Kansas budget cuts target higher education and Medicaid
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback unveils a plan slicing about 97 million in state spending to KanCare and higher education. KU and K-State face 5.1 percent cuts while Wichita State loses 3.8 percent. overall end balance is projected at 87.5 million for FY2017 beginning July 1, amid underperforming revenues and calls to protect K 12 education.
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Kansas
Kansas Board of Regents
K-State
Wichita State University
Shawn Sullivan
Kansas Supreme Court
KPERS
Brownback
Sean Gatewood
RanCare Advocates Network
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Topeka
Hensley
Mark Parkinson
Sullivan
Department of Corrections
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Highway Patrol
Department For Children and Families
Department of Commerce
Laura Kelly
Kansas Action For Children
Annie McKay
McKay
Larned
Osawatomie
Estes to seek 38th Senate seat replacing Love in Kansas
State Rep. Bud Estes of Dodge City filed to run for the 38th Senate district, aiming to succeed Garrett Love who will not seek re election. The district covers Ford Clark Gray Meade Seward and part of Hodgeman counties with a June 1 filing deadline.
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Dodge City
Tnl
Bud Estes
House
Garrett Love
Senate
Montezuma
Love
Estes
Topeka
Ford, Clark, Gray, Meade
Seward
Hodgeman County
Kansas
Bucklin
Senate Agriculture Committee
John Deere
Brian Weber
Overtime rules divide employer and worker groups nationwide
The new overtime threshold sparks fierce debate among groups led by the National Retail Federation and AFL CIO. Employers warn it will cut hours and raise costs, while employee advocates praise reclassification for fair pay. Analysts warn automatic three year updates could lift thresholds toward fifty to seventy thousand dollars, impacting mid level managers and petrochemical workers. Bills in Congress seek reconsideration of the revised rules.
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National Retail Federation
The
Retail Federation
American Bankers Association
World At Work
Organization of Human Resources Professionals
Society For Human Resource Management
U.S. House Small Business Committee
International Franchise Association
National Employment Law Project
Afl-Cio
Economic Policy Institute
Institute For Women’s Policy Research
MomsRising.org
Kansas City
Patrick Hulla
Hulla
U.S
South
House
Senate
Labor Department
Joint city county talks revisit animal shelter funding
City and county officials discussed streamlining communication on projects and reallocating funds for the Garden City shelter. The county has about 350,000 left in the sales tax fund, with plans to use it on existing work. The memo notes shelter staffing rose to one manager and two attendants as demand grew, with 2017 projected budget at 230,123.
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Randy Partington
Matt Allen
Cunningham
Ulrich
Melinda Hitz
Partington
SEC
Rex Harrison
GCPD
Fleming St. Allen
Isabel Street
Allen
Garden City
Michael Reagle
Bill Clifford
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