Union warns guards face danger at Lansing prison
A state employees union reports 10 guards injured in five attacks at Lansing Correctional Facility from June 5 to 9, citing staffing shortages. The KOSE cites injuries including broken teeth and a torn rotator cuff while the Corrections Department says injuries are not serious. union director Rebecca Proctor blames funding gaps for increased inmate aggression and testing of staff response.
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Lansing
State Department of Corrections
Kansas Organization of State Employees
Topeka Capital-Journal
KOSE
Rebecca Proctor
Jeremy Barclay
Corrections Department
Lawmaker says Koch lobbyists cost re election endorsement
Kansas state Representative Scott Schwab blamed Koch Industries lobbyists for losing him the Kansas Chamber of Commerce endorsement after proposing testimony by the company on a repeal of the Renewable Portfolio Standard. Chamber president Mike O Neal called the allegation without merit.
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Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Koch Industries
Mike O’neal
Scott Schwab
R-Olathe
O’neal
Schwab
Kansas
Jonathan Small
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Slow start to Kansas winter wheat harvest in rain delays
The winter wheat harvest in Kansas is slow and soggy with about 2 percent cut, well below the 19 percent mid-June average. statewide 28 percent mature and 71 percent ripe in south-central Kansas where cutting resumed after weekend rains. Kiowa area farmers typically start early but intermittent rain has prevented two straight full cutting days.
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Wichita
Kansas
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Kiowa
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