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Gov. Kelly visits Pittsburg to double down on Axing Your Taxes plan
PITTSBURG, Kan. (WIBW) – Governor Laura Kelly has doubled down on her efforts to go her Axing Your Taxes plan to profit all Kansans with a go to in Pittsburg.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly introduced on Monday, Feb. 6, that she traveled to the Household Useful resource Heart in Pittsburg to debate the “Axing Your Taxes” plan and the way it will profit residents. She stated the plan requires the instant elimination of the state’s gross sales tax on groceries, diapers and female hygiene to ease monetary burdens on hardworking Kansans.
“Due to years of accountable finances administration, we’re capable of afford to place a reimbursement in Kansans’ pockets with out placing our youngsters’s training on the chopping block or breaking the financial institution,” Gov. Kelly stated. “The ‘Axing Your Taxes’ plan will present reduction to Kansans in each nook of our state, together with in Southeast Kansas. I sit up for persevering with to work with The Household Useful resource Heart and Reside Effectively Crawford County to ease this pointless monetary burden for our households.”
“The value of meals and diapers is already too excessive, however these prices turn out to be particularly regarding while you have a look at the price of youngster care,” stated Ann Elliott, Govt Director of The Household Useful resource Heart. “Baby care can price a dual-income household family a fourth of their annual earnings, and almost half of the annual earnings for single-income dad and mom. Any {dollars} that our households can save with Governor Kelly’s ‘Axing Your Taxes’ plan will profit these we serve.”
Kelly indicated that the Household Useful resource Heart has supplied a secure and supportive area for Kansas college students to be taught in, together with these with particular wants, for greater than 1 / 4 of a century. She was joined by Household Useful resource Heart Govt Director Ann Elliott and Govt Director of Neighborhood Inexperienced Farms and member of the Kansas Meals Motion Community Matt O’Malley to debate the advantages of the plan.
“As dad and mom of two young children, my spouse and I’d see a right away impression on our family finances if the gross sales tax on fundamental wants objects was eradicated,” O’Malley stated. “Each senior on a hard and fast earnings, younger skilled, and hard-working Kansas household will profit from this transfer. It’s simply the correct factor to do.”
Along with the aforementioned eliminations, Kelly stated the plan may even name for an annual gross sales tax vacation for varsity provides in August and to chop taxes on social safety for retirees. She stated the plan won’t take important cash and sources from college students.
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Pittsburgh Steelers veteran linebacker suffers unexpected knee injury
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers veteran linebacker Tyler Matakevich suffered a knee injury against the Baltimore Ravens and would have missed practice on Sunday, the team estimated on their Sunday injury report.
Matakevich missed multiple games with a hamstring injury earlier this season but has returned and become a core part of the special teams room. If he can not play, the Steelers have inside linebacker Devin Harper on the practice squad, or they could turn to someone else, like Jonathan Ward, to encapsulate what Matakevich does on special teams.
Matakevich plays on all units, including both coverage teams. The Steelers re-signed him this offseason from the Buffalo Bills to help bolster their special teams units with the new NFL kickoff rules. He has four tackles in nine games for the team on those units.
With just four days until the Steelers face the Kansas City Chiefs, any new injuries will have a tough time healing before that game, and it seems likely that those players will have to sit or play through the injury on short rest.
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Texans Release Former Steelers WR
Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Steven Sims is searching for a new NFL home after the Houston Texans cut ties with the 27-year-old WR and kick returner. The Texans announced the move following the elevation of another receiver to their 53-man roster for their Week 16 matchup.
This was the former Steelers receiver’s second season in Houston. In seven games as the team’s returner, he returned seven kick-offs for 195 yards but failed to find the end zone. He wasn’t factoring into then offense at all, with just one carry and three receptions through his seven weeks of action.
The Steelers are quite familiar with Sims. During the 2022 season, he became the team’s primary kick and punt returner. He also became a fixture in the offense as a slot receiver. As a receiver, he hauled in 14 receptions on 23 targets for 104 yards and zero touchdowns. He also added on 13 rushing attempts for 70 yards.
He was much more productive in the return game. The speedy receiver fielded 19 punts over 12 games with the Steelers, collecting 105 yards. On kick-offs, he had 17 attempts for 434 yards, including a season-long of 89 yards.
In his career, Sims has made a name for himself on special teams. He broke into the league with the Washington Commanders and had a sensational rookie season in 2019 as a returner. That year he had 32 return attempts and collected 819 yards, including a 91-yard return for the sole return touchdown of his five-year career.
Sims went undrafted in the NFL following his collegiate career at Kansas. With the Jayhawks, he hauled in at least 50 catches in three straight seasons. His career best came as a sophomore, when he racked up 859 yards and seven touchdowns over 12 games.
It’s been a tough week for former Steelers receivers. Sims joins former star receiver Diontae Johnson in the free agent market. Johnson had recently been acquired by the rival Baltimore Ravens but lasted just a few weeks before being released.
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