Lawmakers expect education funding debate to extend session
Rep. Russ Jennings told Garden City audience that Monday’s legislature may take up about 30 bills with only assessment and taxation committees meeting. The Kansas Supreme Court order to equitably fund schools puts a June 30 deadline on a funding plan, or risk school shutdowns, as gubernatorial and House efforts stall.
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Russ Jennings
R-Lakin
Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Kansas Supreme Court
Senate
House
Senate Ways and Means
Ty Masterson
R-Andover
John Doll
Law enforcement career a calling for lieutenant
Ted Ortiz, a Garden City native and Finney County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division lieutenant, discovered policing after early life in Garden City, a move to California in 1984, and two years at Wasco State Prison. He returned home in 1992 to be closer to his parents, calling the field his true vocation.
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Finney County Sheriff's Office Patrol
Ted Ortiz
Law Enforcement Center
California
Garden City
Ortiz
Finney County Sheriffs Office
Garden City High School
Garden City Community College
Rena
Wasco California State Prison
Hesston shooter had warrant
Four law enforcement agencies had contact with Cedric Ford in the days before the Hesston shooting on February 25. Over 17 days, any agency could have jailed him on a misdemeanor domestic violence warrant, but gaps in communication and background checks left Ford free. Officials cited staffing and municipal warrants as reasons for inaction and described fragmentation between agencies and courts as dangerous.
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TNS
Cedric Ford
Excel Industries
Hesston
Ford
Wichita Police
Sedgwick County
Wichita
Joyce Grover
The
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
Grover
Harvey County
Sher
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Larry Powell
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Mmaresh
Annie
Ewes
Garden City Co-op
Schwieterman Inc
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