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POLITICS

6 May, 2020

Our Statehouse team's story about a Kansas farmer rewarded for his act of generosity will make you proud to be a Kansan.

Karma catches up to Troy farmer who gifted N95 mask to New York

Dennis Ruhnke left Kansas State University two credits shy of a degree in 1971 to take over the family farm following his father's death. On Tuesday, recognizing Ruhnke's decades of experience in agribusiness, K-State president Richard Myers conferred a degree upon the retired Troy farmer who became an ambassador of goodwill by donating an N95 mask for a nurse he didn't know in a state he never visited.

Kansas court tells Shawn Parcells he can’t test bodies for COVID-19, or leave the state without permission

A district court judge has banned Shawn Parcells from testing for COVID-19 while he sorts out legal troubles for performing autopsies under the guise of medical credentials he never earned.

State’s top election officer wants to enlist teens for poll work

Our democracy could be in the hands of teenagers. Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab is preparing to launch a statewide campaign to get young people to volunteer as poll workers for the November election as a buffer against a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections.

Labor department makes improvements, still working to get handle on unemployment surge

The good news for out-of-work Kansans: Expanded access to state and federal assistance they desperately need. The bad news: They can expect severe delays as they seek help through an overwhelmed unemployment system.

As state enters first phase of reopening, it’s business as unusual

Kansas residents eager to flee the confines of their homes after six weeks of state-imposed restrictions got their first glimpse Monday of what life will be like in a post-pandemic world.

Biden wins Kansas primary with 76.9% of votes as Democrats triple turnout

Kansas Democrats, who participated in unprecedented numbers in the party's presidential primary, overwhelmingly selected Joe Biden as their choice for president.

Gov. Laura Kelly reveals detail of six-week plan for restoring state’s economic life

Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled Thursday night her framework for reopening the state by phasing out restrictions for businesses and social activities over the next six weeks while ramping up efforts to test and trace the spread of a deadly virus that left residents isolated and put the state's economy in a tailspin.

GOP leaders unhappy with pace of Gov. Laura Kelly’s strategy for opening businesses

Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle said Friday the plan offered by Gov. Laura Kelly to reopen the state's economy requires action to "rein in an out-of-control" governor.

Appellate court affirms Kansas voter registration law as unconstitutional; governor wants case dropped

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision Wednesday upholding a lower court ruling that former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement was unconstitutional and violated motor-voter law.

‘This is Lansing’: As coronavirus spreads in prison, families fear death sentence

At 4:37 p.m. April 9, Mark Montgomery sent an alarming email to his father. "Dad, they're starting to riot in C2," the inmate wrote from a computer terminal at his cell house at Lansing prison. "I'm not participating. It's all bad. Love you, talk to you soon, hopefully."

Gov. Laura Kelly to renew directives, scores 500,000 test kits on international market

Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday the state's coronavirus disaster declaration would be renewed through May 14 and that a slate of executive orders tied to COVID-19 would remain in place until most decisions about stay-at-home directives and other health mandates shift May 4 to county officials.

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