Water policy persists as Kansas stalled issue
The Kansas water fight shifts with change at the Division of Water Resources as David Pope departs after 24 years, while the Kickapoo Tribe struggles with drought and flood risks on the Delaware River. The tribe seeks a Plum Creek dam to secure a new reservoir, amid land compensation disputes, as lawmakers debate governance of water use and long term aquifer management.
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State Board of Education
David Pope
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources
Topeka
Delaware River
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Delaware
Lake Perry
United States
Damon Williams
Tribe
Plum Creek
Congress
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Agriculture
Allie Devine
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Colorado
Arkansas River
Tim Huelskamp
Judge Warns Larned State Hospital Officials in Contempt Case
LARNED AP A district judge. Frank J. Yeoman threatened contempt sanctions against Larned State Hospital officials for blocking two patients in the sexual predator treatment program from raising grievances about conditions. Inspections uncovered more than 150 health and safety violations in a facility housing noncriminal psychiatric patients and children with mental illnesses. The judge ruled patients Brull and Stockwell have a constitutional right to complain and ordered officials to cease efforts to deny that access. He scheduled a hearing to determine contempt, noting hospital actions restricting privileges as punishment for filing complaints. Officials defended management, saying the ruling vindicated them and that patients are not punished for filing complaints. Violations cited include sanitation, maintenance, supervision, and a choking death linked to poor supervision, with a rebuke over the hospital’s conditional accreditation status. Public debate centers on management problems and calls for accountability and improved patient care.
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Shawnee County
Frank J. Yeoman
Mark Brull
Gavan Stockwell
Brull
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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Yeoman
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Susan Wagle
Richita
Senate
Schools for Fair Funding shifts from suit to lobbying
A Kansas group that sued to boost public school funding will focus on lobbying funded by voluntary district contributions. The decision, taken in Newton, keeps the group intact with Topeka lobbyists while ending active litigation.
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Newton
John Robb
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Independence
Salina
Leavenworth
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Emporia
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Augusta
Hays
Great Bend
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Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Topeka
John Peterson
Bill Brady
Alan Rupe
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