Kobach backs straight party voting to speed elections
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach praised straight party ticket voting as a way to speed up elections arguing the option would apply to all partisan races and still be voluntary. He noted it could shorten ballots and allow cross party choice while acknowledging concerns from opponents about mindless voting.
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Kobach
Topeka
Kris Kobach
House
Ionie
Obach
House Elections Committee
Ucket
Shawnes County
Chad Taylor
Senate
Greg Orman
Pat Roberts
Kabach
US Senate
State Board of Education
Sam Brownback
Tom Bmroughs
Kansas City
Burroughs
John Carmichael
D-Wishita
Carmichael
Kansas
Taylor
Kansas Supreme Court
Steve Husbert
R-Valley Center
Huebert
Kansas Bill Cuts Penalty for Early Marijuana Possession Convictions
In Topeka the Kansas Sentencing Commission backed House Bill 2049 to trim penalties for first and second marijuana possession offenses. The measure would move a third or subsequent offense to a lower felony, divert about 46 inmates and save roughly 11 million dollars next year, aiming to relieve overcrowded prisons.
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Topeka
Sentencing Commission
Kansas
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Scott Schultz
Kansas Sentencing Commission
Schultz
Jenniff Roth
Kansas Asation of Criminal Defense Lawyers
St Catherine earns stroke center certification in Kansas
St Catherine Hospital in Garden City has received Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval and American Heart Association Heart Checkmark for Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers after a comprehensive site review. CEO Scott Taylor said the credential demonstrates adherence to high stroke care standards from emergency care to ICU. The hospital sees about 80,000 emergency visits annually and emphasizes rapid treatment within a few hours of stroke onset to administer clot busting medication.
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SL Catherine Hospital
St Catherine
Joint Commission On Accreditation ‘of Healthcare Organization
American Heart Association
American Stroke Association
Joint Commission
Scott Taylor
Kansas
St. Catherine
Taylor
Garden City Hospital
Fimney County
Matt Byrnes
Byrnes
Garden City
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