March 2024

GOP lawmakers tie care for disabled Kansans to their opposition of Medicaid expansion

TOPEKA — Several Republican lawmakers have sworn against expanding state health care coverage, arguing that they are “laser-focused” on fixing long wait times for thousands of the state’s disabled residents in need of health care first.The same lawmakers now say they will not fund more than a small fraction of state-funded waivers for disabilities services each year — an amount that represents the most amount of funding the waitlists have gotten in years, but a figure that won’t keep the lists from growing, let alone providing more Kansans relief.“Our work is not done,” said House Speaker Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, in an announcement of funding.

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Events calendar

March 29 6 to 7 p.m. _ “Eggstravaganza” Newton Recreation Commission egg hunt, 12th and Boyd Soccer Complex, Free. April 3 9:30 a.m. — Bethel… Login to continue reading Login…

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Kansas House tries to fix constitutional flaw to shield agriculture from animal-rights activists

TOPEKA — The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in 2018 challenging on First Amendment grounds Kansas’ quarter-century-old law thwarting covert investigations into the treatment of animals and workers at feedlots, slaughterhouses and crop production zones.Ramifications of that legal action continue to vex the animal agriculture industry in Kansas, farm lobbying organizations and rural legislators.In 2021, the 10th Circuit of the U.S.

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Area softball

Moundridge splits opener MOUNDRIDGE — The Moundridge Wildcat softball team claimed a Heart of America League split against rival Inman Thursday at Grasshopper Park in… Login to continue reading Login…

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