Kansas lawmakers weigh up to 1 billion for pension fix
Legislators near committing up to 1 billion in surplus state funds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and state workers. The Senate approved 28 to 12 to allocate 600 million by June and up to 400 million more by January. The House passed 113 to 5 to fund the full 1 billion this spring. Negotiators will draft the final version amid governor race politics.
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DCCCA files plans for $7 million Lawrence building
DCCCA plans a 17,000 square foot facility at 1739 E. 23rd Street in eastern Lawrence. The project proposes an outpatient substance abuse treatment center and would reuse a 1950s school building purchased in the 1990s.
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Kansan plans risky trip to rescue sister's kids from Ukraine
Oksana Seitz from Kansas, now a U S citizen living in Emporia, intends to travel to Romania to persuade embassies to expedite visas for her Ukrainian sister's two children. If needed she may take the children to Mexico and cross the U S border on foot. She faces opaque bureaucracy and personal fear as she weighs drastic options to reunite a family divided by war.
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