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KDOT secretary looking for path out of Kansas’ transportation industry labor shortage
By: Tim Carpenter - August 1, 2023
Kansas Department of Transportation secretary Calvin Reed is eager to address workforce issues as the state presses ahead with the 10-year Eisenhower transportation program.
Report: Children comprise two-thirds of Kansans removed from state’s Medicaid program
By: Tim Carpenter - July 31, 2023
Advocacy organization Kansas Action for Children says two-thirds of Kansans removed from Medicaid in the current review process have been children.
Kansas’ Marshall, Moran vote for bipartisan defense spending bill adopted by Senate
By: Tim Carpenter - July 28, 2023
Kansas' Republican U.S. senators voted for Senate's defense spending and policy bill, which conflicts with the House measure backed by Kansas GOP lawmakers.
New KHP leader eager to rectify troopers’ flaws, rejects claim agency at ‘war’ with drivers
By: Tim Carpenter - July 28, 2023
KHP superintendent Erik Smith said agency would adhere to a federal judge's orders in wake of a constitutional challenge to traffic enforcement tactics.
Kansas appoints new leadership at Lansing Correctional Facility, Larned State Hospital
By: Tim Carpenter - July 27, 2023
Kansas officials chose internal candidates to fill leadership jobs of warden for Lansing Correctional Facility and superintendent of Larned State Hospital.
Skeptics claim Junction City’s secretive maneuvering to entice meatpacker won’t pass smell test
By: Tim Carpenter - July 26, 2023
Talk of locating a meatpacking plant at Junction City along I-70 inspires conflict about government secrecy, economic growth and a rural way of life.
Kansas launches pilot for teacher apprenticeship program with 15 newcomers
By: Tim Carpenter - July 25, 2023
Kansas launches pilot program with 15 aspiring teachers interested in completing an apprenticeship leading to a college degree in education.
New Kansas law enforcement initiative getting help from dogs to chase down fentanyl traffickers
By: Tim Carpenter - July 24, 2023
Federal, state and local law enforcement marked creation in Kansas of a task force and a canine unit dedicated to fighting fentanyl trafficking
Gift of $1 billion to McPherson College sparking extraordinary educational journey
By: Tim Carpenter - July 23, 2023
Anonymous donor raises pledge to McPherson College to $1 billion after Kansas liberal arts college secures matching commitments of $500 million.
Kansas unemployment rate slides to 2.8% in June, breaking seven-month freeze at 2.9%
By: Tim Carpenter - July 21, 2023
Kansas' jobless rate declined in June to 2.8% — the lowest figure since August 2022 — and followed seven months with an unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Davids posts robust $600,000 fundraising total in 2nd quarter, tops among Kansas incumbents
By: Tim Carpenter - July 21, 2023
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ fundraising haul of $600,000 in the second quarter of 2023 was more than twice the total of other members of the Kansas congressional delegation, but U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran easily maintained his financial advantage with a campaign account stuffed with nearly $3.5 million. Davids, the delegation’s lone Democrat, was […]
U.S. District Court judge derails employment lawsuit filed by women at Kansas Highway Patrol
By: Tim Carpenter - July 20, 2023
TOPEKA — A U.S. District Court judge resolved in favor of the state of Kansas without a trial the lawsuit alleging the recently retired Kansas Highway Patrol superintendent engaged in discrimination against female employees in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Six plaintiffs in the 2021 lawsuit alleged former KHP Col. Herman Jones and Jones’ top […]