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WEBBY: Grace Hills - October 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 …
Kansas GOP leaders drafting new roadmap for Legislature's annual ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 · TOPEKA — Kansas Republicans pressing to reform the Legislature’s annual budget-writing process want to displace governors from the lead role in proposing state spending changes, alter a Statehouse culture that embraced the three-day workweek, and make it difficult for lobbyists to slip special-interest earmarks into bills.
Criminal justice panel hashes out potential changes to Kansas …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · By: Noah Taborda - September 20, 2021 2:30 pm. A subcommittee of the Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission debated potential modifications to the Kansas Public Offender Registry. The full commission will review suggestions from the group and incorporate them in a final report to the Legislature (Screen Capture of …
Gov. Laura Kelly signs tax reduction bill passed with bipartisan ...
WEBJun 21, 2024 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday she signed a bill reducing state taxes by $1.2 billion over three years that was approved with broad bipartisan support of legislators during a one-day special session.
Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis ...
WEBAug 30, 2024 · TOPEKA — As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County. COVID positivity rates have been steadily increasing in Kansas, Missouri and across the country since July.
New Kansas flat tax proposal would mainly benefit state's top 20
WEBMar 13, 2024 · TOPEKA — A revamped flat tax plan touted by Kansas Senate lawmakers on Tuesday would cost the state nearly $650 million annually once phased in, give 40% of the benefits to the state’s top 20% and reap billionaire Charles Koch a half-million dollar windfall, according to independent analysis.. During the Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation hearing, Republican lawmakers claimed the ...
Salina partners with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restore …
WEBJul 17, 2024 · SALINA — The Smoky Hill River may flow more freely through Salina in the next decade if a long-term development comes to fruition. On Monday, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of Salina signed a cost-share agreement to be funding partners for a portion of the proposed Smoky Hill River renewal project.
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WEBSep 30, 2024 · BY: Max McCoy - September 29, 2024. One hundred and sixty-five years ago come Friday, the Kansas Constitution was adopted by voters. The document had been framed the sweltering summer before in an unfinished brick building between the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in recently organized Wyandotte County. The document is …
Kansas legislators light a fire under state agency seeking …
WEBAug 13, 2024 · TOPEKA — A state Department of Wildlife and Parks’ attorney ran into a bipartisan buzz saw for failing to submit to the Kansas Legislature an estimate of the potential cost to consumers, businesses and government if lawmakers approved a proposed regulation requiring the replacement of fire extinguishers on boats every 12 years.
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