Coalition hails new preventive services under ACA
Health plans must cover a broad set of women’s preventive services with no co pay or deductibles starting today. The coalition HERvotes, including National Women’s Health Network and Feminist Majority Foundation leaders, calls the changes the largest advance since Title IX, expanding access to annual wellness exams, HPV testing, HIV counseling, gestational diabetes screening, contraception access, and domestic violence counseling.
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Cindy Pearson
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Health and Human Services
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Feminist Majority Foundation
Drought loans open to Kansas nonfarm businesses
The Kansas Agriculture Department says drought relief loans from the U S Small Business Administration are available to small nonfarm businesses in 47 counties. The loans offset economic losses tied to drought since mid July and may include small agricultural cooperatives and some nonprofits. Counties listed include Chase Dickinson Douglas Ellis Ellsworth Franklin Geary Jefferson Johnson Leavenworth Lincoln Marion Miami Mitchell Morris Osage Osborne Ottawa Rush Russell Saline Shawnee Smith Wabaunsee Wyandotte and additional counties Anderson Atchison Barton Butler Clay Cloud Coffey Greenwood Harvey Jackson Jewell Linn Lyon McPherson Ness Pawnee Phillips Pottawatomie Rice Riley Rooks and Trego.
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U.S. Small Business Administration
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Ellsworth
Franklin
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Johnson
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Marion
Miami
Mitchell
Morris
Osage
Osborne
Ottawa
Rush
Russell
Saline
Shawnee
Smith
Wabaunsee
Wyandotte
Anderson
Atchison
Barton
Butler
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Greenwood
Harvey
Jackson
Jewell
Linn
Lyon
McPherson
Ness, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Rice, Riley, Rooks and Trego Counties
Tuesday Market Updates Mixed Decline Across Major Indices
The session shows the Dow down 64 points to 13008.68 while the Nasdaq remains mixed as commodities move lower with corn down 8.75 cents to 8.05, soybeans at 16.41, wheat 8.93, and energy and metals softening with oil at 88.06 and gold at 1614.60.
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Kansas City
New York
TV Station Break-In Case Heads to Trial
In Topeka, 48-year-old Ray Anthony Miles is bound over for trial on seven charges after a preliminary hearing. He faces three counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated burglary, one count of making a criminal threat, and two misdemeanors. Miles allegedly broke into WIBW-TV on May 23 over a dispute about a story on his VA issues.
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Ray Anthony Miles
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Wibw-Tv
Veterans Administration
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