Lawrence Journal-World 05-06-2015

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WEDNESDAY • MAY 6 • 2015

Lawmakers struggle to agree on tax solution

By Peter Hancock

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Topeka — Tax committees in the Kansas House and Senate showed little enthusiasm Tuesday for Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax proposals. At the same time, though, there was little support for any other tax ideas either, leaving lawmakers no closer to filling the state’s projected $422 million budget shortfall than they were a week ago when they returned for the wrap-up ses- Donovan sion. Sen. Les Donovan, RWichita, who chairs the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee, said he was disappointed by the lack of progress. “I wonder how hot it gets in Topeka in July,” Donovan said during a committee meeting, suggesting that if lawmakers don’t Please see TAXES, page 2A l Civil service system likely to cover fewer state workers under new bill. 3A

Uber to exit Kansas after veto override Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos

SOME OF THE POINTS OF INTEREST ON TED JOHNSON’S STOP DAY TOUR INCLUDE: top row left: the Memorial Campanile, sculptures in the Wilcox Classical Museum in Lippincott Hall, Watson Library; second row: Prairie Acre, Dyche Hall, the Vietnam War Memorial; third row: Wescoe Hall, the Mentor and Student sculpture, Marvin Grove; bottom row: the Chi Omega fountain, Twente Hall and Spooner Hall.

Annual tour to hit highlights, curiosities of KU campus

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ed Johnson, professor emeritus of French and Italian, plans to give his annual Stop Day tour of KU on Friday. The tour, titled “Perspectives on the Monuments of Mount Oread: A Stop Day Walking Tour of Kansas University,” begins at 9 a.m. outside the Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd.

Anyone is invited to drop in for all or part of the tour, which stops at 10 a.m. at Lippincott Hall, 11 a.m. at Twente Hall and Prairie Acre, noon at Watson Library, 1 p.m. at the Underground in Wescoe Hall for lunch, 2 p.m. at Wescoe Beach to Kenneth Spencer Research Library, 3 p.m. at

Chi Omega Fountain to Memorial Drive, 4 p.m. at Memorial Campanile, and 5 p.m. outside Spooner Hall. In case of rain, the plan is to gather at 9 a.m. in the portico of Lippincott Hall, 1410 Jayhawk Blvd., with lunch in the Kansas Union at noon, venturing outside when weather permits.

Topeka (ap) — Ride-hailing company Uber says it is pulling out of Kansas after the Legislature overrode Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of new regulations. The company said in a statement shortly after Tuesday’s House vote that it was ceasing operations in the state. Both legislative chambers comfortably surpassed the two-thirds LEGISLATURE majority votes needed for the override. Uber’s statement said it was saddened by the loss of jobs and transportation choice for consumers. The measure requires drivers for ridehailing companies to undergo state background checks and hold additional auto insurance coverage. Uber connects drivers to riders through a mobile app, and was operating in Wichita Please see UBER, page 2A

City of Lawrence adds public feedback feature to its website You now have a new way to spend time online: telling Lawrence City Hall what it ought to do. The city has created a new section of its website called Lawrence Listens. Go to lawrenceks.org/ lawrence-listens to check it out. Basically, the section will be an

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be Lawrence’s top three priorities for the coming year? Staff members plan on monitoring the responses and will provide them to city commissioners during budget hearings. Part of the idea is that the city wants to provide a forum for people who may not

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online public forum to communicate with city commissioners and other city officials. City leaders plan to post some questions on the website to get the discussion started. For example, the question they currently are posing is: What do you think should

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feel comfortable going to a City Commission meeting. The site does require you to register and asks for some information, such as your email address, although you can also sign in via your Facebook account.

Citizen survey ahead Lawrence commissioners Tuesday night voted to pay $29,500 to ask citizens how well local government is functioning. Page 3A

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