Kansas signs deal for eligibility system upgrade
Kansas contracted with Accenture to provide an automated eligibility system to verify applicants for social services and Medicaid. The $85 million technology cost plus $50 million for five years of operations aims to reduce fraud and will link state databases to check income and qualification, with 90 percent of costs expected to be covered by federal funds and operations set to begin in 2018.
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Topeka
Kansas
Texas
Gev
Jeff Colyer
Kansas arts supporters urge Brownback to restore funding
Supporters of the arts urged Gov. Sam Brownback to restore $700,000 for the Kansas Arts Commission at a Topeka news conference joined by Rep. Paul Davis. They cited NEA and Mid-American Arts Alliance grant suspensions totaling $1.2 million. A Brownback spokesperson cited priorities for core government programs.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Kansas Arts Commission
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Davis
Kansas House
Brownback
National Endowment For the Arts
Mid-American Arts Alliance
Commission
House
Citizens For the Arts
Arts Commission
NEA
Kansas Arts Foundation
Mid-America Arts Alliance
One dead two wounded in Topeka shooting
Police in Topeka say robbery motive in a homicide at a home where 32 year old Timothy Stone was fatally shot and pronounced dead after being found with a life threatening wound. An 83 year old suspect is in custody after three other residents overpowered him.
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Topeka
Timothy Stone
Stone
Wibw-Tv
California man pleads in Salina double murder
A California man pleaded no contest to second degree murder and manslaughter in the Salina double homicide. Terrence Watson of Los Angeles avoided a capital murder trial over the September 2008 deaths of Ernest Jones Jr. and Taryn Dechant. Dechant’s children witnessed the shooting but were not harmed. Anna Hartman was sentenced to five years for her role, having assisted in roughing up the victims.
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Salina
California
Terrence Watson
Los Angeles
Ernest Jones Jr
Taryn Dechant
KSAL
Dechant
Anna Louise Hartman
Hartman
Watson
Wife pleads guilty to aiding desertion in infant death case
Erika Suzanne Pierret Frey, 22, of Ft. Riley, admitted helping her husband desert the Army during a probe into the death of their infant son. She pleaded guilty to one count of enticing desertion and harboring a deserter. The plea outlines that she and Private Austin A J Frey fled Ft. Riley amid the investigation.
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Kansas City, Kan
Ft. Riley
US Attorney’s Office
Erika Suzanne Pierret Frey
Austin A.J. Frey
Arts funding gap leaves Kansas arts groups in limbo
Advocates struggle to replace nearly 2 million dollars of state arts funding after Governor Brownback vetoed bills maintaining support. The cut triggers NEA and MAAA losses, shrinking Fox Theatre grants and canceling Cinco de Mayo exhibits, with arts centers in Hutchinson Garden City and Hays planning fundraisers and seeking city help.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas Arts Commission
Hutchinson
National Endowment For the Humanities
Mid-America Arts Alliance
Fox
William Inge
The
Arts Commission
Diamond W Wranglers
Hutchinson Symphony
Mark Bassette
Hutchinson Arts Center
Hutchinson/Reno
Brownback
Davis
Randy Matthews
Fox Theatre
Kansas Arts Foundation
Matthews
Hutchinson Art Center
Bassette
Cinco de Mayo
MAAA
Kansas faces halting transport work if federal gas tax lapses
Kansas could delay or cancel highway projects if Congress does not reauthorize the federal gasoline tax set to expire Sept. 30. Deputy Secretary Jerry Younger warned that without renewal FHWA disbursements stop, jeopardizing a 2010 10-year program and forcing prioritization toward preservation over expansion.
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Topeka
Kansas
Congress
Jerry Younger
Federal Highway Administration
Younger
Grover Norquist
Americans For Tax Reform
Kansas Histori
Cally
Kansas Humane Society charges volunteers 15 dollars
The Kansas Humane Society will start charging volunteers aged 18 and older a 15 dollar fee to cover costs for a T shirt name badge access card training materials and facility costs. Volunteers 17 and under and current volunteers are exempt. The move follows a volunteer surge after relocating to a larger Wichita building.
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The
Kansas Humane Society
the Humane Society
Wichita Eagle
Jennifer
Campbell
Humane Society
the Eagle
New Orleans
Volun
Teers
Colorado
California
Sedgwick County Zoo
Bridget Sanders
Zoo
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Pat Hanrahan
United Way of the Plains
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