Few lawmakers sign transparency pledge in Kansas
Open Kansas initiative announced January 27 aims for openness and public access. Only eight others signed beyond initial lawmakers, with participants including John Wilson and John Rubin from Lawrence, Boog Highberger, Marci Francisco, Tom Holland, and others from Topeka Manhattan Wichita and beyond.
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Topera
Kansas
Kansas Appleseed
el Centro
Communities Creating Opportunity
Kansas Action For Children
Kansas Association of Community Action Programs
John Wilson
Dlawrence
John Rubin
R-Shawnee
Statehouse
Boog Highberger
D-Lawrence
Marci Francisco
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Tom Hawk
Manhattan
Baldwin City welcomes new doctor to Baldwin Medical Clinic
Open house highlights regional policy on recruiting physicians to small towns. Dr. Cristina Goodwin joined Baldwin Medical Clinic two weeks after Dr. Dara Lowe left, citing local ties and a sense of coming home after studying at Mid-America Nazarene, KU and KU Med Center. She previously served with the National Health Service Corps in rural recruitment.
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Baldwin City
Cristina Goodwin
Baldwin Medical Clinic
Dara Lowe
Goodwin
Larned
Lowe
Chris Lowe
Monument
Colo
Darin
Area Roundup highlights moves and openings in Baldwin City
The column notes Dr. Goodwin leaving the clinic to Baldwin City with her family, her Compassionate care trips with Heart to Heart International, and a public open house planned for February 18. It also covers D-Dub's Bar expanding after Anthony's Diner closure, aiming to serve food and show games, plus plans for pool tables.
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Ransom
Goodwin
Heart To Heart International
United States
Haiti
Mexico
Baldwin City
High St
D-Dub’s
Eudora
Darick Willis
Travis Turner
Ninth St
Willis
Affidavit details lewd offense by Ottawa sex offender in Douglas County
The affidavit recounts a woman seeing a man exposing himself near High Drive and Emery Road, the suspect a registered sex offender in a gold four door vehicle. He was briefly released for work search from Douglas County Jail before the incident, pled no contest to two counts in 2015, and remains jailed. Police note underreporting and urge victims to provide details.
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Ottawa
Douglas County
Emery Road
Tennessee Street
Bob Billings Parkway
Lawrence
Trent McKinley
McKinley
Vape pipe robbery in downtown alley in Lawrence
A man smoking in a downtown alley near 1000 block of Massachusetts Street was robbed of a vaporizer pipe valued at about 100 dollars on Wednesday. Jeremy Walter Miles, 40, allegedly grabbed the pipe and fled after threatening a hit, leading to his arrest on suspicion of robbery per Lawrence police. Miles’ listed home is the Lawrence Community Shelter per jail records.
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Lawrence
Massachusetts Street
Jeremy Walter Miles
Miles
Senate to require lower cost drugs first in Medicaid plan
The Kansas Senate will review a bill mandating step therapy for Medicaid patients. The measure, approved by the Public Health and Welfare Committee, would force managed care plans to use the lowest-cost, effective drugs before pricier alternatives, with a provision protecting current patients.
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Kansas Senate
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
The
Topeka Capital Journal
Kansas bill shields minors seeking alcohol poisoning help
The Kansas Senate and House advanced a bill to grant immunity from criminal charges to underage drinkers who call for medical help or emergency services for themselves or others. The measure, approved 92 to 27 in the House after Senate passage last year, requires cooperation and staying on scene. Critics say it may remove consequences for underage drinking.
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Senate
Kansas House
House
Judiciary Committee
Sam Brownback
Tom Phillips
Manhattan
Wichita Eagle
Felony case outlines gunpoint shooting and bail
Simmons and Morrison, acquaintances for several years, are tied to a gunpoint incident per an affidavit. Simmons was hospitalized in stable condition after the shooting. Morrison turned himself in to the Douglas County Jail on January 23, posted $15,000 bond, and appeared in court for his first appearance. A preliminary hearing is set for March 14 at 2 p.m.
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Simmons
Morrison
Kansas City
Douglas County
Bills and bills between House and Senate in Kansas legislature
Bills moving through Kansas legislative sessions feature hemp and marijuana penalty provisions. Senate revisions would increase prison terms for aggravated burglary, potentially undoing savings from relaxed possession rules. Highlights include uniform accounting debates and auto insurance minimums, with a split on school district financial transparency and teacher compensation disclosures.
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Kansas Department of Agriculture
Senate
Jeff King
R-Independence
House
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Dwichita
Barbara Bollier
Mission Hills
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Ljworld.com
Eudora Bar
Baldwin City Economic Development
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Chris Leiszler
Bonnie Cramer
Rainbow Experience Preschool
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Hank Booth
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Eudora Community Center
Elm St
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Elwyn Jones Ejones
Conrad Swanson
Cswanson
Ijworld.com
Lights & Sirens
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Kansas Policy Institute
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Kansas State Department of Education
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