Kansan Senator Blames Drug Prices for Uncontrolled Health
Kansas Senator Jim Barnett, an Emporia physician, told the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee that high prescription costs bar patients from taking medicines, risking blood pressure control. He sponsors a resolution urging Congress to cut prices though he opposes price controls, suggesting cuts to advertising as one relief. Pfizer spokesman Nancy Zogleman cited factors driving costs, including marketing, patents, and federal drug approval.
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Topeka
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Parole workers contest punishments over release error
Two Kansas parole employees appeal their penalties for a paperwork error that prematurely freed a man charged in a Wichita shooting case. Preston Miller, fired after 20 years with DOC, and James Chastain, suspended a week, seek review with the Civil Service Board. Miller’s lawyer calls the firing too harsh amid public scrutiny.
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Preston Miller
James Chastain
Civil Service Board
Karen Watney
Kansas Division of Personnel Services
Miller
Gregory Lee
Garden City
Kansas Department of Corrections
Lee
Senate beer keg bill would track buyers SB 328
The Kansas Senate backed by Senate President Dave Kerr considers SB 328 to require liquor vendors to record a keg purchaser name and address to aid enforcement against underage drinking. Proponents cite reduced injuries, while retailers oppose and some lawmakers push local control. Endorsements include Mothers Against Drunk Driving and Senator Sandy Praeger.
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Topeka
Senate
Dave Kerr
Kerr
Jim Barnett
Emporia
Anthony Hensley
Dtopeka
Nancey Harrington
R. Goddard
Federal and
Mothers Against
Sandy Praeger
Lawrence
Praeger
University of Kansas
Statehouse
James Barnett
R-Emporia
Slots bill stalls as backers gain two weeks in Senate
In Topeka AP report backs of a measure legalizing slots at dog and horse tracks gain two more weeks to seek Senate votes. Senator Harrington and Senate President Kerr oppose passage with 21 votes needed. Revenue concerns and timing cited. Hensley sees weak current support but notes possible late-session shifts if fiscal outlook worsens.
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Senate
Chamber
Nancey Harrington
Harrington
R-Goddard
Dave Kerr
R Hutchinson
Anthony Hensley
Hensley
Kansas Lottery
Man bound over for trial in Fort Riley soldier death
A Junction City man, Anthony S. Mitchell, 26, is bound over for trial in Riley County District Court on charges of second degree murder and three counts of attempted second degree murder. He allegedly shot four bullets into a vehicle, killing Pvt Shaun S. Leach, 20, of Raleigh North Carolina, and wounded three other soldiers during a party at the Eagles Club in Manhattan on Jan 21. The driver James Hawthorne was shot in the leg. Craig Newsom and Carlton Penny were uninjured.
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Junction City
Fort Riley
Anthony S. Mitchell
Riley County
Mitchell
Shaun S. Leach
Raleigh N.C
Leach
Eagles Club
James Hawthorne
Craig Newsom
Carlton Penny
Nearly $900000 seized in traffic stops on I 70
Kansas troopers and a county deputy seized about $831,000 from two traffic stops on Interstate 70 this week. In Hays area a car with illegal tag display yielded $405,000 hidden in a concealed cargo compartment. In Colby area a San Diego driver’s rental contained about $426,480 in a suitcase inside multiple boxes with a dog alert but no drugs found. The money is to be deposited into a drug forfeiture account pending proceedings.
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Kansas Highway Patrol
Hays
New York
Rick Langdon
Highway Patrol
Langdon
San Diego
Thomas County Sheriff’s
Thomas County
Tom Jones
Green
Alan Taylor
Jones
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