KANSAS ‘OUT-SCRAPPED’ IN 92-74 EXHIBITION WIN OVER WASHBURN. 1C HAS 2016 BEEN A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS?
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Incentives approved for East Lawrence project ——
But city decreases tax rebate amount By Rochelle Valverde rvalverde@ljworld.com
The City Commission voted to provide public incentives for a brewery, restaurant and apartment project in East Lawrence, but significantly decreased the amount of incentives from what was originally requested. The decrease CITY COMMISSION was debated among commissioners, after which the developer readily agreed to the reduction. The city is in the process of changing its incentives policy, but the current policy states that tax rebates generally should not be greater than 50 percent. The mixeduse residential development project will be located in East Lawrence’s Warehouse Arts
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nkrug@ljworld.com Above: Confetti flies in the student section, signaling the beginning of basketball season on Tuesday as the Jayhawks take on Washburn for an exhibition at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas won the game 92-74.
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Right: Kansas guard Frank Mason III (0) gets to the bucket against Washburn during the first half. More game coverage in Sports, 1C. See a gallery of photos from the game at KUSports.com/kubball11116.
Poll: Clinton favored in Lawrence by large margin
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n case you hadn’t noticed, it is polling season. I think we probably agree that poll season would be more enjoyable if it involved politicians and pollsters climbing tall poles. Instead, it involves trying to predict a winner of the presidential race, which now appears is being controlled by Fidel Castro and a pair of voodoo dolls. We reported Sunday on a poll that showed Donald Trump was ahead of Hillary Clinton by 8 points in Kansas. That was before the latest pin prick, also known as the FBI’s
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announcement regarding new emails potentially related to its investigation of Clinton. So the results may be different now.
But we also have a Douglas County poll on the presidential race, and it does a good job of illustrating just how different we are from the rest of the state. Among a sample of registered voters in Douglas
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Oct. state revenues miss mark by nearly $13M By John Hanna Associated Press
County, Clinton is ahead of Trump by about 42 percentage points. In other words, there is a 50 point difference in Lawrence’s preference versus that of the state as a whole. Of course, that depends on these two polls being reasonably accurate. The statewide poll was conducted by Fort Hays State University’s Docking Institute of Public Affairs. The Douglas County poll was conducted by the JournalWorld in partnership with Google Surveys.
Topeka — Kansas collected nearly $13 million less in taxes than anticipated in October, with the latest disappointing report Tuesday coming a week before an election determines whether voter discontent with Gov. Sam Brownback will cost his fellow Republicans seats in the Legislature. The state Department of Revenue’s report marked the sixth consecutive month of lower-than-expected tax collections.
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