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Panel approves bill to extend executive orders on health care staffing shortages
TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee approved legislation Thursday codifying temporary suspension of regulations on health care providers included in the governor’s recent executive orders, sending the bill to the full chamber for debate.
How Kelly wants to spend state’s billions of surplus
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration laid out a plan Wednesday to cut taxes while spending more on education, law enforcement and mental health services as state lawmakers consider what to do with a surplus that could top $3 billion.
Dealers are spiking drugs with fentanyl, and killing even more Kansans during the pandemic
People come to Valley Hope in Atchison, Kansas, to get help. They’re fed up with addiction to cocaine or methamphetamine or OxyContin.
Senator got bruised by playground antics
There’s no love lost between Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a top health adviser to President Joe Biden.
Lower sales tax on food and expand Medicaid benefits
The bandwagon to eliminate the Kansas sales tax on food is gathering a crowd. The governor, the likely Republican gubernatorial nominee, former state senators from both political parties hailing from across the state and a prominent Wichita businessman are among those expressing support.
2022 MOVIES TO GET EXCITED ABOUT
It’s crystal ball time. • While Hollywood insiders mud wrestle over who should get which Oscar nominations for what, the rest of us can look forward, not back. • The pandemic made a mess of movie schedules for months, and screwed up the making of more. All that is still sorting out, and will be for a while. But we know enough to have 10 movies we’re looking forward to in 2022. • There are always dark horses that gallop up out of nowhere, and schedules can change during the best of times. But there are some new films worth getting excited about, too – any year Jordan Peele directs a new horror movie and Steven Spielberg pays a cinematic visit to his Phoenix years qualifies. • Here are 10 films we’re looking forward to watching.
Where are the tax payer dollars going?
As we continue to battle COVID in Kansas and the local area, we have friends, neighbors and loved ones becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID and COVID Related Conditions. The last issues for 2021 of the Harvey County Now, Harvey County Independent and Newton Kansan contained the obituaries of numerous Halstead and Harvey County Neighbors that’ve died from COVID or related conditions.
Extending fireworks misery
I was appalled by the report in the newspaper today regarding the city decision expanding the misery to be induced by the July 4 celebration in Newton in 2022. I have been complaining for the entire seven years I have been living in Newton about the noise created by fireworks after the legal hours for their use. What a nightmare you have created now.
Area basketball roundup
Prep girls Central Kansas LeagueHesston 43, Smoky Val. 33HESSTON — The Hesston Swather girls’ basketball team used a 15-7 fourth quarter to get past Smoky Valley… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close