Rural hospitals rely on immigrant J-1 visa program
In Meade Kansas a 20 bed hospital would lack a doctor without Hassan Shafeeq and more than 100 foreign born physicians in Kansas since 1994 under the J-1 visa waiver program. The temporary program expired and lawmakers seek permanent authorization to keep rural health care viable across communities like Meade Greensburg and La Crosse.
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Hassan Shafeeq
Maldives
Indian Ocean
Kansas
Shafeeq
Katmandu
Nepal
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Meade
Kan
Egypt
Pakistan
Croatia
Michael Thomas
Meade Hospital
Parker Crum
Parker
Karen Crum
Jena Smith
Meade District Hospital
Immigrant Doctors Seek to Extend J-1 Visa Waiver
Lawmakers push for permanent renewal of the J-1 visa waiver program guiding foreign born doctors to three year service in underserved areas. In Kansas towns like Crosse the program helps recruit physicians, with Congress expected to renew temporarily after expiry. The U S Department of Health and Human Services notes rural areas home a quarter of the population but only ten percent of physicians.
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Earl Pomeroy
D-N.d
Senate
Sam Brownback
R-Kan
Kent Conrad
Kansas
Meade
Greensburg
la Crosse
Barbara Gibson
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
United States
Kan
Congress
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Senators weigh Morris lunch talk in school funding case
A Kansas legislative panel will hear several senators recount what Senate President Morris said about a lunch with Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nuss and its link to the 541 million school funding plan. Testimonies from Barnett Wagle Apple Bruce are planned as Morris Brungardt potential sworn statements are sought.
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Kansas
Supreme Court
Lawton Nuss
Nuss
Morris
Brungardt
Commission On Judicial Qualifications
O'Neal
Senate
John Wratil
R-Leawood
House
Jim Barnett
R-Emporia
Susan Wagle
Richita
Pat Apple
Louisburg
Terry Bruce
Hutchinson
O’neal
Court
Kansas groups urge boards to reject state science standards
An advocacy group asks Kansas' 300 school districts to reject new science testing standards adopted by the state Board of Education. The letter highlights Manhattan Ogden public schools as already rejecting the standards, citing potential constitutional and legal issues and concerns about college readiness and employment.
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HNS
State Board of Education
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Manhattan-Ogden
Kansas Board of Education
Jack Krebs
Kansas Citizens For Science
Steve Abrams
Abrams
Ena
Kansas State University
Randy Martin
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