Finney County ranked healthy despite poor health factors
Finney County in Kansas ranks 15th among 98 counties for overall health, with low premature death and low birth weights yet high smoking, obesity, low education, and teen birth rates pulling health factors into the bottom five. UW and RWJF note the anomaly as researchers compare health outcomes and factors across counties.
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University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Finney County
Kansas
Julie Willems van Dijk
UW Population Health Institute
Kansas Bioscience Authority faces DA inquiry
Kansas Bioscience Authority officials acknowledged a county prosecutor is examining the agency, and Governor Brownback voiced concern. Chair John Carlin says he has no concerns while CEO Tom Thornton calls the inquiry inappropriate without scope. The Johnson County DA has launched an inquisition, though Thornton says he has not been subpoenaed.
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Kansas Bioscience Authority
Sam Brownback
John Carlin
Tom Thornton
Thornton
Johnson County
Steve Howe
Kansas
Associated Press
Sublette coach faces counts of unlawful relations
Sublette High School boys basketball coach and middle school language arts teacher, Matt Ziegler, faces four counts of unlawful relations with a student. He was suspended with pay by USD 374 Superintendent Rex Bruce and is due in Haskell County court Wednesday for first appearance. The district board met in a special session but took no action. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation served a court summons Friday.
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SHS
Haskell County District Court
Ziegler
USD 374
Rex Bruce
Bruce
USD 374 Board of Education
Troy Briggs
Haskell County
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
GOP seeks one week extension amid looming shutdown
Congressional leaders haggled over a one week funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown. Obama summoned Boehner and Reid for White House talks as lawmakers debated spending cuts and policy riders including EPA authority limits and abortion funding restrictions.
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Washington
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John Boehner
Ohio
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House
Reid
Obama
Are federal workers overpaid debate heats up pay reform
Republicans in Congress call for overhauling the federal pay system to curb spending while Democrats say federal workers are underpaid versus private sector. The dispute grows after a GOP budget blueprint claims average federal pay far exceeds private wages, citing a hearing where Rep. Dennis Ross notes total compensation around 101,628 dollars.
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Congress
Dennis Ross
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