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Dodge City Daily Globe
26 Jun, 2019
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Check out a couple investigative reports in this edition of Inside Kansas Politics. Statehouse bureau chief Tim Carpenter delves into emails that expose the tension between top officers at KHP, leading to their exit. And Carpenter explores the ramifications of 22K abandoned oil and gas wells across Kansas.
KHP emails expose personal tension leading to exit of agency’s top officers
Personal conflict foreshadowing removal of Kansas Highway Patrol's two highest-ranking officers percolated through lively emails exchanged in January between the KHP superintendent and the spouse of the agency's top attorney alleging infidelity, coverup and threats.
Kansas regulators struggle with record-high 22K abandoned oil, gas wells

Judith Wells brought her car to a slow crawl on a gravel road in Douglas County. She wasn't marveling at the beauty of nature or the toil of modern farmers. Nor was she drawn to the sprinkling of lovely rural homesteads. She was intent on consuming details of crude pooling at the base of a pump jack within shouting distance of Little Wakarusa Creek.

Kansas settles lawsuit to allow birth certificate changes for transgender people

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's agreement resolving a federal lawsuit will allow transgender Kansans to immediately apply to amend information on birth certificates to reflect the sex with which they associate, Gov. Laura Kelly said.

Paraguayan ambassador touts cultural ties with Kansas in visit with Gov. Laura Kelly

Paraguay's ambassador to the United States said during a visit to the Capitol that half a century of cultural and educational exchanges between Kansas and the South American nation support a lasting sense of mutual understanding.

USDA, DHS formalize transition $1.2 billion NBAF research facility

Two agencies of the federal government signed an agreement outlining the construction-to-operation transition of the $1.2 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility under development in Manhattan, Kansas officials said.

Kansas secures $957,000 reimbursement in natural gas price fixing case

A price-fixing lawsuit filed by a Wichita aviation company and other natural gas customers that climbed to the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in recovery by the state of Kansas of more than $950,000 from companies that manipulated prices in the early 2000s, officials said.

Senate President Susan Wagle questions Gov. Laura Kelly’s readiness for job

Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, doesn't expect Gov. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat sworn into office in January, to be a two-term governor.

The End of an Era for Southeast Kansas Healthcare

Unlike some other Kansas hospital managers, Mercy may have done everything right in Fort Scott - except for predicting the future of medicine.

Kansas jobless rate at 3.5 percent, up 0.2 percent from year ago

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Kansas climbed to 3.5 percent in May, a 0.2 percent rise from one year ago.

Kansas delegation seeks presidential honor for Colmery, father of GI Bill

The Kansas congressional delegation recommended that World War I veteran and GI Bill champion Harry Colmery be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Pair of former western Kansas legislators to lead governor’s tax reform panel

Gov. Laura Kelly selected two former members of the Kansas Senate to lead a task force being assembled by the governor to weigh options for changing the state's tax system.

Kansas Board of Regents working on changes to admissions standards

The Kansas Board of Regents is weighing adjustments to qualified admission standards that would offer students access to state universities based on an applicant's overall high school grade-point average in addition to performance on the ACT exam.

Political factors prompt 1-year freeze on Kansas undergraduate, in-state tuition

The Kansas Board of Regents agreed to impose a one-year tuition freeze for undergraduate, resident students at all six state universities in hopes of strengthening political support for a proposed $50 million higher education budget increase in the 2020 legislative session.

Capitol Police alter approach with Kansas Statehouse rules after ACLU lawsuit

Capitol Police Officer Scott Whitsell acknowledged he didn't have the authority to detain and ban three Kansas State University students in March for unfurling massive banners in a demonstration inside the Statehouse.

Hutch Clinic techs censured by state board

Two radiologic technologists who worked for months without licenses at the Hutchinson Clinic drew public censures from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts.

Kansas A.G. Derek Schmidt: Cross shouldn’t be deleted from public square

Attorney General Derek Schmidt said the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding constitutionality of preserving a 40-foot cross in a Maryland state park reinforced reasonable recognition of religious symbolism in the public square.

2019-20 Kansas antelope, military base deer hunting seasons approved

The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission approved the statewide antelope season, as well as deer seasons for select military installations.