RMH finances show 1989 loss widens from 1988
Ransom Memorial Hospital posted a 1989 operating loss of 625,686 dollars, more than double 1988, boosted by December deficits. Despite higher activity in radiology, lab, physical therapy, and outpatient services, Medicare shortfalls limited recovery as patients stayed longer and Medicare reimbursement lagged. Continued on Page 8.
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Ansom Memorial Hospital
RMH Board of Trustees
Ransom Memorial
RMH
Len Daugherty
Daugherty
Stephan presents 21 point plan to expand Kansas anti drug laws
Kansas Attorney General Stephan unveiled a 21 point package to strengthen anti drug laws, seek harsher penalties for meth labs and drug trafficking, boost KBI narcotics agents to 29, tax and forfeiture reforms, money laundering crimes, juvenile use bans, school zone penalties, and broaden judge sentencing powers including life terms. Hayden supported the plan, signaling administration backing and potential legislative action.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert Stephan
Mike Hayden
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Stephan
Stamp hike eyed as postal rates rise in 1991
Washington AP reports the Postal Service plans a March 6 rate filing that could set a 30 cent first class stamp for 1991. Final price may range 28 to 32 cents. If approved, new charges would take effect about 11 months after filing, likely February 1991. Postmaster General Anthony M. Frank notes a 5 cent rise would be a 20 percent jump. The service faces a projected $1.6 billion deficit for the year ending Sept. 30 after earning $404 million in the previous quarter. The agency aims to break even over the long run.
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Anthony M. Frank
Frank
Senate panel backs one year reappraisal moratorium
The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee endorsed a bill for a one year halt on property revaluations. Current law requires 25 percent reappraisals each year to cover all properties in four years. Officials cite 1989 reappraisal issues and the reopened protest process, with irrigated farmland as the sole exception.
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Topeka, Kan
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
John Luttjehann
Price of justice tests crowded Franklin County jails
Franklin County faces crowded jails due to mandatory DUI sentences and tougher drug laws, while the court system runs at capacity. Wendell Barker notes scarce courtrooms, judges, and prosecutors hinder speedy trials, with most cases likely to be plea bargained to reduce court time. Brad Gilges, former DEU member now dispatch director, laments probation and fines for persistent offenders as a failing path.
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Franklin County
Wendell Barker
Barker
Brad Gilges
Drug Enforcement Unit
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