KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Kansas is set to begin a drug testing program next year for some welfare recipients similar to a Missouri program that cost about $500,000 and turned up fewer than two dozen people who tested positive. After eight months, and 636 drug test requests, Missouri’s program this year cost nearly $500,000 and found 20 people who tested positive. About 200 others refused to comply. The Kansas City Star reports that like Missouri, Kansas will test welfare recipients who are suspected of drug use, sometimes flagged by tests or a questionnaire. Kansas Sen. Jeff King, who authored the…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Transportation is soliciting comments on proposed changes in projects it already has scheduled through June 2017. The department released a list of more than 100 proposed changes earlier this month. In most cases, the department is revising cost estimates, adjusting its schedule for accepting bids from contractors or changing how projects will be financed. KDOT says it will take comments through Jan. 8. People interested in commenting should contact the agency’s Bureau of Program and Project Management in Topeka. The list of changes in transportation programs posted on the department’s website.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is asking a federal judge to stay a lawsuit over the state’s voter proof-of-citizenship law while another case he initiated is being heard. Kobach filed a request Thursday in federal court in a lawsuit filed against him in November in state court by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU wants to prevent Kobach from setting up different registration systems for voters based on whether they use state or federal forms. The federal form doesn’t require proof of U.S. citizenship. Kobach is pursuing his own federal lawsuit to force a change…
On today’s InFocus, Cathy talks with Riley County Police Corrections Officer Lt. Diahann Frazier and has an interview with U-S Senator Jerry Moran of Manhattan. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122713-Seg-1.mp3 Lt. Diahann Frazier https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122713-Seg-2.mp3 Lt. Diahann Frazier https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122713-Seg-3.mp3 Senator Jerry Moran https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/122713-Seg-4.mp3 Open Phones
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Police in northeastern Kansas are seeking a woman suspected of charging at least $15,000 on stolen credit cards. KCTV reports the latest theft took place in the Overland Park area. The victim left her purse in a shopping cart at a department store and discovered her wallet missing when she tried to make her purchases. The victim’s bank told her that three of her credit cards had quickly been used to buy more than $6,000 worth of gift cards at another store. Police say it’s not the first such theft by the suspect. In all, she…
HAYS, Kan. (AP) The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people in connection with recent mail theft cases from rural mail boxes. Detective Scott Braun told The Hays Daily News the sheriff’s office had received reports of seven recent mail thefts in the county as of Dec. 18. Law enforcement said they believed thieves were looking through mailboxes in rural areas of the county, apparently looking for cash in cards or envelopes. Most of the reports were east of Hays, between the city and Victoria. Braun says a man and a woman were arrested Tuesday in connection with the…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A new report says Kansas court employees could face unpaid furloughs as the judicial branch tries to handle an $8.25 million budget shortfall. A committee appointed by the Kansas Supreme Court in October to look for ways to deal with the shortfall forwarded its recommendations to Chief Justice Lawton Nuss on Dec. 13. The committee says furloughs would cut $2.5 million from the deficit, and much of the remainder would come from delayed judicial appointments, reduced training hours, eliminating about 20 court service officer positions and leaving more than 100 court positions unfilled in fiscal year 2015.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Public universities in Kansas will be responsible for enforcing a new policy approved by the Kansas Board of Regents that could result in university faculty and staff being fired over improper use of social media. Regents Chairman Fred Logan says the board doesn’t get involved in personnel decisions at the universities. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the regents last week approved a policy that says a university chief executive officer can discipline employees, up to termination, for social media communication that affects the university’s ability to carry out its functions. The regents approved the measure unanimously in the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has ruled against the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas in its longstanding lawsuit against a water district. The decision by U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia in Kansas City, Kan., further jeopardizes a reservoir project leaders of the northeast Kansas tribe say is critical for the tribe. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the tribe has lobbied for years to move the reservoir project forward and asked Gov. Sam Brownback to intervene. The tribe wants the local watershed district to use eminent domain to move the reservoir project forward, but the board has refused. The tribe filed a…
K-State should welcome the newest member of its backcourt to the floor on Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn when they take on Tulane. Point guard Jevon Thomas is expected to make his first appearance of the season after becoming eligible on December 21st as a mid-year enrollee. Thomas was arguably the most highly recruited member of K-State’s 2013 recruiting class that includes current leading scorer Marcus Foster. He was once a four-star recruit on Rivals.com and was 87th overall in the Rivals.com top 150 for the class of 2012 before reclassifying to the class of 2013. Thomas was…