Kansas Senate panel backs most Brownback school aid cuts
A Kansas Senate panel endorsed most of Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed cuts to public school aid. The Ways and Means Committee moved about 4 million within the Department of Education budget and added 6 back to base per pupil, reducing base aid to 3,786 dollars per student. The plan also directs half of any new 2011 revenue above the forecast to be used for schools as February revenue trails forecasts.
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Kansas
Senate
Sam Brownback
Ways and Means Committee
Brownback
Hospital CEO tapped for statewide role
Scott Taylor, CEO and president of St. Catherine Hospital, will head Catholic Health Initiatives in Kansas and serve as CEO and president of Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. He will split time about 80 percent in Garden City and 20 percent in Great Bend while overseeing both hospitals during CKMC’s transition to outpatient services as the St. Rose Ambulatory and Surgery Center.
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St. Catherine Hospital
Catholic Health Initiatives
Kansas
Taylor
Great Bend
Garden City
Victor Hawkins
St. Catherine
Central Kansas Medical
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Severe Weather Awareness Week educates Kansans on readiness
Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kansas aims to educate residents on forecasts and safety actions as March displays snow ice and potential tornadoes. Finney County's new emergency manager coordinator Ralph Rojas notes ice layered with snow increases travel and sidewalk hazards while high winds raise wind chill concerns. A statewide drill is planned. schools and businesses are urged to seek safe shelter during a real warning.
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Kansas
Ralph Rojas
Finney County
Rojas
Sam Brownback
Jeff Hutton
Dodge City National Weather Service
Kansas Adjutant General’s Department
Medicaid payments to CILSWKS suspended
The Kansas Health Policy Authority halted all Medicaid payments to Garden City based Center for Independent Living Southwest Kansas and referred audit questions over more than $1 million to the state attorney general. The nonprofit, with offices in Garden City and satellites in Dodge City and Liberal, announced closure to about 500 clients and staff. KHPA began removing CILSWES from Medicaid last week and cut off payments immediately while a formal review is planned.
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Garden City
Center For Independent Living
Southwest Kansas
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Cilswes
Dodge City
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Andy Allison
KHPA
Allison
Attorney General
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