Gambling task forces say gambling fund misused in Kansas
Kansas task forces say 2 percent gambling revenue funds are largely diverted to Medicaid. Three groups would get 10 000 each in fiscal 2014, a flat line critics call insufficient as meetings plan better allocation. Officials say funding decisions await final budget data and more discussions.
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Kansas
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Wyandotte County
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Wichita
Angela Hagen
Kansas Department For Aging and Disability Services
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Aging and Disability Services Agency
Associated Press
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Kansas winter wheat crop rises 7 percent in forecast
Kansas' 328 million bushels expected this year, up 7 percent from last month per the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Despite gains, harvest down 14 percent from last year as drought bites western Kansas. yields average 40 bushels per acre from about 8.2 million acres, with 87 percent of planted acres harvested. Eastern Kansas reports dramatic yields while western regions lag.
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Kansas
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Bill Spiegel
Kansas Wheat
Spiegel
Brownback Names Kansas Mental Health Task Force Members
Gov. Sam Brownback selects a statewide task force to coordinate mental health services across Kansas. The group will review state agency cooperation and resource use with two state hospitals, 27 community centers, and private partners. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services will oversee the effort, with a first meeting set for July 18 in Topeka. Brownback will receive a findings report later.
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Sam Brownback
Kansas
Kansas Department
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Brownback
Monkeys Escape From small Kansas Zoo at Riverside Park
At Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Independence two capuchin monkeys escaped a pen during cage cleaning. One was captured soon after, the other remained at large as officials searched the area. A zookeeper reportedly failed to secure the pen lock. one monkey bit an Oklahoma man and jumped on a woman who struck it with a purse. Live traps were placed around the zoo. The pair also escaped from their cage several years ago.
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Riverside Park
Independence
Barbara Beurskens
David Cowan
Corn harvest estimate downgraded slightly in Midwest
The USDA trimmed the 2010 corn crop outlook to about 13.95 billion bushels and 89.1 million harvested acres due to late planting from a wet spring. Iowa farmer Chris Edgington notes it is the first year in over six decades with no planting on 2000 acres, as fields faced drought and storms across the region.
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Kansas
Colorado
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