Kansas House panel tables Medicaid expansion bill
A Kansas House committee voted to table a bill expanding Medicaid to about 181 000 residents, potentially killing expansion hopes in 2017. Rep. John Barker argued against major new state spending until the Kansas Supreme Court rules on a school finance suit. Medicaid officials pegged full expansion at about 52 million dollars annually, with nearly 1 billion in federal funds, while supporters cited benefits to financially distressed hospitals and communities.
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Missing Boy After Lake Boat Capsize Is Reached by Recovery
The Douglas County Sheriff reports two 17-year-olds were thrown from a jon boat when it overturned at Douglas County State Fishing Lake around 10 p.m. One surfaced, the other remains missing as deputies and KDWP continue the search and shift toward recovery.
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Lawrence selects eight short term city planning goals
The City of Lawrence aims to complete the East Ninth Street Project build fiber internet and create a downtown master plan within one to two years. Eight priorities were set at a planning retreat with staff praising direction while some commissioners worried the list was limiting.
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Concrete whale appears at Lawrence construction site
Town Talk reports a reader spotted a large concrete whale among rubble at a Lawrence site near West Second Street and McDonald Drive beside Hallmark Cards. The sighting raises questions about its origin and purpose at the project location.
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