Kansas Senate hears rival fish for official state designation
Olpe seventh graders lobby for the channel catfish as Kansas official fish while Blue Valley Northwest students back the endangered Topeka shiner as a cleaner symbol. The hearing of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee adjourned without action after calls for compromise.
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Teresa
Olpe
Overland Park
Blue Valley Northwest
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
House
Shire of
Kansas
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Patrick Stevenson
Peggy Long
R-Hamilton
Kamsas
Long
Jerritt Turner
Ed May
Olathe South High School
May
Ryan Johnson
Johnson
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Kori Bernhardt
Judge Pushes Pilot Pay Plan to Retain Courthouse Staff
Douglas County administrative judge Michael Malone says he cannot reward hard work under the current pay system. A Kansas House committee backed a two year pilot offering performance based raises for employees in his 7th Judicial District. The program targets his district Shawnee County’s 3rd Judicial District and the Department of Administration with debate ahead in the full House.
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Michael Malone
Malone
Douglas County
Kansas House
Shawnee County
Department of Administration
7Th Judicial District
Douglas County District Court
Wilk
Kansas
Douglas
Shawnee
Tom Sloan
Lawrence
Sloan
Attracting Employees in Douglas County Courts Faces Pay Gap
Douglas County District Court struggles to attract staff as city and county salaries exceed state pay scales. Probation officers start at 24500, community corrections at 28330, and the city’s new probation officer at 30000. Clerks begin at 15000 to 17000, boosting turnover and reducing applications. Lawmakers consider performance pay to offset gaps without harming civil service protections.
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Malone
Douglas County
Memorial rites for Hazel Elizabeth Rice Mayes in Roanoke
Memorial services for Hazel Elizabeth Rice Mayes 83 of Roanoke will be at 2 p m April 24 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Roanoke with ashes buried at Quaki ll Cemetery in Lawrence Kansas She died March 23 1999 at South Roanoke Nursing Home Born February 14 1926 in Lawrence Kan she was a KU Phi Beta Kappa graduate 1936 and earned a masters from the University of Illinois in 1947 She worked for HAR Block 18 years and served in Meals on Wheels 17 years She belonged to DAR AAUW and Thursday Morning Music Club Survivors include three daughters six grandchildren and one great granddaughter The family will receive friends and memorials may be sent to Free Methodist Church or Alzheimer s Association.
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Roanoke
Hazel Elizabeth Rice Mayes
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Wheels
Unitarian Universalist Church
Morris £. Mayes
Katharyn A. Thayer
Morehead City
N.C
Jaret E. Flood
Appleton
Wis
Sharan
Mayes
Clearwater
Flac
Cynthia
Frease
Crewley
Daughiter Quakey
House OKs changes in Open Meetings Act
Lawmakers moved a measure to add a 13th exception for security matters under the Open Meetings Act. Debate focused on taping committee hearings and public access to minutes, with votes ending 64 to 1 and 87 to 38 before final passage by one vote over the minimum.
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Torvis
Senate
Richard Alldritt
D-Harper
Ralph Tanner
Yuan Et Ringins
Saids Tanner
Baldwin City
Tanner
House
Joann Flower
Oskaloosa
Tom Sloan
Lawrence
Voling
Barbara Ballard
Troy Findley
Saih Lawrence
Melvin Neufeld
R-Ingalls
Leroy Hayden
D-Satanta
Someody
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Ljworld.com
Hazel Elizabeth Mayes
Abilene
Free Methodist Church
James R. Simpson
Detroit
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Jopeka
Ronald Richard Simpson
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