A backlog of 25,000 residents waiting to have their unemployment insurance cases settled should have answers in the coming months, Kansas Department of Labor officials told state lawmakers Tuesday.
Kansas officials said Monday they are reviewing what the weekend announcement by President Donald Trump that states may be forced to contribute to a new unemployment assistance program will mean for their bottom line.
Cille King has been a poll worker for years, something she says is her duty as part of her role as co-president of the statewide chapter of the League of Women's Voters.
The State Finance Council on Monday approved $60 million in grants to better beef up the state's broadband infrastructure, although lawmakers acknowledge it won't fully address the scope of the problem in rural Kansas.
Upward of 2,000 new jobs are on the way to Kansas, with Urban Outfitters announcing Wednesday it will be building a new e-commerce distribution center in Wyandotte County.
Government leaders from local to federal levels were on hand as Schwan's Company announced its plan to expand the Salina pizza facility and add 225 new full-time jobs to the community.
It is rare that Kansans will root for Missouri in anything. But Tuesday night, residents who have been pushing for the state to expand its KanCare program found themselves in just that position as they watched voters in the Show-Me State narrowly approve their own Medicaid expansion via ballot referendum.
Gov. Laura Kelly reported Friday that she tested negative for COVID-19, less than 24 hours after House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe, announced he had been hospitalized last month due to complications from the virus.
House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe, confirmed Thursday that he was hospitalized with COVID-19 in July, the highest ranking lawmaker in the state known to have contracted the virus.
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