City to widen Kansas Avenue in Garden City phase four closures
Garden City plans widening of East Kansas Avenue from Main to north Third Street in six phases. Phase four runs until July 31 with south two lanes closed at Third Street intersection. traffic shifts to maintain one eastbound and one westbound lane. No left turns. right in right out only. north Third Street closed at Kansas Avenue. Fourth Street opens south of Kansas Avenue. Access via Third Street Pershing Avenue alleys. alternate routes Pershing Ave Old Manor Rd Second St. For details contact Sam Curran or Roberto Becerril.
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North Third Street
Third Street
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Second Street
Public Works
Sam Curran
Roberto Becerril
Marshall announces July Listening Tour schedule
Congressman Roger Marshall will begin a July Listening Tour with visits in Jetmore Meade Ashland Syracuse Lakin Leoti Dighton and Russell. The schedule lists times and venues including Judy's Cafe Meade County Courthouse Ashland Central Library Black Bison Pub Benny's Grill Leoti Care Center Lane County Courthouse Community Room and The Dream Theater.
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Main St
Jetmore
Meade County
N. Fowler St
Meade
Ashland Central Library
Ashland
Black Bison
Syracuse
Santa Fe Trail Blvd
Lakin
Leoti Care Center
Earl St
Leoti
Lane County Courthouse
S. Lane St
Dighton
Dream Theater
N. Main St
Russell
Cimarron teen, Hutchinson woman hurt in two vehicle crash
An 18-year-old Cimarron man and a 37-year-old Hutchinson woman were involved in a two vehicle crash on Cherokee Road near Inman in McPherson County. Linder attempted a left turn and failed to see Strange approaching. Linder was injured and hospitalized. Strange was uninjured.
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Inman
McPherson County
Hutchinson
Candace C. Linder
Cherokee Road
Walker J. Strange
Kansas Highway Patrol
Linder
Strange
Hutchinson Medical Center
Kobach asks states for detailed voter data ahead of commission meeting
The Kansas secretary of state seeks broad data to analyze registration and voting issues as President Trump’s election integrity panel prepares for its first meeting. Denice Merrill notes publicly available data will be shared, but questions what the commission seeks beyond that. Merrill cites concern over potential national voter database and cites Kobach's broader election law tightening.
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Election Integrity Commission
Kansas
Kris Kobach
Connecticut
Denise Merrill
Kobach
Trump
Merrill
Commission
Patrick Gallahue
John Carmichael
Department of Justice
Rural Kansas hospitals face job and revenue losses under AHCA and BCRA
A Chartis Center analysis finds the House AHCA could cost Kansas rural hospitals 486 jobs and 16.6 million in annual revenue, with the Senate BCRA not far behind. Nationwide, rural providers could lose 1.4 billion under AHCA and 1.3 billion under BCRA. Kansas has 108 rural hospitals with 76 percent in the red, signaling fragile finances amid Medicaid cuts.
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Kansas
Michael Topchik
Chartis Center For Rural Health
Chartis Center
iVantage Health Analytics
AHCA
BCRA
America
Topchik
Hawaii
iVantage
Garden City USD 457 OKs nutrition program contracts and staff moves
Garden City USD 457 board approved the 2018 school nutrition program agreement with the Kansas State Department of Education covering National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Special Milk, Afterschool Snack, and other programs. It also authorized centralized copy center use for St. Dominic and St. Mary Catholic Schools, accepted a $75,153 Migrant Family Literacy grant, and approved concurrent enrollment with Garden City Community College. Certified staff actions include multiple resignations, liquidated damages, and appointments. classified staff actions include resignations, one termination, and various transfers.
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USD 457 Board of Education
USD 457
Kansas State Department of Education
St. Dominic and
St. Mary Catholic
Garden City Community College
GCCC
Corrie Brooks
Garden City High School
Laura McGuire
Horace Good
Huelskamp Named President of Heartland Institute
Former Kansas congressman Tim Huelskamp will become president of the Heartland Institute in July. He succeeds co founder Joseph Bast at the Arlington Heights based think tank known for free market and skeptical stance on climate change and public health regulation. The group has distributed policy commentary to officials and business leaders.
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Tim Huelskamp
Illinois Institute
Heartland Institute
Huelskamp
U.S. House
Republican Party
Heartland
Washington
D.C
Charles G. Koch Foundation
Joseph Bast
Arlington Heights
Ill
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