KanCare 2.0 moves forward amid RFP plan
A divided KanCare oversight committee voted to back moving ahead with KanCare 2.0 under the Brownback Colyer administration. The plan would begin issuing RFPs to private insurers to manage Medicaid benefits starting January 2019, affecting over 400,000 Kansas residents while sparking protests over work requirements and lifetime caps.
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Fire at Lawrence Avenue house displaces residents. pets escape
An early Wednesday blaze at 1209 Lawrence Ave in Lawrence, sparked by discarded smoking materials, damaged the home heavily with flames on the back, attic, and first floor. Two adults and four pets escaped. two cats were saved, one cat unaccounted for. Damages estimated at 85 thousand dollars.
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Brownback visits D.C. to push nomination through logjam
Governor Brownback travels to Washington to meet with Senate leaders and break the stalemate over his nomination as ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. Aide statements downplay any NSC position talk. The Foreign Relations Committee advanced the nomination 11-10 amid LGBT rights objections.
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Sam Brownback
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Kansas
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Colyer
GOP
Kris Kobach
Donald Trump Jr
Mitch McConnell
R-Ky
McConnell
David Popp
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Plans filed for Jack In The Box on 23rd Street in Lawrence
Plans are filed to replace Long John Silver's A W on 23rd Street with a Jack In The Box. The chain, common in the KC metro with seven locations, offers both burgers and a taco focused Mexican menu. It features premium Ribeye Burgers, butter buns, sourdough options, and a Bacon Ranch Monster Taco. Chicken is also prominent on the menu in Lawrence.
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23Rd Street
Lawrence
Matey
Jack In the Box
Long John Silver
s/A&W
Legends District
Long John Silver’s
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