Behan Files for City Commission in Garden City
J R Behan 34 shift supervisor for Finney County EMS filed to run for Garden City Commission. He sits on the state EMS board and KU Fire Service Training Commission vice chair, flies part time for EagleMed, and previously served as assistant EMS director in Elkhart. Three seats open. filing ends noon Tuesday for the April 5 election. other postings include school boards and city council races. Citizens can file at the Garden City Administrative Center or county Holcomb offices.
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Finney County Emergency Medical Services
Garden City Commission
Behan
Garden City
Elkhart
Tommy Austin
Garden City Community College
Holcomb Usd
Garden City Usd
Holcomb City Council
Eighth St
Finney County
Ninth St
Holcomb City
N. Lynch
Suspect held in capital murder of Greenwood sheriff
Eureka AP Scott Cheever 23 is held on suspicion of capital murder in the fatal shooting of Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels as he served a search warrant near Virgil. Three others were arrested on methamphetamine production charges after a seven hour standoff. investigators probe if the shooting tied to a drug operation.
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Eureka
Greenwood County
Matt Samuels
Scott Cheever
Whitney Watson
Phill Kline
Cheever
Watson
Samuels
Virgil
Senate approves repeal of vehicle tax law
The Kansas Senate unanimously approved repealing the vehicle tax law and granting $5 million in refunds to taxpayers who paid excess sales tax on used cars. The measure shifts value rules, risking $5.2 million in foregone revenue annually, and aims to fix a statute critics say treated mint condition and high mileage cars alike.
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Senate
DeSoto
Rick Carnahan
Carnahan
Sen
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D-Kensington
Kay O'Connor
House
Doug Mays
Topeka
Associated Press
Kansas
Carol Beggs
Asalina
I4da
E Senate
Kathleen Sebelius
Howard Fricke
One Goossen
Charlie Brand
Miami County
St. Louis
Department of Revenue
Board candidates scarce as filing deadline nears
Local USD 457 and USD 363 boards and the Garden City Community College Board of Trustees report several open seats with only a few candidates filed. USD 457 lists three open seats. George Hopkins and Ed Porter III have filed, along with John Scheopner planning a second term. Other incumbents appear unlikely to run. GCCC trustees also see two seats open with William Clifford and Merilyn Douglass filing. Filing ends Tuesday at noon. election is April 5 with terms ending June 30.
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Boards of Education
Garden City Community College Board of Trustees
George Hopkins
Ed Porter III
Hopkins
Garden City Commission
Finney County Economic Development Corp
Porter
Garden City Community College
Ed Porter
Garden City
John Scheopner
Scheopner
Kevin Sterling
Harold Perkins
Perkins
Sterling
Ing
Rocky Welton
USC
Mike Pfeifer
Holcomb
Jay Powers
Sunflower Electric Corp
Mitch Williams
Rob McCallister
Comfort Specialists
John McCellland
Steve O’ Brate
Ed Rutter
Finney County Administrative Center
N. Ninth St
Kansas faces dentist shortage hitting poor and rural areas
A yearlong Kansas Health Institute study finds nearly half of low income residents did not visit a dentist in the past year and one in six have lost all permanent teeth. Rural counties show fewer dentists per 10,000 residents since the 1990s, prompting proposals to create a Kansas dental school and expand loan programs and practice requirements to underserved areas.
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Topeka
Kansas Health Institute
Robert St. Peter
Cy-Makers
St. Peter
Kansas
University of Missouri
Kansas City
Kim Moore
United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Hutchinson
Disturbing Kansas population trend could cost seats in Congress
Demographics expert Jim Hays told the Senate Education Committee Kansas faces slower growth this decade than in the 1990s, with immigration dropping and only Johnson County growing among five urban counties. He warned Kansas may lose a congressional seat after 2010 and cited 54 of 105 counties in decline over the century, impacting school finance debates and mandatory funding increases.
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Kansas Association of School Boards
Senate Education Committee
Hays
Census Bureau
Johnson County
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House of Representatives
Mississippi River
Supreme Court
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