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Dodge City Daily Globe
3 Mar, 2020
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The entanglement of Medicaid expansion and a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion looms over the Legislative session. Lawmakers make progress on issues like sports gambling, however, and the women's prison graduates its first class of computer coders.
Abortion, Medicaid rifts elevate political divide at session’s midpoint
Sen. Dinah Sykes bluntly appealed to colleagues for removal of procedural barricades erected by Senate GOP leadership irritated by failure of the House to pass a constitutional amendment declaring no right to abortion existed in the state's Bill of Rights.
Kansas nuns urge Legislature to pass Medicaid expansion

Seventy-six Kansas Catholic nuns have signed a letter to legislators urging them to pass Medicaid expansion as a desperately needed life-saving benefit for suffering Kansans.

Kansas Senate passes sports gambling plan despite concerns with state’s cut of action

The Kansas Senate on Wednesday moved to legalize sports gambling over objections from Democrats who complained that a deal brokered after two years of haggling too heavily favors casino managers.

Kansas Senate tackles bill so college athletes may profit off renown

The Kansas Senate will attempt to referee the shifting economic field of play for college and university sports Wednesday by considering a framework for athletes in the state to trade for the first time on their renown by promoting companies and products.

Congressional report faults election official in Dodge City polling change

Three weeks before the November 2018 election, Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox vented frustration with her predecessor over the "big mess" erupting in their southwest Kansas community.

House repulses governor’s KPERS, Medicaid plans

Kansas House Republicans rejected Gov. Laura Kelly's strategy of refinancing state pension system liabilities and deflected a bid to advance the Democratic governor's bipartisan plan to expand Medicaid to at least 130,000 low-income adults and children.

Kansas schools could get more state aid by removing Fort Leavenworth from formula

A revision in the way Kansas calculates aid for school district projects could help lower property taxes for residents across the state.

Women develop ‘sense of hope’ in Kansas prison’s coding course

Amber Bright didn't know she loved to learn. Like others who enrolled in a premier computer coding class at the state-run women's prison in Topeka, Bright had no prior knowledge of the digital mechanics behind websites and applications.

Capitol Insider podcast: Kansas grad students flash research prowess

University of Kansas graduate student Beth Rankin's research examines traumatic stress experienced by novice elementary teachers exposed to the emotional ups and downs of their students.

Senate places under microscope a bill adding to infant testing

Karey Padding returned home in November 2010 the mother of what she believed to be a healthy baby boy.

Swift pivot leading to square, polka as official dances

Square dance caller Allen Hahn said a great injustice was underfoot in the halls of the Capitol. Fans of polka were on the verge of getting a bill through a Senate committee that would make that celebratory movement the official state dance. That would, Hahn said, be a disservice to lovers of square dancing.

Kansas Senate moves to restrain county appraisers

Senators in the Kansas Legislature on Tuesday embraced sweeping changes to restrain county appraisers and property valuations that increase local tax burdens.

Kansas drifts toward re-labeling life jackets

Kansas is slowly paddling toward adjustment of state law on labeling life jackets used by boaters on lakes and rivers.

Kansas Senate punts plan to count more provisional ballots

Sen. Randall Hardy on Thursday proposed an expansion of legislation aimed at lowering the number of ballots that get tossed in the trash after Election Day.

Kansas Senate orders academic report cards on state’s foster kids

The Kansas Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday requiring compilation of an annual academic report card on thousands of children in foster care.

Watkins’ campaign releases poll; voter registration investigation lingers

U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins released a campaign poll Friday showing the 2nd District Republican from Kansas leading the primary election race against GOP challenger Jake LaTurner.

Kelly, Colyer accept government advisory leadership positions

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and former Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer accepted appointment to leadership positions of groups advising government.

University of Kansas renaming research structure in tribute to former chancellor

LAWRENCE - University of Kansas' newest science teaching and research building will be named in honor of former chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.