Accuweather Wind Chill Index Shows Category 3 Stress
Weather index data indicates wind chill category three levels affecting livestock stress as industry analysts monitor climate conditions and ready protective measures for herds across regions. authorities advise farmers to increase shelter and hydration to mitigate cold exposure risks.
Insurers see older sicker Kansas exchange pool in 2014
Kansas insurers, hospitals, and healthcare reform groups discuss the 2014 exchange pool after a Kansas Health Institute panel. They note enrollees tended older and sicker, with mixed optimism on progress. Insurance leaders discuss rate plans for 2016, customer education, and possible participation by United Healthcare.
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Topeka
Kansas Health Institute
Matt All
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
Coventry
Curry
Kandice Sanaie
United Healthcare
Kansas Insurance Department
HealthCare. Gov
Scott Day
Day Insurance Solutions
Debbie Berndsen
Navigator
Kansas Association For the Medically Underserved
Navigators
Bruce Witt
Via Christi Health
Senate committee moves to plug pipeline tax break
Kansas Senate taxation panel revived Bill 48 to end a decade old property tax exemption for pipeline construction, affecting future projects while preserving exemptions for lines completed by 2014 and those begun before then. Local governments and school districts would gain from the measure, which senators may attach broader tax changes to.
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Michael Gillaspie
Oneok, Inc
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Senate
Topeka
Kansas
Oneok
Williams
TransCanada
Les Donovan
Wichita
Overland Park
Gillaspie
Mary Pilcher- Cook
Shawnee
Donovan
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Educators Push Back on KPERS Return-to-Work Plan
Educators express concern over Senate Bill 299 which would place reemployment pension benefits into an interest bearing account and pay upon retirement. The plan applies to state local and school employees with exemptions and limits varying by job type, prompting warnings about staffing challenges in small rural districts.
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Topeka
Jason Crawford
Elk Valley
Longton
Crawford
June Kramer
Elk Valley High School
Kramer
Tom Krebs
Kansas Association of School Boards
Ed Klumpp
House Pensions Committee
Senate
Jeff King
R-Independence
King
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