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GUEST COLUMN, Vance Ginn, Kansas Policy Institute

 

Kansas recently reported better-than-expected tax receipts—$248 million above projections—for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Yet despite this encouraging news, Kansans won’t be seeing tax cuts anytime soon. Why? Because government spending continues to outpace sustainable levels, and the state’s new automatic tax reduction law has built-in roadblocks that delay relief even when taxpayers overpay.

According to the Sunflower State Journal, the combined total of individual, corporate, and financial institution taxes collected was about $6.038 billion for fiscal year 2025. That’s close—but still $87 million short—of the $6.125 billion threshold required to trigger automatic rate reductions under the 2024 tax law.

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SAINTS PERSPECTIVE, SCCC President Brad Bennett

 

When I walk across campus, I often find myself looking for trash, flaking paint, and weeds. It’s partly a habit (some people have suggested it might be more than that) but I prefer “vigilant stewardship” to “OCD.”  Because Seward County Community College belongs to this community, it is the job each one of us to help it look its best.

Over the years, our Saints team of employees has pitched in to lend a hand to the grounds and maintenance crews. Before students arrive to move into the dorms, we want everything to look tidy and well cared for. When graduation rolls around in the spring, it’s time for another all-hands-on-deck workday. Those sessions have paid off, and campus looks better than ever.

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MY PERSPECTIVE, Gary Damron

 

We just returned home from a trip where we spent 11 days with family members in their RV, then ended with a cousins' reunion. Each of those had the potential for an unpleasant outcome, but instead they resulted in fun memories and a deeper appreciation for those who made it all happen.

Last week we looked at some metaphors used to describe the church, including a family, a body, a vine and branches, and a spiritual house made of living stones. Today, using 1 Corinthians 12, we'll focus on the character of the Church, with a key component of unity. Jesus prayed shortly before His death, "'...that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me'" (John 17:21). Before that, He told the disciples, "'By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another'" (John 13:35).

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Haden Olive, Liberal

 

In response to the attack Commissioner Janeth Vazquez made on me, she was wrong when she stated my float was racist and not about democracy. It was 100 percent democracy. My freedom of speech is a right the radical left wing hasn’t been able to take away from American citizens, much to their chagrin. No bullying, no intimidation, just my personal opinion.

She had the right to have an entry in the parade, which she did the first time she ran for office, asking for votes. Perhaps with three positions open and three candidates running it wasn’t worth her time to enter.

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GUEST COLUMN, Glenn Brunkow, Kansas Farm Bureau

 

I love a good road trip, especially one around Kansas. That is why I am so excited about the listening tour Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) President Joe Newland and I will be embarking on July 21-23 and 30-31. Tour stops are listed at www.kfb.org, and you can register there also. Joe and I along with district directors will be at every stop.

This is truly a listening tour, and we want to hear what is on your mind. Your board of directors has spent the last year going over the organization’s strategic plan and we would like to present it to all our members for their input also.

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