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Dodge City Daily Globe
13 Nov, 2019
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Roberts replacing Roberts in U.S. Senate? Detering vaping in schools? Our Kansas reporters cover those and a wide range of other issues.
Kansas education board studies options to deter vaping
The Kansas State Board of Education welcomed a series of recommendations in response to the e-cigarette epidemic among youth that featured four ideas for reforming state law and options for changing local school board policy to block vaping by students, employees and school visitors.
Steve Roberts files for U.S. Senate to replace Pat Roberts

Kansas State Board of Education member Steve Roberts filed to run in the Republican Party's primary for U.S. Senate.

Kansas budget politics slashes raise for Legislature’s political staff

The curious unity between GOP Senate President Susan Wagle and Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley proved momentary.

Kansas advocates of payday, car title loan reform protest in six cities

Former Hays resident Annie Ricker was confident she could quickly pay off $750 borrowed from a payday lender to meet unexpected medical and automobile expenditures.

Mass inmate release quick fix to crowding, but potential ‘hell to pay’

Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning possesses familial insight into challenges of enforcing laws on crime and punishment.

Commission to vote on restricting turkey harvest in eastern Kansas units

The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission will vote on a pair of recommendations this week that would restrict the turkey hunting harvest in the eastern part of the state for at least two years.

Kansas’ annual tax revenue projection surges $207 million

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican leaders of the Legislature offered conflicting interpretations Friday of new tax revenue projections placing an extra $207 million in the state government's treasury during the current fiscal year.

Judge declares unconstitutional Kansas’ limits on raw milk ads

Goat farmers Coraleen and Mark Bunner's lawsuit challenging a 50-year-old state law limiting advertising on sales of raw milk resulted in a court order approved by the Kansas attorney general and the Kansas agriculture secretary conceding the statute to be unconstitutional.

Tyson plant saw low turnover after fire

Weeks ahead of the expected reopening of the Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Holcomb, the location's employee base is stable, Tyson community liaison Pat Sanders told locals Friday.

Sedgwick County D.A. denies GOP senator’s charge of ‘secret’ voting on Supreme Court nominees

The Sedgwick County district attorney rejected the Kansas Senate president's complaint alleging the state nominating commission vetting applicants for a Kansas Supreme Court vacancy violated the open meetings law during deliberations and voting.

Hutch Regional refunds Medicare nearly $3 million

A federal lawsuit reveals Hutchinson Regional Medical Center sent a refund of $2,770,004 to Medicare in July for overpayments.

Kansas members of U.S. House express gratitude on Veterans Day

U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins marked Veterans Day by touting Monday introduction of bills mandating the Department of Veterans Affairs employ at least one suicide prevention specialist at each of the agency's hospitals and ordering the agency's comptroller general to report on health care of high-risk veterans.