Federal mental health reform bill stirs civil rights debate
The Help ing Families in Mental Health Crisis Act would rewrite U S mental health policy and create a National Mental Health Policy Laboratory while curbing PAIMI funded advocacy groups. Critics warn protections for rights groups like Disability Rights Center of Kansas would be weakened, affecting legal advocacy for mentally ill Americans.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Disability Rights Center of
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The
National Alliance On Mental Illness
NAMI
Disability Rights Center
PAIMI
Treatment Advocacy Center
PRIMI
Rocky Nichols
Court strikes down judicial selection law
The Kansas Supreme Court rules the 2014 law unconstitutional, saying it infringes the separation of powers by placing crucial judicial appointment power in the legislature. Justice Rosen delivers the majority opinion, with Justice Stegall concurring separately.
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Supreme Court
Caleb Stegall
Stegall
King
Ray Merrick
R-Stilwell
Schmidt
Ryan Wright
Kansans For Fair Courts
Separation of Powers
Kansas Supreme Court
Topeka
Wright
Rare Christmas full moon draws MoonMappers tips from local scientists
Garden City High School teacher Kristen Mandsager notes a rare full moon on Christmas Eve and Friday. Amateur astronomers advise binoculars, telescope filters, and sunglasses for viewing as dawn reveals the moon setting in the west. Kansas State Professor Chris Sorensen adds that light pollution is low in southwest Kansas, though full moon offers less crater detail due to short shadows.
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Garden City
MoonMappers
Mandiager
Kansas State University
Chris Sorensen
Sorensen
Santa Claus
Kansas
Abengoa Plant Shuts Down Amid Debt Troubles in Hugoton
Abengoa Bioenergy halted the Hugoton ethanol plant in late November 2015 amid financial strain after a Spain bankruptcy filing by parent Abengoa SA. The facility, designed for second generation biomass, aimed to generate 21 megawatts of electricity and power the site while supplying surplus to Stevens County. Staff layoffs followed as the plant idled, with hopes for possible future reopening or sale.
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Abengoa SA
Abengoa Bioenergy
Spain
Hugoton
Colwich
Abengon
Department of Energy
Abengoa
Biomass Magazine
Gillespie
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