Kansas seeks federal health care overhaul exemption via interstate compact
A Kansas House committee advanced a bill to join an interstate compact that would let the state resist federal health care mandates. Supporters call it a practical move, not symbolic, while opponents dub it frivolous and politically charged amid tensions with the Obama administration.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee
Missouri
Texas
Congress
Barack Obama
GOP
Lawrence man 19 charged with rape in south Lawrence
A 19 year old Lawrence man was charged Thursday with rape over alleged sexual contact with a 13 year old girl in October 2013. He was a night custodian at South and Liberty Memorial Central middle schools before being fired after his arrest. He appeared in Douglas County District Court on Thursday with a $50,000 bond. Police say detectives interviewed the victim and others and that charges followed interviews on February 14 and 18.
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Lawrence Public Schools
Douglas County
Trent McKinley
Lawrence Police Department
South Lawrence
McKinley
Julie Boyle
South and Liberty Memorial Central
Boyle
Kansas
Bill to expand spanking dies in Kansas House
TOPERA A bill would ease restrictions on corporal punishment but the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee, chaired by Rep. John Rubin, will not hear it. Rep. Gail Finney of Wichita introduced the measure to guide parents and officials and to clarify existing law, though it would have allowed harsher blows leaving marks.
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Topera
Kansas
John Rubin
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee
Rubin
Gail Finney
Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Finney
Senate passes Hard 50 bill to 50 year minimum sentence
The Kansas Senate approved a bill strengthening the Hard 50 sentencing law sending it to the House on a 35 to 3 vote. The measure would set a minimum 50 year term for premeditated first degree murder unless a judge finds circumstances justify 25 years to life.
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House
Topeka
Kansas
State Senate
John Hanna
Terry Bruce
Hutchinson
Statehouse
Lawrence man indicted on drug and weapon charges
Federal prosecutors indicted 37 year old Damon Griffin of Lawrence on distributing methamphetamine unlawful firearm possession and felon in possession of a firearm. The investigation spanned Franklin and Anderson counties with KBI and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office joining the probe after an arrest on property damage and domestic charges.
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Lawrence
U.S
Damon Douglas Griffin
Barry Grissom
LMH Penalized Over Readmission Rates After Success Cut
Lawrence Memorial Hospital saw a small Medicare payment penalty amid a major drop in pneumonia readmissions from 20.8 percent in 2012 to 6.6 percent last year. LMH reduced readmissions by using a care navigator and respiratory therapist led follow ups with patients and primary care referrals within days of discharge.
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LMH
Jane Blocher
Blocher
Community Care Navigator
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