Kansas welfare debate links to foster care rise
Kansas faces fierce debate over how a $100 million federal block grant is spent. Legislators question whether welfare roll reductions lift people into jobs, while foster care numbers top 6,000 and are projected to grow. Critics warn cash cuts strain families and raise foster placements.
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Kelly
Kansas
Troy Waymaster
Bunker Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Topeka shootings prompt charges and secrecy orders
Hearing in Topeka linked to October 1 gunfire at 11th and Massachusetts. Anthony Roberts Jr. jailed on 1 million bond facing murder and attempted murder counts. Co-defendants Ahmad Rayton and Dominique McMillen named. details sealed to protect witnesses. Police say up to 100 people were present. some targeted, others bystanders affected.
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Anthony L. Roberts Jr
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Topeka
Leah Brown
Colwin Lynn Henderson
Tre’Mel Dupree
Dean Rayton
Tahzay Rayton
Ahmad M. Rayton
Royelle Hunt
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Michael Clarke
Dominique J. McMillon
Robert Wheeler
Wheeler
McMillen
J.C. Gilroy
Lawrence
Pokorny
Journal-World
Datebook items for Lawrence area events today
Willow Drop-In runs 9 a.m. to noon at Lawrence Public Library. Senior Sessions feature Around the Cake by Wayne Thiebaud at Spencer Museum of Art. Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James discuss Man From the Train 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Lawrence Public Rumors. Dan Goble saxophonist and Russell Hirshfield pianist perform 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Swarthout Recital Hall. An Evening with Five Kansas Laureate 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Design Research. Submit event by emailing datebook at ijworld.com 48 hours prior.
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Baker University
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Swarthout
Murphy Hall
Naismith Drive
Kansas
Westbrook Circle
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