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Dodge City Daily Globe
10 Jun, 2020
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Gov. Kelly signs COVID-19 response bill
Gov. Laura Kelly has signed a COVID-19 bill that allocates more than $1.25 billion in federal aid and gives county officials more emergency powers.
Kansas Rep. Watkins rings up $400,000 in taxpayer-funded communications in six months

Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins responded to a Republican primary challenge with a $400,000 onslaught of taxpayer-funded communications during a six-month period, a new federal report shows.

Prairie Band Potawatomi lawsuit claims treasury department undercounted population

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent the remainder of $8 billion granted to tribal governments from being distributed under the CARES Act.

Kansas leans on education, age limit to curtail youthful appetite for vaping

Mark Thompson, a Kansas Department of Education project director, said popularity of vaping among teens and young adults requires states to develop uniform, comprehensive standards that highlight bitter health consequences of vaping.

Audit reveals abuse in program to help lesser prairie chicken, industry coexist

An audit faulted WAFWA for fumbling voluntary investment by industry groups and participation of landowners since 2013 in a campaign to expand quality habitat for the lesser prairie chicken, struggling to maintain its footholds.

County baling straw to help curb ‘banner year’ for blue-green algae

After seeing an earlier-than-normal outbreak of blue-green algae in April at Lake Shawnee, three Shawnee County waterways are now taking part in an experimental pilot program attempting to allay the threat of future blue-green algae outbreaks this summer.

State board rejects U.S. Senate candidate Marshall’s plea to add ‘Doc’ nickname to August ballot

U.S. Senate candidate and physician Roger Marshall lost an appeal Friday to get "Doc" added to his name on the Republican primary election ballot in August.

Kansas’ pandemic reform bill opens window to ‘sausage’ making of political compromise

Gov. Laura Kelly affirmed Friday her promise to sign the bipartisan coronavirus oversight bill and said the governor's pandemic recovery task force would examine how to earmark federal disaster relief to assist struggling homeowners and renters.

National GOP group targets 14 legislative seats held by Kansas Democrats

Democratic Rep. Stephanie Yeager represents one of 14 state legislative districts in the crosshairs of a GOP political organization in Washington, D.C.

Kansas Senate swiftly rejects Gov. Laura Kelly’s nominee for Court of Appeals

The Kansas Senate defeated during the Legislature's special session on Wednesday the nominee of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly for a vacancy on the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Gov. Laura Kelly backs negotiated COVID-19 bill as legislators meet in special session

Gov. Laura Kelly greeted House and Senate members to a special session of the Legislature on Wednesday by endorsing a revised COVID-19 oversight bill negotiated by the governor's staff and Republican legislative leaders.