LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Last week, KDADS and the Legislature requested $50 million to address the Disabled Wait List. The Wait List for Intellectually/Developmentally Disable and Physically Disabled Kansans now tops 7,200 as of Jan 2023.
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Reducing incarceration could cut costs while helping our fellow Kansans
Industrial engineers are system engineers. We work to understand where pain occurs in processes so people can function more easily.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Kelly once again cheats 7,000 I/DD and PD Kansans In KDADS budget appropriations the agency requested $50M to address the Disabled Waiting List, over 7,000 people. The Governor removed it but ensured Medicaid expansion was funded.
Insight Kansas: Kansas an outlier on medical cannabis
As one of only 13 states that does not legally allow the medical use of cannabis, Kansas will likely continue to face growing calls to rethink its approach. In her 2023 State of the State Address, Governor Laura Kelly urged the Kansas Legislature to legalize the medical use of cannabis.
When it comes to addressing homelessness, Kansans know best
Thursday afternoon, I sat through the House Committee on Welfare Reform’s hearing on HB 2430. I can say that this bill would be a disaster for Kansans.
‘I claim authorship!’
In December 1916 an old farmer from Cando, Kasper F. Ebner, made a startling declaration in the columns of the Nonpartisan Leader, newspaper of the Nonpartisan League: he claimed to be the author of the anthem of the plains, “Little Old Sod Shanty on the Claim.”
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Ignorance on display Our Kansas congress refuses to pass marijuana legislation because “it could encourage violent crime.” How ignorant. Pot doesn’t cause violence.
RESEARCHERS STUDYING METABOLIC PATHWAYS THAT RELEASE DOPAMINE
Dear Doctors: I heard a story on the news about a connection between your gut microbiome and whether you like to exercise. Is that really true? If it is, I’d like to know how the scientists figured that out. Is there a way to change your gut to make you like working out?
Lawmakers have declared war on the poor. They betray the 340,000 Kansans living in poverty
A battle cry has burst from the Kansas Statehouse, echoing through the marble halls and luxurious chambers. Legislators have focused their energies and coercive powers on a group of some 340,000 Kansans, more than the population of Overland Park.
Heavenly Views on the Farm
As spring slowly approaches, my two children and I have spent a considerable amount of time in vehicles as of late getting to or from practices well into the evenings. While in town, light poles illuminate our Main Street, a flashing red light brightens the main intersection, light streams from the windows of local businesses, and porch lights brighten otherwise dark sidewalks.