Kansas education plan trims classroom aid by twelve million
A Kansas school funding plan is projected to provide 12 million less for classrooms than first estimated. Officials apologized for confusion over figures as Gov. Brownback and supporters had touted an extra 73 million for 2014 2015.
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Jon Hummell
Mixed reviews emerge on KanCare Medicaid overhaul
Kansans testified before the KanCare Oversight Committee with contrasting views on Gov. Sam Brownback’s privatized Medicaid. Some beneficiaries praised KanCare while others reported dangerous delays, lost records, and billing errors. Providers noted faster payments in parts but costly denial patterns persisted amid early-year losses projected by the Kansas Health Institute.
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Kansas
Kansas to close prairie chicken hunting in southwest region
Kansas officials plan to close the prairie chicken hunting season in southwest Kansas covering parts of 28 counties to prevent killing lesser prairie chickens. The proposal follows the bird being listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service amid an 84 percent habitat loss and record low population of under 18,000 in 2013, with court challenges against the listing ongoing.
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TANF and KanCare Debated in Kansas Legislature
Kansas lawmakers scrutinize TANF eligibility and reserves amid declines in benefits, noting 18 000 monthly recipients and earlier high of 38 000 in 2011 while Gov. Brownback expands a literacy program. KanCare privatization is also debated with concerns over woodwork effects and rising costs.
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Wichita
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Fice
Kansas
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Kelly
Topeka
Two plead no contest in December 2013 standoff case
Jerome Leon Miller II and Christopher Allen Freeman pleaded no contest to felony robbery for the December 17 2013 standoff at a Lawrence apartment. Bell remains in jail on $50,000 bond with a May 13 court date. Miller faces 31 to 136 months, Freeman to be sentenced June 3, Miller June 10.
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Topeka
Christopher Allen Freeman
Marcus Jerome Lee Bell
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Kay Huff
Yuma man to stand trial in July on sex offense charges
An 18 year old from Yuma Arizona will face trial July 15 on rape aggravated criminal sodomy and kidnapping counts related to three alleged victims in Douglas County. He has a status conference scheduled June 23. The Douglas County judge ruled prosecutors may try him as an adult.
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Births in Kansan area include three Tuesday babies
Brittani Ambrose and Jeff Pauley of Tonganoxie welcomed a girl. Mike and Valerie Moreno of Lawrence welcomed a boy. Obadiah Davis and Arianne Moren of Lawrence welcomed a boy.
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Jeff Pauley
Tonganoxie
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Valerie Moreno
Lawrence
Obadiah Davis
Arianne Moren
Man sentenced for meth crimes and assault
Kenny A. McGee 41 received a 34 month sentence after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to distribute methamphetamine aggravated assault and interfering with a law enforcement officer. He has been jailed since a February arrest after allegedly threatening a man with a shotgun and fleeing a crash scene in North Lawrence that injured two teens. Officers seized what purported to be methamphetamine marijuana non owned prescriptions paraphernalia and a 9 mm handgun.
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