Kansas Atty General Credits FTC Telemarketing Rule
Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall praises a federal FTC rule aiding her office to crack down on deceptive telemarketing. The regulation requires clear price and quality disclosures and consumer authorization before charging. Her division handles about 1000 telemarketing complaints yearly.
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Kansas
Carla Stovall
Federal Trade Commission
Stovall
Inauguration committee gave funds to state
The inaugural festivities committee for Gov. Bill Graves raised little money in its last quarter, with a single $680 donation from the NRA and a $344 double-payment refund. From election through February it amassed $355,610, ending with $5,212 to be donated to the adjutant general’s office to cover inauguration costs.
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Bill Graves
National Rifle Association
Secretary of State
Graves
State Adjutant General’s Office
Valley Center electrocution claims life during rewiring job
A Mulvane man, Shane Martin, 25, died while rewiring a light post in rural Valley Center along Interstate 135. Authorities say another worker pulled him from the live wire as he trembled, and Martin died at St. Francis Regional Medical Center.
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Mulvane
Shane Martin
Rural Valley Center
Interstate 135
Martin
Troy Wells
Sedgwick County
St. Francis Regional Medical Center
Salina District mailing survey miss includes statement
Salina District sent 3000 parent surveys on its mission but half lacked the mission statement. The district will resend the surveys Wednesday and absorb about $90 in postal fees. J W Wire Reports.
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Salina
SRS awards three HMOs for Kansas Medicaid care change
Toreka AP reports that SRS awarded Humana HealthNet and Blue Advantage Plus contracts to manage care for about 7500 Medicaid clients in Douglas Johnson Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties as part of a cost saving plan. Legislature requires 160000 clients in managed care by July 1 1997.
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Toreka
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
SRS
Douglas
Johnson
Leavenworth
Wyandotte
Humana Inc
Johnson and Wyandotte County
HealthNet Inc
Kansas City-area
Johnson and Wyandotte
Blue Advantage Plus
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Kansas City
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