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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
08/23/19
TOPEKA — Aetna is bringing in new leadership to run its Medicaid operations in Kansas after chronic complaints from hospitals and others put it at risk...
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Corinne Boyer
Posted on
08/22/19
GARDEN CITY — Ali Abdi usually cuts meat at the Tyson plant in Holcomb, and was at the plant when a fire broke out and destroyed part of the structure....
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Deborah Shaar
Posted on
08/21/19
Large-scale commercial wind farms won’t be built in Sedgwick County.
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Kaiser Health News and Lauren Weber
Posted on
08/20/19
SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. — The money was so good in the beginning, and it seemed it might gush forever, right through tiny country hospitals in Missouri,...
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Nomin Ujiyediin
Posted on
08/16/19
TOPEKA — One of the United States’ largest and oldest private prison companies will house up to 600 Kansas inmates in a facility in Eloy, Arizona....
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Stephen Koranda
Posted on
08/16/19
The state of Kansas is canceling a contract that administered an elementary-school reading program because of what state officials call inappropriate...
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
08/15/19
TOPEKA ― The “Kidney Stone Belt” is a thing, and it’s coming for Kansas. Climate change is expanding that swath of America, currently in the south and...
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Chris Haxel
Posted on
08/14/19
A federal judge is holding the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kansas in contempt in connection with a burgeoning scandal involving recordings of confidential...
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
08/13/19
TOPEKA ― Aetna remains in hot water with the state of Kansas, which recently threatened to cancel the company’s Medicaid contract.
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Angie Haflich
Posted on
08/12/19
Tyson Fresh Meats plans to reopen the Holcomb, Kansas, beef packing plant partially destroyed by a weekend fire — it’s just not sure when. Tyson said in...
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Andrea Tudhope
Posted on
08/10/19
Just over a week after her old boss was convicted of battery against her , Maddie Waldeck is suing the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas...
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Nomin Ujiyediin
Posted on
08/09/19
Kansas will send 360 of its male prisoners to a privately owned and operated prison in Eloy, Arizona, starting this summer. The Kansas Department of...
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Stephan Bisaha
Posted on
08/08/19
To get the best college experience, live on campus.
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Brian Grimmett
Posted on
08/07/19
Wichita — Sarah Stephens stands over a brightly lit table in a detached garage-turned-grow shed as she trims away unnecessary leaves from a recently...
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
08/06/19
TOPEKA ― State officials have told one of the key players in Kansas’ privatized Medicaid system that it stands in danger of getting fired for not living...
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Nomin Ujiyediin
Posted on
08/05/19
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Susan Haynes used to have panic attacks seven times a day. Sometimes, she would fall out of her chair. Sometimes, she would stop...
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Rylie Koester
Posted on
08/05/19
The Douglas County Fair last week featured many typical animal-showing competitions: cows, goats, pigs —plus llamas. The Douglas County 4-H Llama...
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Stephan Bisaha
Posted on
08/02/19
Adult education programs offered by Kansas’ colleges and school districts are increasingly bringing classes to workers where they already are: at work.
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Corinne Boyer
Posted on
08/01/19
DODGE CITY — Kansas is bathed in shades of blue that stretch north to south, east to west. That’s not a reference to politics: It’s what the state looks...
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Brian Grimmett
Posted on
08/01/19
Wichita — Cindy Hoedel and Scott Yeargain, who live in or near the Kansas Flint Hills, began looking into oil and gas operations near their homes as...
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Dan Margolies
Posted on
07/31/19
Kansas Sen. Jim Denning may be on the hook for about $90,000 in legal fees after a judge threw out his defamation claims against The Kansas City Star...
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Andrea Tudhope
Posted on
07/31/19
A high-ranking official of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has resigned after a jury on Tuesday found him guilty of...
