Middle class bears brunt of health insurance crisis
A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report titled Barely Hanging On compares 2008 and 2000 state by state health coverage trends. It cites rising costs for family and single policies, higher employee contributions, and more middle class uninsured. includes Kansas and Douglas County figures and notes Cover the Uninsured Week.
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Governor assails GOP budget in education and pay cut plan
The plan would cut $172 million from schools by not replacing federal education funds and imposes a 5 percent pay cut for most state employees, potentially closing offices at 3 p.m. Fridays. Rep Barbara Ballard opposed the measure, arguing it shifts funding inequities to districts. The GOP also proposes a 1 percent cut to all other state agency budgets with full House debate next week.
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Superintendent weighs final House vote on deeper cuts
The school board approved extensive cuts raising the student teacher ratio district wide and faces further decisions as 30 teachers plan to retire. No elementary schools will close this year, a task force will study older buildings, and a potential boundary change moves Kennedy School students toward New York School. A public forum is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kennedy gym.
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