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WEB5 days ago — BY: Anna Kaminski - September 16, 2024. TOPEKA — An annual, independent review of Kansas’ foster care system shows it fell short for the third year in a row of improvements to housing instability and mental health care delays. The progress report, released Monday, put into words the reality foster …
Thirty-year veteran of state, federal government to seek 2nd …
WEBApr 26, 2024 — TOPEKA — A former staff member for two Kansas congressmen and an appointee in the state and federal government Thursday said he would seek the Republican Party’s nomination to replace outgoing GOP U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner in the 2nd District.
KBI history offers ample reasons for Kansans to scrutinize Marion …
WEBAug 21, 2024 — Clutter conundrum “In Cold Blood” relates the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in a western Kansas farmhouse and how the killers were brought to justice by the KBI.. The KBI provided Capote “first-class service” to help him to write his manuscript, including exclusive access to investigative files such as the “diary of 16-year-old Nancy Clutter — her final entry ...
KBI has tried to investigate law enforcement before — but …
WEBAug 22, 2024 — The public is entitled to investigative files underpinning special prosecutors’ report issued this month about the Marion County Record raid.. Not only has the Kansas Bureau of Investigation failed to tell the truth in multiple high-profile cases over the years, but the top echelon of law enforcement in this state has also demonstrated a reluctance — and sometimes an inability — to hold ...
Kansas farmers’ cutbacks helped water shortage at Quivira wildlife ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 — Kelly, in a letter to the federal agency last year, said forcing strict cutbacks on farmers “could devastate the entire region.”. If voluntary measures didn’t work, wildlife officials said last year, they would request again that the state enforce Quivira’s water right. In its letter, the federal agency said voluntary efforts had ...
Kansas legislative leaders draw up play to lure Kansas City Chiefs …
WEBJun 4, 2024 — TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate president and Kansas House speaker said Tuesday they were intrigued by the potential of putting together an incentive package capable of attracting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs to a new stadium complex in Kansas.
Kansas governor vetoes ‘reckless’ flat tax proposal
WEBJan 26, 2024 — TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly announced her veto of a sprawling flat tax proposal Friday, calling the plan “reckless,” and one reminiscent of former Gov. Sam Brownback’s disastrous tax cuts. The 5.25% state income tax proposal, encapsulated as House Bill 2284, was sent to Kelly’s desk Jan. 18, after the Republican-dominated ...
What the pandemic taught Kansas teachers, four years after the …
WEBAug 16, 2024 — Welcome back to the start of the pandemic-burdened 2020-2021 school year — and its legacy four years later.
Kansas school principal who helped hand out Bibles to students …
WEBAug 20, 2024 — A Kansas elementary school principal who invited an evangelical Christian missionary to pass out Bibles to students during their recess in May violated the First Amendment, the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas warned Monday in a …