Overtime Rule Changes Set to Affect Kansas and Nation
A new US Department of Labor rule raises the overtime salary threshold from 23660 to 47476 to protect workers beyond 40 hours weekly. The measure, effective December 1, could impact 4.2 million workers nationwide including 39,619 in Kansas, with hundreds of exempt state employees affected in Kansas. Officials note difficult fiscal impact and potential changes to nonprofit and private sectors as staff shift to hourly pay for overtime eligible activities.
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Topeka
Department of Labor
DOL
Kansas
State of Kansas Department of Administration
John Milburn
Department of Administration
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Milburn
Department of Children and Families
Department of Corrections
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Patti Mellard
Premier Employment Solutions
Chamber
Rotary
Mellard
GCCC Adds Marching Band and Howitzer To Home Game
Garden City Community College introduced a new home game experience with a 60 member marching band and a World War II M8 75mm Pack Howitzer cannon, alongside a renewed mascot Victory and longtime Broadbuster Billy. The elements aim to energize fans before a Saturday game against Highland Community College Scotties and honor Task Force Broadbuster.
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Rex Ann Harper
Garden City Community College
Broacbuster Stadium
Harper
Garden City
Broaccusters
Highland Community College Scotties
Victory
GCCC
Krist Tempel
Broadbuster
Billy
National Guard
Europe
South Pacific
Tempel
Kansas Army National Guard
Task Force
Broacbuster
Broacbusters
Local zookeeper Leatherman Hails From Western Kansas
Carrie Leatherman, a western Kansas native, credits her early visits to Lee Richardson Zoo with inspiring her to become a zookeeper. She now works at the zoo, saying she has always been infatuated with zoo animals. Her grandmother in Garden City often brought her to the zoo on visits.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Kansas
Carrie Leatherman
Leatherman
Garden City
Scott
Zookeeper Leatherman Cares For Hoof Stock At City Zoo
Leatherman, a city resident, grew up with many pets and now tends hoof stock at the zoo. She focuses on camels, giraffes and rhinos, including two young rhinos named Johari. She spent six years at Kansas State University in biology before joining the zoo staff.
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Johari
Zoo
Leatherman
Kansas State University
Fisheries and Wildlife
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Brad Nading
Kansas Army National
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Western
James M. Dobson
Dobson
Schwieterman Inc
Chicago
Annie
Garden City Co-op