News & Issues
Children’s Mercy adds heart transplants to cardiac program
Over the years, physicians at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics have developed substantial expertise in caring for patients before and after they receive heart transplants. But now the hospital can provide the full spectrum of care to these children, following approval last week for it to perform such transplants itself. The go-ahead came from the…
Kansas City Week In Review: Dissecting the 2014 Election
After countless millions spent, dinners interrupted by robo-calls and every TV break filled with attack ads for the better part of a month, it’s finally over…so how do you explain what happened and what happens now? Dissecting the results are Garrett Haake, Political reporter with 41 Action News; Jim McLean of KHI News Service, Topeka and Former Kansas Statehouse Bureau Chief, Topeka Capital Journal; Barbara…
Voters in Salina, Kansas vote to keep fluoride in water
Salina voters rejected an effort to remove fluoride from their drinking water Tuesday by a 2-to-1 margin, halting a growing anti-fluoride movement. The city’s dentists and doctors led the charge, and unofficial results showed 6,392 Salinans voting against the measure to remove fluoride and only 3,091 voting in favor. “We are very excited to see…
Johnson County GOP declares a “Great night for Kansas”
Several hundred people attended the Johnson County Republican Party’s free watch party at the Overland Park Marriott Tuesday night to watch election results. Through out the evening legislators from House District races, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer and U.S. Congressman Kevin Yoder gave victory speeches, while watching the results come in for the rest of…
