Confederate flag should be moved to state museums
Kansas senators join South Carolina leaders in calling for removal of the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds in Columbia. Senators Moran Roberts say the flag symbolizes a painful past and belongs in museums, not atop state capitols, amid calls sparked by the Emanuel AME Church shooting.
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Kansas U.S
South Carolina
Nikki Haley
Haley
Emanuel Ame
Charleston
S.C
Jerry Moran
Pat Roberts
Open house for Neurology Center at St Catherine Hospital
An open house at the Neu rodiagnostic and Sleep Dis order Center at St Catherine Hospital is set for Thursday. The event runs 5 to 6 p.m. on the lower level at 401 E Spruce St. Attendees can meet Dr William Leeds medical director and enjoy refreshments and tours. For more information call 620 272 2420.
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St. Catherine Hospital
St. Catherine
E. Spruce St
William Leeds
University presidents decline or donate 2 percent raises
After the Kansas Board of Regents approved a 2 percent pay raise for university presidents, four schools Wichita State Kansas State Pittsburg State and Fort Hays State said they would decline or donate the increases. Regents approved the raises the same day tuition hikes were approved. Emporia State is not affected.
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TNS
Kansas Board of Regents
Regents
Wichita State
Kansas State
Pittsburg State
Fort Hays State
Bernadette Gray-Little
University of Kansas
Fred Logan
Emporia State
WSU
John Bardo
Bardo
Mirta Martin
Martin
Steve Scott
University
Scott
Kirk Schulz
Schulz
Gray Little
Change.org
Simple precautions fight rising melanoma rates in Kansas
KDHE promotes sun safety after CDC findings show melanoma as the most common US cancer, with rates rising over a decade and more than 700 Kansans diagnosed in 2011. Experts cite UV exposure as the main risk, urge shade breaks, sunscreen every 2 hours, protective clothing, hats, and avoidance of tanning beds.
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Center For Disease Control and Prevention
U.S
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Kansas
Thomas Hegarty
Central Care Cancer Center
Garden City
Hegarty
Emma Schiffelbein
Southwindpool
Schiffelbein
Tyler Hands
Hands
Kansas lawmakers announce re election bids for 2016 race
All four Kansas U S House members will seek re election in 2016 per FEC filings. Pompeo, Yoder, Jenkins, and Huelskamp, all Republicans, filed candidacies and list multiple committees with varying funds on hand. Moran filed for the Senate race. Campaign totals and on hand figures varied across committees.
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Kansas
U.S
U.S. House
Federal Election Commission
Mike Pompeo
Kevin Yoder
Lynn Jenkins
Tim Huelskamp
Pompeo
Congress Inc
FEC
Jenkins
Congress
Yoder
Yoder For Congress Inc
Yoder Victory Fund
Americans For Bbq
Bill Flores
Texas
Richard Hudson
R-N.c
Huelskamp
Great Bend
Roger Marshall
Kansans
Marshall
Alan LaPolice
LaPolice
Jerry Moran
Moran
Moran Nrsc Victory Fund
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