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Kansas House speaker says Legislature's budget takeover could …
Oct 3, 2024 · TOPEKA — Lawmakers’ plans to take control of the state’s budget-writing process could be rocky upon rollout, Republican leadership warned Wednesday as outside groups weighed in. The new approach positions the Legislature as the state’s chief budget authority and, if successful, would mean a budget is proposed as a bill on the first day ...
‘The next Kitty Hawk’: FAA regional administrator talks future of ...
Oct 12, 2024 · The audio setup for the Kansas Aviation Summit is placed next to a Cessna airplane. The summit, held at Salina Regional Airport, featured several aviation experts and industry professionals discussing the future of flight in Kansas.
Passage of Missouri sports betting amendment will squeeze …
Sep 26, 2024 · Missouri voters will decide the sports betting constitutional initiative Nov. 5. If approved, Missouri regulators would be directed to set up a sports gambling network by December 2024. Overall, Proffitt said the state general fund in the current fiscal year had authorized expenditures of $10.5 billion on forecasted revenue of $9.7 billion.
Kansas governor keen to ‘revamp’ cash assistance program in 2025
Oct 4, 2024 · TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wants the Legislature to revisit the 2015 policy that placed restrictions on access to the state’s cash assistance program and made Kansas’ program one of the trickiest to access in the country. Kelly said she intends to work with lawmakers in the upcoming 2025 session to “revamp” the Hope, Opportunity ...
Kansas Bar Association grades judges ahead of retention vote
Oct 2, 2024 · TOPEKA — The seven Kansas judges up for retention have been scored by attorneys with the Kansas Bar Association for retention recommendations. The average was an 86% recommendation for retention, with the highest score of 94% to judge Sarah E. Warner. Warner was appointed be a Court of Appeals judge in 2019 and served as president of the KBA ...
Kansas elections approach like a runaway train. Here's how to hop ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Elizabeth Wickstrom and her family have been residents of Prairie Village, Kansas for more 30 years. During that time, she has been practicing high-risk obstetrics as a maternal fetal medicine physician, caring for patients with complicated pregnancies.
Latest Kansas foster care report describes big problems, potential …
Oct 2, 2024 · An independent review of Kansas’ foster care system has found some significant shortcomings. For starters, too many kids lack timely access to the mental health services they desperately need.
GOP senator eager to change Kansas' method of ... - Kansas …
Jan 18, 2024 · Matt Bingesser, administrative counsel in the office of Attorney General Kris Kobach, said a Senate bill altering Kansas’ method of filling U.S. Senate vacancies would likely conflict with the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.