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Big Beautiful Tax Loophole

“‘Donate’ $10 million in stock to charity, purchased for $6 million — then get all $10 million back in tax credits and avoid more than $1 million in capital gains taxes. Massive benefits for already rich individuals — you gotta love it. And it’s all created by House Resolution 1 in Congress — the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Kansas Reps. Ron Estes, Tracey Mann and Derek Schmidt all voted yes for it… “The federal voucher would benefit families with incomes at or below 300% of the area’s median income. In Johnson County, this includes families earning over...
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Oppose the election of Supreme Court justices!

We strongly oppose electing Supreme Court justices and hope you will, too. It is a way to undermine public education funding. Read more here: “Sue Bond isn’t squeamish about partisan politics. Her late husband, Dick Bond, spent four years as the Republican president of the Kansas Senate after all. But Bond, 89, doesn’t think politics should determine who sits on the bench of the state’s high court. That’s why she’s speaking out against the Republican plan to switch from a merit-based system to a model where voters directly elect the seven justices of the Kansas Supreme Court —...
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Kansas schools still see COVID’s effect on learning and behavior

“‘Those formative, foundational skills and those years were lost, and it’s going to take us some time to get it back,’ Kelley said. ‘Even though it was five years ago, we’re still behind.’ “Kansas educators say the pandemic’s stress and isolation affected children differently depending on their age and level of development. But students who began their schooling around 2020 are at greater risk of falling behind academically… “It’s easy to say, ‘This was five years ago. The impact is over,’ and with some children that’s true, Bielefeld said. ‘But with other groups, I think the impact is...
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