Employers brace for health care changes in 2014 mandate
Dallas Scrip of Benefit Management Inc. told Garden City Area Chamber members that the 2014 health care mandate will require employers with 50 or more full time employees to offer minimum essential coverage. He noted penalties of 2000 dollars per full time employee for noncompliance, while predicting most western Kansas employers will comply to retain staff. He spoke at the MBA Lunch and Learn at the Americann on Kansas Ave.
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Great Bend
Scrip
Scripp
Kansas
Western
Garden City
Gov abolishes Kansas Arts Commission in reorg
Gov. Brownback’s executive order abolishes the Kansas Arts Commission effective July 1, shifting art programs to the Kansas Historical Society and forming a private foundation. The FY2012 proposed budget would fund $200,000 to aid the transition, saving nearly $600,000 from the general fund, potentially reducing funds for Garden City Arts and Southwest Kansas Live on Stage.
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Garden City Arts
Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Sam Brownback
Kansas Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Kansas
Garden City
Southwest
Carole Geier
Paula Slederbeck
Kansas House backs Kobach voter ID measure in 83-36 vote
The Kansas House approved Secretary of State Kris Kobach s election fraud bill requiring photo ID at polls and proof of citizenship for first time voters. The 83-36 vote sends the bill to the Senate with critics warning of turnout suppression and door to door registration hurdles.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas House
Secretary of State
Kris Kobach
Senate
Kobach
Attorney General
Attorney General’s
Kansas
Arizona
GOP
House
Weather Tonight and Saturday Forecast Update
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low of 22 degrees. Saturday expects partly cloudy skies with a high near 62 and a low around 24. Details are continued on page A8.
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