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22 Apr, 2020

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State leaders are taking steps to secure meat processing plants in Kansas, while revenue projections plummet.

State securing emergency housing in four counties with large meatpacking plants

State and local agencies coordinating Kansas' responding to the pandemic moved Tuesday to secure temporary housing for people isolated for observation or quarantined for two weeks as COVID-19 expanded its reach into meatpacking communities in Ford, Seward, Finney and Lyon counties.

Kansas beefs up testing at infection clusters linked to meat processing plants

Kansas rushed newly acquired testing supplies and personal protection gear into southwest Kansas to bolster the response to expanding clusters of coronavirus infection linked to the region's large meat processing facilities, officials said Monday.

Analysts slash two-year state revenue projections by $1.3 billion

Locked-down businesses, surging unemployment and consternation about a possible coronavirus recession Monday prompted downgrading of Kansas' tax revenue projections in the next two years by $1.3 billion to force state lawmakers into the position of contemplating cataclysmic budget cuts.

Higher education grapples with academic, financial uncertainties; KDOC cans prison medical provider

Washburn University president Jerry Farley approaches planning for fall semester classes with optimism about possible return to some form of academic normalcy and with trepidation as financial costs of the coronavirus disruption sink in.

Junction City pastor challenging Gov. Kelly’s church order holds services, prays for healing

Calvary Baptist Church pastor Aaron Harris encouraged 20 worshipers Sunday to participate in a timely Bible study on fear and to closely examine their relationship with God.

‘Hate group’ files church lawsuit against governor; state launches $36M child-care support program

An attorney for Baptist churches in Junction City and Dodge City said Friday that Gov. Laura Kelly's decision to maintain restrictions on in-person religious services prompted a federal lawsuit challenging constitutionality of the executive order limiting gatherings to no more than 10 people.

Gov. Laura Kelly, legislators earmark $17 million for struggling hospitals

Gov. Laura Kelly and House and Senate legislative leaders Wednesday agreed to allocate $17.3 million to cash-starved hospitals and to dedicate $10 million to the state's emergency management system in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Moran meets with Garden City-area leaders

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., met with local leaders via Zoom Wednesday to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the Garden City and Finney County area.

Economic lockdown drives 160,000 jobless claims in past month; death toll at 80

Emergency shutdown of the Kansas economy because of the coronavirus outbreak prompted 160,000 first-time claims for unemployment in the past four weeks that overwhelmed the computer system relied upon to process jobless benefits, officials said Thursday.

Sen. Moran, KDHE Secretary Norman give update on coronavirus

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Lee Norman, along with University of Kansas Health System Chief Medical Officer Steve Stites and Dana Hawkinson, KU Health System medical director for infection prevention and control, hosted a conference call with reporters Friday morning addressing a range of questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

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