Kobach seeks power to press voter fraud charges in Kansas
Prosecutors dispute Kris Kobach claims of widespread voter fraud and say they have received no referrals from his office in years. Kansas US Attorney Barry Grissom says he will prosecute any verified case, while Kobach notes past inaction by predecessors and notes 18 double voting cases found in 2010 and 2012 among 17 million voters.
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Wichita
Kansas
Kris Kobach
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Secretary of State
Grissom
FBI
Grad student to be student voice for diversity efforts at KU
Ja meelah Jones, a KU graduate student, becomes the Student Senate’s director of Diversity and Inclusion. The new role aims to bridge students and administration, ensuring voices of color, LGBT students, and students with disabilities influence campus policy. Jones joined after protests and ongoing campus diversity work.
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Student Senate
Ferguson
Morgan Said
Jameelah Jones
Kansas University
Obama visit in Lawrence costs estimated at sixty two thousand
Local officials report Obama’s January 21 22 Lawrence stay included a presidential event and a school tour with security and emergency services on hand. Total city costs for law enforcement emergency services about 62250 and fire EMS overtime over 6800 with 28 sheriff deputies involved. EU Final Four security costs cited as comparison.
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Lawrence
Obama
Kansas University
Anschutz
Secret Service
Megan Gilliland
Douglas County
Douglas
Dems push wage-boosting middle class agenda in Kansas
Kansas Democrats unveiled a middle class economics plan calling for raising the state minimum wage and requiring state contractors to hire Kansas residents at union-scale wages. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley tied the proposals to the Obama era and criticized the governor’s tax cuts, while promising next week to reinstate some tax breaks for low and moderate income people.
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Bill aims to curb costs of mental health drugs in KanCare
In 2014 Kansas Medicaid spent 24.6 million on one drug Ability from Ot suka Pharmaceutical Co for schizophrenia and bipolar symptoms making it the system’s priciest medication. Eight of the ten costliest drugs target mental disorders with five being atypical antipsychotics like Seroquel. Since 2002 Kansas law bans KanCare from implementing preferred drug lists or requiring cheaper generics first.
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Ability
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co
Kansas
KanCare
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