Lawrence Journal-World 01-25-13

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Missouri tax debate focuses on Kansas

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Some say financially struggling state may not be best role model By David A. Lieb Associated Press

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EVERY THURSDAY AT THE YARN BARN, 930 Massachusetts St., a group learns to knit. The store offers classes in knitting, crocheting, weaving and spinning.

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LaPhonso McKinnis is standing on the tallest of three wooden boxes, a “1� emblazoned on its front. A first-place medal draped around his neck, the high school wrestler from Shawnee holds a white placard showing the 170-pound weight class bracket for the Dick Burns Mat Classic tournament. His name is written on the placard as champion after a long January day of wrestling in Bonner Springs. The 16-year-old is smiling as he stands for photos, in contrast to many young athletes’ instincts to sport a

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Inquiries center on how much input commission will have on state’s strategic plan By Scott Rothschild srothschild@ljworld.com Stephen Montemayor/Journal-World Photo

— LaPhonso McKinnis, 16 gruff face in front of a camera. Less than a year ago, McKinnis stood before his Shawnee Mission Northwest wrestling teammates one afternoon at practice, choked with regret. It was the Monday before the district tournament. Just one month into his first varsity season, the

TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration tried to launch a new statewide arts initiative on Thursday, but questions arose immediately about how to proceed, including whether the director works for the arts commissioners 170-pounder couldn’t help stealing items from the team’s or vice versa. Brownback “Today is a new day,� said his team. locker room. Coach Howard Days before, the life he Newcomb suspended him Kansas Department of Commerce Secretary led had caught up with him. Please see WRESTLER, page 5A Please see ARTS, page 2A He had turned himself in for

SHAWNEE MISSION NORTHWEST junior LaPhonso McKinnis, left, shown here wrestling Royal Valley senior Tristen Matthews at the Dec. 8 Cougar Invitational, has won two tournaments and placed third at two others this season. Less than one year ago, McKinnis turned himself in for stealing, beginning a turnaround that finds him ranked third in his weight class as of Jan. 22.

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JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — Envious of big tax cuts in neighboring Kansas, Missouri Republicans outlined ambitious plans Thursday to cut state income taxes in hopes of deterring businesses and residents in western Missouri from moving across the state line. While business lobbyists praised the proposals, Democrats, budget analysts and a teachers union representative all warned that Missouri may not want to be too much like Kansas, which now is grap- — Missouri pling to fill a budget shortfall state Sen. Paul LeVota Please see MISSOURI, page 2A

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Union bill advances

Vol.155/No.25 28 pages

A House committee OKs a bill that would prohibit the KNEA from taking voluntary paycheck donations from teachers to use for political advocacy. Page 3A

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