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Panel Proposes Federal Gas Tax Hike (Convenience Store News)WASHINGTON -- A 15-member panel created by Congress is urging lawmakers to increase the federal gasoline and diesel fuel taxes by 50 percent to finance highway construction and repairs, until the government devises another way for motorists to pay for using public roads, the Associated Press reported.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:00:04 GMT.
Tribe to pursue wind energy project (St. Joseph News-Press)
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska will attempt to construct what may be the first wind energy project on American Indian soil in Kansas. The tribe will work with Enertech of Newton, Kan., on plans to install wind generators in the summer.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:06:50 GMT.
Great fishing, hunting (North Platte Telegraph)
UNL Journalism Student WASHINGTON, Kan., - Matt Manning knows Nebraska is a great state to hunt and fish. He has traveled to the state several times from his home in Washington to fish and hunt pheasant and deer.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:24:01 GMT.
Jumbo mortgage loan rates put damper on refinancing (Boston Globe)
While plunging mortgage rates have spawned a frenzy of refinancing, borrowers with larger, so-called jumbo loans are still seeing interest rates in the 7 percent range, prompting many to abandon refinancing plans altogether or resort to creative transactions.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:40:01 GMT.
Unlocking Employee Potential by Closing the Engagement Gap is Now More Critical Than Ever (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
STAMFORD, Conn.----With virtually all businesses facing significant economic challenge today, pressure is mounting to reduce costs and improve financial results while maintaining or increasing productivity across the board.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT.
New Congress will face daunting tasks (The Morning Call)
Ambitious agenda: Recession, universal health care among slew of policy issues. Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face upon convening this week, with an incoming president pushing to stabilize an economy on the brink of long-term recession, to create universal health coverage and to overhaul federal energy policies.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:49:49 GMT.
A legacy of public service (Gretna Breeze)
Since 1972, Inez Boyd has been a Bellevue council member, Bellevue mayor and a Sarpy County commissioner. Bellevue Leader: Why are you choosing to end your political career now?
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:33:35 GMT.
Capitol looks beyond reform (The Evening Sun)
Thirty-four new lawmakers will be sworn in Tuesday, meaning 35 percent of the Legislature has turned over since a hated 2005 pay raise sparked a reform movement in Pennsylvania.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:09:40 GMT.
Ambitious agenda will test Congress, partisan divides (Hutchinson News)
WASHINGTON - Rarely have lawmakers confronted an agenda as ambitious as the one Congress will face u ...
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:57:07 GMT.
k1008 BC-KS-KansasToday 01-03 1551 (Hays Daily News)
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson announced Friday that he's not running for governor in 2010, walking away from being perceived as Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' hand-picked political heir.
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:50:04 GMT.