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Kansas courts close to make up for budget shortfall | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. Kansas courts close to make up for budget shortfall. Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss signed an order to close the Kansas courts for five days because legislature did not approve a budget that would help fund the court system’s $1.4 million shortfall. The Lawrence Journal-World reported the courts will close to make up for part of this shortfall. More than 1,500 employees without pay for those five days. The Wichita Eagle ...
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Coalition opposes voter ID law, election commissioners adjust to change | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. Coalition opposes voter ID law, election commissioners adjust to change. President Glenda Overstreet looked on as members of the League of Women Voters. The NAACP, and the AARP. Along with students and legislators, rallied against the voter identification law at the Capitol on Wednesday, March 28. The crowd assembled, waved signs and chanted to show their aversion to a law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Now, more than a year after...
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Kansas Livestock Association reassures Kansans after USDA finds mad cow | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. Kansas Livestock Association reassures Kansans after USDA finds mad cow. The Kansas Livestock Association says beef is safe. And there is no need for concern over the USDA’s findings of mad cow disease in California. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the disease was found in a dead dairy cow. A coalition that includes the Travel Industry Association of Kansas. The Kansas Legislature reconvened today after a three-week spring recess....
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“Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” passes House, moves to Senate | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. 8220;Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” passes House, moves to Senate. The Preservation of Religious Freedom Act, which would prohibit the government from creating a law that would infringe on someone’s religious beliefs, passed the Kansas House. A bill presented to protect women from breast cancer is being stalled in the House. Gov Sam Brownback vetoed a bill that would require ex-barbers to take a licensing exam. Upon re-entering ...
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State program draws graduates to rural Kansas; new counties to be included | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. State program draws graduates to rural Kansas; new counties to be included. To see which counties are designated as Rural Opportunity Zones, click here. Ten years ago, Lee Waldron. Took a leap of faith. He was a high school senior living in Bakersfield, Calif. A city of more than 300,000 people and had received a football recruitment letter from Tabor College. In Hillsboro, Kan. I just kind of rolled the dice, he said. A program establi...
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Kansas Legislature to overhaul KPERS | Capital Connections
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National, Kansas, Lawrence and University of Kansas government news. Kansas Legislature to overhaul KPERS. April 4, 2012. Posted in Government news. Posted by Nikki Wentling on April 4, 2012. Https:/ nwentling.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/kansas-legislature-to-overhaul-kpers/. Kansas courts close to make up for budget shortfall. 8220;Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” passes House, moves to Senate. April 5, 2012. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Follow &ldq...
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