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Offering health benefits can help elite restaurants hire and keep ace employees. But owners would rather focus on great food, they say, than drown in administrative costs. Is single-payer the answer?

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has rejected a plan for cutting personal income taxes further and setting the state's sales tax at 6 percent in July to prevent budget shortfalls. The vote Tuesday was 71-42 against the measure. Republican legislative leaders said they're not sure of their next step. The measure was drafted by House and Senate negotiators to reconcile differences on legislation following individual income tax cuts enacted last year. Republican Governor Sam Brownback wants to raise new sales tax revenues to stabilize the budget. The tax is 6.3 percent but is set by law to drop law to 5.7 percent in July. GOP lawmakers' disagreements on taxes have blocked action on a proposed $14.5 billion budget for each of the next two fiscal years, starting in July.

MI6 may be the world's most legendary secret service, but fiction and film can't uncover its actual history. For that, you need BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera and his new book, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6.

Four of the top pianists in this year's International Institute for Young Musicians Academy at KU performed live in KPR's studios: Chaeyoung Park, 13, of Lawrence, KS; Albert Wang, 17, of Solon, Ohio; Bryan Ho, 14, of Potomac, MD; and Kyle Jannak-Huang, 13, of Chicago. Just click to hear this performance.Engineer(s): Jason Slote and Chubby Smith

General Richard B. Myers is the former Joint Chief of Staffs, taking that position shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks. In that capacity, he served as top military advisor to Present Bush, capping more than 40 years of military service. Myers gave the 2007 Dole Lecture at the University of Kansas on May 2nd, 2007. Engineer(s): Joseph DiNitto

As things heat up among Republican presidential hopefuls, this week's KPR Presents features Obama's top campaign media strategist. Margolis talks about Obama's 2008 campaign, the 2010 midterm elections, and what's ahead for the 2012 elections as he visits with Bill Lacy, Director of the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. Engineer(s): Lawrence Bush

No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top are just two of the recent attempts to "fix" our nation's schools. This week on KPR Presents, education historian Diane Ravitch talks about the REAL danger to America's education system...our attempts to reform it. Ravitch spoke at the University of Kansas as part of the Hall Center for the Humanities Lecture Series.

Six Southwestern Kansas Counties including Finney and Stanton have banned the discharge of fireworks this year. The drought gripping the region has dried out wheat and other vegetation that can easily be ignited. Ulysses town adminstrator Daron Hall says recent experience convinced officials to ban any substance that can be burned. A grass fire that burned in Stanton County incinerated 60 square miles in March. Despite the fireworks ban in 6 counties, a few others including Greeley and Scott Counties are going ahead with July 4th fireworks displays.

KC comes from behind in the final innings to send the series back to Kansas City for Game Five.

The lackluster revenue report is largely due to disappointing sales tax collections.