce sexual violence through education By Giles Bruce

RACHEL GADDNELSON is director of community engagement for GaDuGi SafeCenter, which helps victims deal with the aftermath of sexual violence.

We have to vocalize and articulate these issues. That means it’s going to get easier and easier to talk The majority of sexual as- about.” Twitter: @GilesBruce

saults in this country aren’t reported to the police. Of those that are, only a small percentage end in a conviction. The staff members at GaDuGi SafeCenter have these facts in mind as they try to help victims navigate the turbulent legal and emotional

— Rachel Gadd-Nelson, director of community engagement at GaDuGi SafeCenter waters that follow incidents of sexual violence. Decades ago, people in Lawrence didn’t even have that kind of support available. That changed in 1972, when

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New at Headquarters Lawrence-based Headquarters Counseling Center will soon have a new executive director. Andy Brown will lead the agency beginning May 12. Page 3A

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