Prison time push faces bed shortage in Kansas
Senate Judiciary Committee debated a bill to mandate prison time for repeat nonviolent offenders and to add 1,800 new beds next budget year. Support came from law enforcement while opposition cited corrections strain. The measure would also require E-Verify for employers and harsher penalties for license loss. House Democrats offered an immigrant employment plan. The committee took no action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Senate
Judiciary Committee
John Vratil
Vratil
Leawood
Derek Schmidt
Wratil
Schmidt
Ed Klumpp
Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police
Kansas Peace Officers Association
House Judiciary Committee
Trip Sawyer
Wichita
Sebelius
House
Liberal and Seward County eye tech school merger decision
Liberal Kansas officials say a merger between Southwest Kansas Technical School in Liberal and Seward County Community College remains possible, but alternative paths include a standalone accredited technical college or affiliation with Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland. The July 1 deadline looms for plans to be submitted to the state Board of Regents, with July 1, 2009 set for transitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
HNS
Technical School
Liberal
Liberal School Board
Southwest Kansas Technical School
Seward County Community College
Tech School
Northwest Kansas Technical College
Goodland
Board of Regents
Dan Diepenbrock
Kansas
Tech College
State Board of Regents
Regents Board
Liberal School
State Postsecondary Technical Education Authority
Ed Poley
Poley
Tech
Community College
Diepenbrock
Early-bird voting bill may clear Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers consider expanding satellite advance voting to all 105 counties, beyond Johnson and Sedgwick. The bill would let election officers offer in person advance voting at satellite sites, aiming to ease rural access while House leaders seek a clean passage this week without adding other voting or campaign finance changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Hns
House
Senate
Kathleen Sebelius
Johnson and Sedgwick
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Neufeld
State lacking child care oversight in Kansas
Kansas receives zero in a national study of child care standards. Advocates say registered providers are not inspected and may care for up to six children, while licensed homes are checked annually. DHHS counters that state law in the 1980s removed inspections for smaller providers.
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Wichita
National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
Kansas
Linda Smith
Joe Blubaugh
Kansas Department of Health and Human Services
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McKinney
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Tare
Ewe Specialties, LLC
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