Housing: Holcomb weighs incentives to spur development
Holcomb and council mull an incentive program to lure builders. Claar urges freezing property valuations for rebates at project completion to avoid rising rebates. Mayor Newman notes developers need a trigger to move, as landowners await the right moment. Rupp and Robin Lujan will draft a policy with Kaleb Kentner for a future meeting.
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Claar
Gary Newman
Rupp
Robin Lujan
Kaleb Kentner
Kansas Supreme Court to rule on school block grants Thursday
The Kansas Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling at about 9:30 a.m. on whether Gov. Brownback's block grant funding for schools complies with prior court decisions. The decision centers on equity of funding, with four districts contending the plan freezes or underfunds education while the Legislature shapes a new finance scheme.
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TNS
Kansas Supreme Court
Sam Brownback
Gannon
Supreme Court
Alan Rupe
Kansas House
Kansas Senate
Julia Lynn
Overland Park
Lynn
10Th Street
Topeka
Capitol
Wichita
Hutchinson
Kansas City
Dodge City
Brownback
Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
Senate approves Medicaid step therapy bill in Kansas
The Kansas Senate passed Senate Bill 341 to require step therapy for Medicaid, forcing patients to try lower cost, proven medications before pricier options. The 23 to 16 vote sent the measure to the House with an amendment for cost savings reporting.
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Topeka
Senate
Kansas
House
United States
Denning
Vicki Schmidt
R-Topeka
Schmidt
Thompson accused in child pornography probe linked to GCCC teaching career
Affidavit details investigation into teacher Thompson over storage devices with thousands of images, including child pornography. Authorities seized computers and drives, questioned him at his girlfriend’s home, and later interviewed him with attorney present. He resigned from GCCC in 2014 and faces ongoing court proceedings with a second appearance scheduled March 14.
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GCCC
Thompson
Brock
Mark Johnson
Chile
Luci Douglass
4Chan
Finney County
Susan Richmeier
Garden City High School
Northeast Magnet School
Wichita
District Court
Michael Quint
Blood drive exceeds goal at college event
A college blood drive drew donors including Vargas, a St Catherine Hospital ER staffer, and Caleb Young, a 25 year old assistant football coach from Hazelwood Central High School, both sharing motivations to help others. Donors were told one donation can save three lives, and participants planned to return.
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Marissa
Vargas
St. Catherine Hospital
Caleb Young
Young
St. Louis
Hazelwood Central High School
Zora
Red Cross
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