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Kansas Legislature’s latest budget bill offers executive branch, university workers a 1% raise
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (376+ words) TOPEKA " The Kansas Legislature's new budget bill includes a 1% across-the-board salary increase for about 35,000 employees in the executive branch and at Kansas Board of Regents universities. "With the price of everything " inflation " I think it's important to give a little…...
Proposed bill would require Kansas gov. to submit personal food assistance data to feds
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (595+ words) TOPEKA " An ongoing battle between the attorney general and Kansas governor about releasing Kansans" personal data to the federal government made its way to a Tuesday committee hearing on a bill intended to force the governor"s hand. Senate Bill…...
Kansas schools could be required to verify family income for every student receiving free lunch
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (884+ words) TOPEKA " In Vicki Schumacher's nutrition services office at Wichita Public Schools, staff spend roughly two hours verifying one free lunch application from start to finish. Under proposed legislation, the office could see its work increase twentyfold. Current federal law requires…...
Kansas man dies after pickup strikes a tree
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (135+ words) ATCHISON COUNTY "One" person died in an accident just after 10:30p.m. Thursday in Atchison County.The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Kansas man dies after pickup strikes a tree ATCHISON COUNTY "One person died in an accident just after 10:30p.m. Thursday in…...
Kansas shooting suspect captured after 4-hour, city-wide search
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (237+ words) DOUGLAS COUNTY " After a nearly 4-hour city-wide search, Lawrence Kansas Police officers arrested a man they suspect went to an apartment, knocked on the door, then shot another man at the entrance, according to a media release from Lawrence Police....
Latest weather updates, expected snowfall Hays, northwest Kansas
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (340+ words) By CRISTNA JANNEYHays Post The latest snowfall predictions from the National Weather Service in Dodge City have Hays receiving between 4 and 7 inches of snow this weekend. The weather service office in Goodland has forecast lower snowfall amounts to the north…...
Kansas gov. issues state of disaster emergency for winter storm
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (212+ words) A significant winter storm is forecast to impact a large portion of the country. An arctic front will usher in frigid temperatures and strong, gusty winds, creating dangerous wind chills. Snowfall amounts will vary across Kansas, ranging from light accumulations…...
Why 30 hospitals in Kansas and 12 in Missouri are at risk of closure
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1357+ words) By SUZANNE KINGThe Beacon Kansas has more hospitals in immediate danger of closing than any other state, according to a recent analysis of the financial health of the country's most remote hospitals. The'Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, a national…...
3 hospitalized after fire at home in Kansas City
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (169+ words) KANSAS CITY'Three people were injured in a fire on Sunday in Kansas City.Just after 10:30a.m. crews were dispatched to a reported house fire 3 hospitalized after fire at home in Kansas City KANSAS CITY'Three people were injured in a fire on…...
Kansas marijuana laws remain unchanged, despite Trump promoting looser regulations
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (277+ words) TOPEKA " President Donald Trump took the first step Thursday to reclassify marijuana, but the move won't affect Kansans unless the state changes its laws, a law enforcement professional said." Trump"signed an executive order"to drop marijuana from a Schedule…...