WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Congressman Mike Pompeo is planning to hold one-on-one meetings with constituents next week in Wichita. The Republican lawmaker represents the 4th Congressional District of Kansas in the U.S. House. His office says Pompeo will hold individual meetings with constituents Feb. 22 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at his office in Wichita. The individual meetings are being scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. People requesting meetings with Pompeo can call his Wichita office at 316-262-8992.
Author: KMAN Staff
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services has created a new task force on problem gambling in the northeastern part of the state. The state-owned Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway opened earlier this month near the NASCAR track in Wyandotte County. The task force is looking for community leaders to participate, including law enforcement officials, treatment providers, veterans and minority advocates. SRS has already established task forces on problem gambling near the Kansas Star casino in Mulvane and the Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City. The groups meet monthly. The problem-gambling programs are funded with 2…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Missouri students attending the University of Kansas campus in Overland Park will get a tuition break, starting next fall. The Kansas Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a proposal to allow students from 11 Missouri counties to pay the same tuition that Kansas students pay on the Edwards Campus. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the current Metro KC Tuition Waiver applies to students from only four counties. Undergraduates from Missouri get a discount but still pay more than Kansas residents. Starting next fall, the tuition break will be available for Missouri students from Clay, Cass, Jackson, Platte, Buchanan,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Candidates for state and federal office in Kansas would have to prove their citizenship under a bill approved by a Kansas House committee. Critics say the bill approved Wednesday by the House Elections Committee is inspired by the so-called birther movement, which has questioned President Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship. But Rep. John Rubin, a Shawnee Republican who voted for the bill, says if the state is going to ask its citizens to prove they are U.S. citizens, candidates should face the same requirement. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Rep. Ann Mah, a Democrat from Topeka, said called…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) Trucking company YRC Worldwide says it will move 120 jobs to its headquarters in Overland Park. Kansas officials announced Wednesday that most of the jobs will be moved from Akron, Ohio, the site of the headquarters of Roadway Corp., which YRC acquired in 2003. YRC Worldwide said last month that it was selling the former Roadway headquarters and moving some jobs out of Ohio. The Kansas Department of Commerce said the new jobs in Overland Park are mostly in accounting, customer service and cargo claims. The Kansas City Star reports that YRC Worldwide owned Yellow Freight…
EDWARDSVILLE, Kan. (AP) The action-sports company Zumiez plans to open an order-filling center and bring 100 jobs to Edwardsville. Zumiez, based in Everett, Wash., announced Wednesday that the center will open in May. Company officials say the central location in the Kansas City suburb will allow it to more quickly fill its online orders. The company caters to fans of skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, motocross and BMX. The Kansas City Star reports 35 workers in Everett were offered jobs in the Kansas City suburb but it was unclear how many of those workers will move here.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A company that bought out the owners of 37 Hutchinson houses that were near sinkholes has donated five of the houses to a housing organization. One of the homes was moved Wednesday from the Careyville neighborhood in south Hutchinson. VigIndustries bought the 37 homes in 2009 because of concerns they would sink because of nearby brine wells. Most of the homes were demolished. But VigIndustries donated five homes to Interfaith Housing Services and moved them to locations in Hutchinson and Newton. Interfaith officials say the homes will eventually be sold to first-time home owners through a program…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A law enforcement spokeswoman says a man detained after homemade bombs were found inside a pickup near the Kansas Statehouse will not face federal charges. Spokeswoman Trista Frederick of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Thursday that the agency helped with the investigation but the case is being handled by Topeka authorities. Capitol police arrested two men Wednesday in what authorities said were unrelated incidents. The first involved the pickup, found in a parking lot across the street from the Statehouse. Officers arrested the owner in an underground tunnel linking the Statehouse and…
‘It’s going to be a fight.’ Those are the words of Governor Sam Brownback as his administration readies to battle Washington, D.C., over funding for the National Bio- and Agri-Defense Facility. “I think we’re going to get this done,” Brownback said during a Thursday morning teleconference with reporters. “It’s going to be difficult as we work through the process. The congressional delegation is well focused and doing an excellent job in support of it.” In a budget presented Monday by President Barack Obama, the administration requested $150 million in the current year, of which only $50 million was appropriated by Congress,…
KMAN’s Chris Swick looks at dealing with your child’s anger for KMAN’s Morning News.