Sumner County may be removed from gambling bill
Sumner County could be dropped from a gambling bill reforming technical flaws, leaving Sedgwick County as the Wichita area’s sole casino contender. Supporters of keeping Sumner in argued the county would gain about 2,500 jobs if a casino is built there, while officials said removal might shift revenue to surrounding counties and Wichita.
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Senate
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Independence
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Statehouse
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Sebelius
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Wyandotte County
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Wichita
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Sedgwick
Wichita Greyhound Park
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Kingman
Reno
Nicole Corcoran
Oklahoma
Crawford
Cherokee Counties
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Cherokee County
Greta Goodwin
Winfield
Vincent Wetta
Wetta
Kansas budget plan pledges 2 percent raises and $860 bonus
Budget writers settled on a $44.3 million proposal for FY starting July 1 granting state workers a 2 percent pay raise and an $860 bonus with a Dec 14 payout. An extra 5 percent raise targets 1,533 employees far below private-sector pay, and longevity pay rises from $40 to $50. Kansas University funds would flow through the block grant, with the university deciding raise sizes. A new state pay commission would craft a revised pay system. The plan emerged after House and Senate talks, initially divided between 1 percent plus bonuses and 3 percent base raises. Continuous negotiations could yield final action soon.
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House
Senate
Sharon Schwartz
Washington
Kansas University
Lee Tafanelli
R. Ozawkie
Appropriations Committee
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KUMC affiliation halts budget talks over St Luke's plan
After 22 rounds of talks, Kansas lawmakers failed to sign off on the state budget as negotiations stalled over KUMC and St Luke's Hospital affiliation. The dispute centers on approval processes and potential impacts on Kansas health care training and life sciences aims, with remaining talks slated to resume.
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House
Senate
Kansas University Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
KUMC
Kansas City
St. Luke's
KU Hospital
Missouri
St. Luke’s
Kansas Board of Regents
Dwayne Umbarger
R-Thayer
Ways and Means Committee
Umbarger
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