In an interview with OZY.com, former President Bill Clinton says Obama should find a way to let people keep their existing coverage, even if it means changing the health care law.
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In an interview with OZY.com, former President Bill Clinton says Obama should find a way to let people keep their existing coverage, even if it means changing the health care law.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s open to discussions with Missouri on ending the use of incentives to lure businesses across the border in the Kansas City area. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called Tuesday for an end to using such incentives when companies simply move from one of the states to the other. Brownback said in a statement he has engaged in what he called an active discussion with Nixon about the issue for more than a year. He said talks also have included Missouri legislators. However, a moratorium may be a hard sell to some Kansas…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Education says overall scores by K-12 students on standardized math and reading tests have slipped this year. The department also reported Tuesday that 59 percent of the state’s public and accredited private elementary and secondary schools failed to show progress this year in improving students’ overall scores. Students took the tests in the spring. But Deputy Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander said some of the declines can be attributed to changes in academic standards since 2010. He said the tests are not fully aligned to what’s being taught. The department reported that 84.7 percent…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas couple has sued authorities after a SWAT-style raid of their home came up empty-handed for marijuana. Adlynn and Robert Harte of Leawood filed suit in federal court Tuesday against the Johnson County board of commissioners, Sheriff Frank Denning and several deputies for the April 2012 raid. The sheriff’s office referred questions to its attorney, who did not immediately return a call. The lawsuit contends the raid was prompted by the Hartes’ purchase a few months earlier of hydroponic growing equipment for an indoor vegetable garden. Authorities obtained a search warrant after misidentifying wet…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man has been sentenced to 10 years for his role in a carjacking that led to a chase at up to 112 miles per hour. The U.S. Attorney’s office says Terry Tillman, 26, of Kansas City, Kan., was sentenced Tuesday in federal court. Tillman pleaded guilty in August to one count of carjacking. The crime took place May 26 at a gas station in Kansas City, Kan. Tillman admitted he and another man robbed a minivan driver of a wallet and keys while a third co-defendant held the driver at gunpoint. The men…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Four young Wichita children are in protective custody after a neighbor found a 4-year-old wandering down the street in the middle of the night. KWCH-TV reports the children had been alone in their home for more than 10 hours when the neighbor called police around 3:30 a.m. Saturday. No arrests have been made, and police were still looking for the children’s 24-year-old mother Tuesday. Officers responding to the neighbor’s call went to the home in northeast Wichita and found three other children a 6-month-old and two 1-year-olds. Police said the mother left the home around 5 p.m.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence schools will not join an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which offers advanced courses to high school students. The board decided Monday the cost of the program was too high. But board members said they will continue to look for other advanced-studies programs to benefit college-bound students. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the IB program is similar to the better-known Advanced Placement, or AP program, offered by many schools. But the IB program focuses on humanities and liberal arts, and it requires students to complete an entire curriculum, while the AP program allows students to take specific classes.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence schools will not join an International Baccalaureate Diploma program, which offers advanced courses to high school students. The board decided Monday the cost of the program was too high. But board members said they will continue to look for other advanced-studies programs to benefit college-bound students. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the IB program is similar to the better-known Advanced Placement, or AP program, offered by many schools. But the IB program focuses on humanities and liberal arts, and it requires students to complete an entire curriculum, while the AP program allows students to take specific classes.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Another study is finding that the financial crisis is having a lasting effect on young people. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Terri Friedline of the University of Kansas co-authored a study mapping the patterns in household net worth from 1999 to 2009. The study found that children in households where net worth declined grew up to have only about $300 in savings. That’s 10 times less than the amount of children raised in fiscally stable households. Friedline noted that $300 in savings isn’t enough to rent a first apartment. He says the findings emphasize the importance of…