Editorial urges 48hour stays for normal births and 96hour for C-section
The editorial argues insurers cut coverage to drive down costs, highlighting 24hour stays for births as inadequate. It cites Kansas efforts and a proposed 48hour minimum with a 96hour rule for cesareans, calling for legislative action to protect mothers and newborns. It critiques drive-through deliveries and notes jaundice can appear after 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Health and Human Services Committee
John D. Montgomery
True Justice Letter Seeks Help After Franklin County Mailbox Theft
A Franklin County resident pleads for information after a mailbox at 2136 Sand Creek Road was stolen last Friday night or Saturday morning January 19 20. The owner describes the purple green scalloped box won at a car club event and asks informants to contact the sheriff. The letter urges accountability and warns thefts will continue without speaking out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Franklin County
Sand Creek Road
Over the Road Gang
Ol’ Marais
Franklin County Sheriff's
First Home Enshrined in Memory Through a Redo Visit
A reader recalls revisiting the first house she and her husband owned, 11 years and three moves later, and reliving memories sparked by familiar rooms and details. She reflects on family moments, the grandparents’ home, and the emotional pull of place across time.
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Memory Lane
Kansas
Hulls
South
Carolina
Kansas House eyes bold ethics reform drive
In the 1996 sessions, Kansas lawmakers push sweeping ethics rules to curb revolving door moves and lobbying abuse. Key figures include Gene Vickrey, John Toplikar, Carol Dawson, Britt Nichols, and Speaker Tim Shallenberger, with calls to ban home chef lobbying and tighten campaign finance laws. The effort targets PACs and state funded lobbying, seeking true reform beyond political optics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Vickrey
Louisburg
John Toplikar
Olathe
Carol Dawson
Russell
House Elections Committee
Britt Nichols
Prairie Village
Topeka
Kansas
Statehouse
House Health and Human Services
Carlos Mayans
House
Pete McGill
Mayans
Kansas Senate
Overland Park
Tim Shallenberger
Baxter Springs
Shallenberger
Dawson
Senate
Clinton vs Dole echo Reagan in State of the Union rhetoric
AP Special Correspondent notes Republicans say Clinton sounds like Reagan while Clinton teams frame him as countering conservative excess. Dole argues Clinton talks center but governs left, criticizing his spending, welfare stance, and the gap between promises and policy as he competes for the GOP nomination in Iowa.
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Walter R. Mears
Ashington
Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Bob Dole
Dole
State of the Union
Bill Clinton
Haley Barbour
Republican Party
House
Newt Gingrich
Lyndon Johnson
Gingrich
Republican Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
Kansas
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Kansas House of Representatives
John Marshall
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APN
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