Former SRS worker cites policies aiding illegal immigrants
Lana Reed, a former Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services case worker, told House lawmakers that current rules enable fraud and favor illegal immigrants over legal residents in benefit distribution. She described procedures that ignore fraudulent documents and questioned income calculations for households with illegal immigrants seeking food aid. SRS responded that safeguards exist to prevent improper benefits and verify documents. Committee Chair Lance Kinzer says the issue warrants talks with SRS Secretary Rob Siedlecki while Senators push a new immigration bill requiring affirmative citizenship proof and status checks by state and local agencies.
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State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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Traffic ticket showdown reveals boundary jurisdiction oddity
An Overland Park man winning a speeding ticket fight in Eudora Municipal Court exposes a boundary quirk along County Road 442 East 10th Street not annexed into the city. Officials say an honest mistake left a county segment outside city limits while nearby stretches, including the new elementary school, lie inside.
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Speaker seeks abolition of education and regents boards
Kansas House speaker Mike O Neal urged a constitutional amendment to abolish the State Board of Education and the Kansas Board of Regents. He would empower the governor to appoint a Cabinet level secretary of education. Regents chairman Gary Sherrer and State Board member Ken Willard opposed the plan, calling it an unnecessary fix. The Regents oversee higher education and were created to shield it from political influence.
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KU Chancellor to Visit Colombia Meet KU Alumni President Santos
Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little travels to Colombia next week to meet KU alumnus President Juan Manuel Santos and invite him back to campus. Santos, a 1973 KU graduate, has shown interest in returning to speak and reconnect with Delta Upsilon brothers. The trip aims to deepen KU ties and broaden the chancellor’s understanding of alumni connections.
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