House aims bill to aid prescription drug costs for elderly
In Topeka the House Health and Human Services Committee heard a bill to provide up to 1500 dollars a year for prescription drugs to Kansans age 62 and older not on Medicaid with incomes under 16000 for households. The plan faces cost concerns with an estimated 41.6 million next year if all 70000 eligible participate.
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Topeka
Garry Boston
R-Newton
Boston
Jim Morrison
Morrison
Colby
House
Kent Glasscock
Glasscock
Manhattan
Congress
Washington
Barbara Withee
American Association of Retired Persons
Sheriff testifies deputy shot during jail escapee search
Clay County Sheriff Gary Caldwell described Deputy James Kenney being shot while tackling a search of the Morganville home of escapee Jeffrey Hebert. Hebert faces murder charges for Kenney's death as officers found guns and a knife in the upstairs room.
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Clay Center
James Kenney
Clay County
Gary Caldwell
Caldwell
Jeffery Hebert
Morganville
Hebert
Kenney
Cloud County
Concordia
Jim
Kelly Kemp
Chuck Dunn
Dunn
Dunni
Kemp
Graves urges re-examination of death penalty after Illinois moratorium
Gov. Bill Graves said Illinois moratorium on executions should prompt states to reexamine capital punishment. He praised Gov. George Ryan for the action and stressed the gravity of life and death decisions, while noting no push to end the death penalty nationwide.
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Topeka
Illinois
Bill Graves
Ryan
Graves
Clinton
Wichita lawyers dispute Stovall testimony
Kansas lawmakers wrapped four days of hearings on Carla Stovall's tobacco litigation contract decisions. Gov. Graves resisted calls for further probes while House Chair Susan Wagle floated options like a special prosecutor or investigative panel. The panel weighed a 50 percent income tax on legal fees to Entz and Chanay, the firm that landed the $54 million Kansas case share, amid questions about Stovall's earlier assurances and the Hutton and Hutton firm claims of involvement.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
House Taxation Committee
Carla Stovall
Kansas
Susan Wagle
R-Wichita
Associated Press
Graves
Stovall
Wagle
Tax Committee
Entz and Chanay
Wichita
Hutton and Hutton
Mark Hutton
John Campbell
Andrew Hutton
Hutton
Hutton Brothers
Campbell
Entz
Farm coalition presses ahead in Kansas politics
A bipartisan Kansas Independent Family Farm Coalition, formed by 18 lawmakers, pushes bills to aid family farms though facing opposition from Senate President Dick Bond and House Speaker Rob Jennison. Critics warn bills could disrupt farming contracts while one measure seeks a Kansas State University farm practices center.
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Stan Clark
R Oakley
Tim Huelskamp
Huelskamp
R-Fowiler
House
Senate
Dick Bond
Overland Park
Robin Jennison
Kansas
Jennison
Senate Abeaties Committee
Consid
Clark
Federal
Packers and Stock
Kansas State University
House OKs DeSoto bonds for Oz theme park plan
De Soto would gain authority to issue nearly 250 million in sales tax bonds to back a Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant land transfer. Oz Entertainment aims to develop a 763 million theme park and resort on the 9,065 acre site, with environmental cleanup in return for state land transfer.
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DE Soto
House
Johnson County
Johnna Lingle
House Economic Development Committee
Bob Nugent
Statutes
Soto
Steve Prudden
Rose Marie Glatt
Oz Entertainment Co
Kansas Development Finance Authority
KFDA
Rebecca Floyd
Floyd
Missing Virginia twins found with father in Kansas
Twin sisters Bridget and Allison Nickens were found safe in Kansas with their father William Benedict, who was arrested after a trooper spotted the car in a salvage yard south of El Dorado. Benedict faces two counts of felony parental abduction in Virginia. the girls are with social workers pending reunification.
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EL Dorado
Virginia
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bridget
Allison Nickens
Manassas
William Benedict
Benedict
Randy
Myers
Butler County
McPherson
Kan
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