Community rally funds breast cancer patient with softball event
Friends launch 24 hour softball tournament Doing the Wright Thing to support Heather Wright-Renick after surgery and pending chemotherapy. Sixteen teams sign up as locals run concessions and vendors donate food. T shirts sell for fundraising while proceeds cover medical bills and lost income. Correspondence via Facebook and a Cimarron address offered.
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States scramble after ruling on health care law
The ruling keeps the Affordable Care Act intact while signaling future cost controls and Medicare/Medicaid cuts. The law expands coverage to about 30 million of the uninsured with 90 percent of citizens insured. many states lag in setting up insurance exchanges.
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Heat wave drives record temps across Kansas state
Kansas endures brutal heat with Lakin at 112 degrees tying a 1897 daily record and Ulysses at 108 tying a 1980 mark. Hill City records top national heat for five days as NWS warns the hot dry pattern to persist into mid July. Outdoor workers adapt while electricians fix a grain elevator amid sweltering conditions and hospital heat illness toll rises.
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Wichita
Kansas lawmakers weigh options on health exchange
Kansas officials including Praeger discuss possible paths for an insurance exchange as the state lingers over federal health law. They consider partnering with or deferring to the federal government while noting 350000 uninsured residents and a prior $31.5 million grant. Republicans promise repeal but say keep options open.
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U.S. Census Bureau
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Supreme Court
U.S
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Romney
Kansas House Insurance Committee
Clark Shultz
Lindsborg
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