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Posts Tagged ‘Kansas Reflector’

Kansas Governor’s Budget Includes Pay Raises, Medicaid Expansion, Special Education, Tax Relief

By | January 11, 2024 | 0
Kansas Budget Director Adam Proffitt addresses a joint hearing of Senate and House lawmakers Thursday to reveal the governor’s budget plan.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s budget includes Medicaid expansion, paying down debt, and investments in special education, water and emergency housing.

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Kelly, Bipartisan Group of Legislators Promote $1B Tax Reduction Plan

By | January 8, 2024 | 0
Gov. Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of legislators propose a property, sales and income tax reduction bill on the first day of the 2024 session.

Gov. Laura Kelly and a bipartisan group of legislators have proposed a $1 billion, three-year tax reform bill designed to provide every Kansan relief.

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Kansas’ Unrivaled Rural Hospital Crisis: 58% at Risk of Closing, 82% Lost Money on Patient Care

By | December 12, 2023 | 0
Gov. Laura Kelly, left, listens to a discussion about the advantage of expanding eligibility for Medicaid to lower-income Kansans as 40 states have done since 2014, including Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.

Financial weaknesses at four of every five rural Kansas hospitals provide leverage to Medicaid expansion advocates seeking $680 million annually.

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University of Kansas Deal with Missouri Hospital Feels ‘Terribly Wrong’ to Lawmakers

By | December 11, 2023 | 0
University of Kansas Health System building.

The proposed takeover of Liberty Hospital in Missouri by the University of Kansas Health System is being greeted with scorn by lawmakers in Missouri and Kansas.

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Kansas Officials Downplayed Involvement in Marion Raid. Here’s What They Knew.

By | November 6, 2023 | 0
Freedom of the Press tattooed on a woman's forearm.

The Marion police chief enlisted the support of local and state law enforcement officials before he led raids on the local newspaper and the publisher’s home.

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