Legislative coffee set for Saturday at Peoples National Bank
Franklin County representatives from the State House and Senate will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Peoples National Bank to discuss the new session and upcoming issues. Almeda Edwards will moderate the event.
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Peoples National Bank
Fifth and Main
Franklin County
State House
Senate
Almeda Edwards
Arrests, thefts and accidents in Franklin County area
Daily Report details multiple arrests including Melvin Watkins on marijuana charges jail in lieu of 750 bond and David Bibens held for methamphetamine offenses. Thefts cover a truck valued at 1200 dollars. Accidents list a 17 year old Gipson injured with 500 plus damage and a second non injury crash. Fire and ambulance calls note gas leaks and medical emergencies.
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Melvin William Watkins
Williamsburg
Old
Tennessee
David Wesley Bibens
Garnett
Terry Allan Stankey
Osage
S. Main
Franklin County
Gary R. Freeman
Ash
James B. Gipson
S. Mulberry
Princeton
Paul C. Byrd
Rockwood Drive
Gipson
Jason L. Fawcett
Manhattan
Robert J. Wegner
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Princeton Circle Drive
Cedar
Cal
Labette Road
Ottawa doctor retains license under strict stipulation
Dr. David Edalati may keep his medical license in Kansas but faces strict conditions. The Kansas Board of Healing Arts required better medical records, dictated office notes within 48 hours, and proper transcription details, plus a triplicate prescription pad for controlled substances. He must undergo monitoring, quarterly chart reviews, monthly prescriptions reporting, and complete courses in medical record keeping and controlled substance prescribing, with a $3500 payment and potential end of stipulation after compliance.
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Herald
David Edalati
Kansas
Kansas Board of Healing Arts
Edalati
Board
Kansas farmers plant more winter wheat amid freeze damage fears
Kansas wheat seedings rise 1 percent to 9.9 million acres, the largest in the nation, as snow melts reveal potential freeze damage from December. Analysts note harvest uncertainty and compare state plantings to prior years, with Texas Oklahoma and Missouri also reporting declines in wheat acreage.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Dean Stoskopf
Hoisington
Brett Myers
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Myers
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Lawmakers to probe child support checks in Kansas
Kansas legislators schedule a joint hearing for Jan 22 with Janet Schalansky to question the SRS secretary about child support payments processed by Tier Technologies at the Kansas Payment Center in Topeka. SRS says only 2-3 percent miss routines. critics call the system botched.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Janet Schalansky
John Wratil
Schalansky
Tier Technologies Inc
SRS
Temptation Island sparks chatter about Megan Denton
The Ottawa native Megan Denton, a former Laker Girl and KU Crimson Girls member, is featured on Temptation Island filmed near Belize. Viewers and locals speculate about her role as she and other couples confront fidelity tests while Fox reviews casting and publicity limits.
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Belize
Denton
Don
Cris Denton
Ottawa
Don Denton
Megan
Frank Garvin
OHS
Megan Denton
Garvin
California
Jack Nicholson
Denzel Washington
Leonardo di Caprio
Bosnia
United Nations
Crimson Girls
Fox
Adair
CBS
NBC
Associated Press
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Tawaherald
Graves and leaders approve $150 million internal borrowing
Gov. Bill Graves and eight legislative leaders as the State Finance Council voted to shift $150 million between idle state accounts to keep the general fund solvent and pay bills on time. The maneuver, labeled certificates of indebtedness, swaps funds without creating new debt and targets upcoming school aid and other obligations.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Graves
State Finance Council
Finance Council
Kansas
Senate
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Duane Goossen
Goossen
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeeka
Kenny Wilk
Lansing
House Appropriations Committee
Wilk
Ink
Regents seek tax credits for corporate donations
Kansas regents urge lawmakers to create state income tax credits to spur corporate gifts totaling about 20 million dollars for a systemwide regents endowment. Funds would support technology upgrades student aid and interinstitutional collaborations as the executive director notes the cost to state would be about 13.4 million if the target is met.
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Topeka
State Board of Regents
Regents
Clay Blair III
Mission Hills
House Higher Education Committee
Blair
House Higher Education
Lisa Benson
Shawnee
Kim Wilcox
Wilcox
Kansas
Rundell elected head of State Board of Education
Syracuse farmer J B Sonny Rundell won a unanimous election as president of the State Board of Education, pledging policy focus and less bickering. He expects evolution to return to science standards and supports district autonomy while gauges a looming tax and merger debates amid moderates’ gains. Governor Graves highlighted education in the State of the State.
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Syracuse
J.B
Sonny” Rundell
State Board of Education
Rundell
State Board
Janet Waugh
Kansas City
Bill Graves
Kansas
Ruth Teichman
R-Stafford
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