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In Kansas, A ‘Glide Path’ To No Income Taxes. Will It Work?

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has put the state on what he calls a “glide path to zero” income tax. But that glide path is far from being clear or smooth.

On the face of it, Brownback seems to enjoy a remarkably strong political position. He’s a conservative Republican, flanked by GOP supermajorities in both legislative chambers. His allies helped purge moderate Republicans from the state Senate in last year’s election.

“I think the road is open,” Brownback says. “I think we do provide an alternative model. I think we do provide a red-state model.”

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USD to unveil new baseball home

Workmen put the finishing touches on at USD's new baseball complex.

The year: 2006. USD’s baseball team opened the season hosting reigning national champion Texas. An elderly Longhorn fan stood at the bottom of old Cunningham Stadium and looked skyward.

Thirty-four rows to the top. No rail. Steep as an elevator shaft.

USD Athletic Director Ky Snyder spotted the man. Be it Snyder’s kindness or fear that the fan would suffer vertigo, tumble to his death and USD would be slapped with a multi-million-dollar lawsuit, Snyder escorted the gentleman up the stairs.

Said Snyder, “(That climb) was disconcerting to a lot of people.”

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