Tag: Kansas
Former Speaker of the U.S. House Tip ONeill famously said, All politics is local. He was referring specifically to congressional races, where responding to local issues from a national perspective farm subsidy payments, Social…
Its hard to say for certain, but Iola may have just experienced the wettest 12-month stretch in the towns history. A thunderstorm that blasted through the area early Tuesday dumped .61 inches of rain in…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Prosecutors in the U.S. attorneys office in Kansas City, Kansas, improperly listened to recorded communications between inmates and their defense attorneys and willfully violated court orders during an independent investigation of…
Christmas came early this week to all 4-year-olds in USD 257 who are now able to attend a licensed preschool at no cost to their families thanks to a $140,000 state grant. Educators view the…
TOPEKA Aetna remains in hot water with the state of Kansas, which recently threatened to cancel the companys Medicaid contract. In late July, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment gave Aetna Better Health…
Kansas City, Kansas, police shot and killed a man on Tuesday who told a hotel manager that he had killed his wife and was heading to a popular shopping and restaurant area. The very angry…
Kansass share of federal dollars has been dropping precipitously in recent years. According to research conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, federal grants in Kansas as a portion of state revenues fell from 33…
Kansas will send 360 of its male prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, starting this summer. The Kansas Department of Corrections announced Friday that it had finalized a contract with…
At a time when liberal Democrats running for president are calling for universal health insurance and are often demonized for doing so its surprising how closely Iola city leaders hew to the mark…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas anti-vaccination group says its membership is growing dramatically since the state added two new vaccination requirements for children returning to school this fall. As of Aug. 2, Kansas is…
