Kansas Sampler Festival registration opens for May event
Kansas Sampler Festival invites state residents to showcase sights sounds and tastes of Kansas at the 20th edition in Liberal Light Park May 5 6 Registration deadline January 31 Open to community promoters Kansas product sellers musicians artists and food vendors with ethnic recipes or old time crafts Details at kansassamplerfestival.com or call Sally Fuller 620-626-0171
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Kobach seeks support for expanded big game permit plan
Secretary of State Kris Kobach pushes a bill to let the governor distribute 12 big game hunting permits. The proposal faces limited backing beyond Kobach’s office with lawmakers and wildlife officials split on the change. Currently seven permits are issued annually by state wildlife officials, mostly to conservation groups through auctions.
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Kris Kobach
Topeka Capital Journal
Kobach
House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Larry Powell
Garden City Republican
Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism
Ex-missionary to speak about kidnapping at Washburn
Gracia Burnham, kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf in 2001 and later rescued in 2002, will speak Feb. 2 at Washburn University in White Concert Hall. The Rose Hill resident and mother of three has written two books. the talk is free and open to the public, sponsored by Washburn Student Government and Christian Challenge.
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Washburn University
al-Qaida
Abu Sayyaf
Gracia Burnham
Martin
Philippines
Kansas
Rose Hill
Washburn
Christian Challenge
White Concert Hall
Disabled seek slower Medicaid reforms in Kansas
About 380 protesters gathered at the Statehouse urging caution as Kansas plans to move all Medicaid services into managed care. Disability Rights Center of Kansas worries waivers for home and community care should be phased in separately, while Lt. Gov. Colyer pushes for an immediate, whole-person care transition.
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Topeka
Topeka Capital Journal
Statehouse
Disability Rights Center of
Kansas
Rocky Nichols
Jeff Colyer
Kansas tax plan falters under questions over spin and revenue
Kansas Governor Brownback faces legislative doubt as his plan to overhaul the income tax faces opposition over credibility and projected revenue. Officials say revenues would fall about 90 million in the coming fiscal year while reserves dip below the legal target despite claims of revenue neutrality.
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Topeka
Kansas
Sam Brownback
Brownback
John Wratil
Leawood
State Department of Revenue
Nick Jordan
Senate
Ways and Means
Department of Revenue
Laura Kelly
House Taxation Committee
Richard Carlson
St. Marys
Anthony Hensley
Deerfield unveils Chachi’s Place activity center
Residents lined up for a sneak peek at Deerfield’s new community activities center in the former 617 Main St. grocery, named Chachi’s Place after late employee Joshua Skipton. The Deerfield Recreation Commission says the facility offers supervised youth and teen space with foosball, air hockey, darts, pool, a Wii, Xbox 360 and a projection screen. The city owns the building and funded operations. officials plan a grand opening next Saturday.
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Deerfield
Chachi
Main St
Cindy Crandall
Lawrence
Crandall
Skipton
Josh
Recreation Commission
Raul Anguiano
Christian Botelo
Pedro
Anguiano
City of
Valeria Zambrano
Lili Cruz
Cruz
Fracking in Kansas drives water permits to 30 year high
Kansas saw a surge in temporary water permits for oil and gas exploration driven by horizontal fracturing. More than 600 permits were issued in 2011, with all but two approved amid drought. Companies like Chesapeake Energy and Sand Ridge Energy expand leases along the Mississippian formation, planning numerous horizontal wells that demand large water quantities from stressed waterways.
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Kansas
Chelsea Good
Kansas Division of Water Resources
Good
Chesapeake Energy
Sand Ridge Energy
Oklahoma City
Kansas Geological Survey
Dave Newell
KGS
Sand Ridge
Kevin White
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