TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Organizers are hoping for a turnout of at least several hundred people Saturday for what they’re calling a rally for women’s rights in Topeka. The “We are Women” event will begin at the Statehouse. From there, participants will march to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site. Similar rallies are taking place around the country Saturday. Sponsors in Kansas include Planned Parenthood, the state chapter of the National Organization for Women and the American Civil Liberties Union. The rally comes as Kansas legislators consider a bill giving greater legal protection to health care providers who…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) After strong showings in the postseason, the University of Kansas men’s and women’s basketball teams are being honored by the state Legislature. Members of both teams were scheduled to appear Friday for brief ceremonies in the House and Senate. The men’s team won its eighth straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and reached the final in the NCAA tournament, losing to Kentucky in the championship game. The women ended the season with a loss to Tennessee in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks finished with a record of 21-13.
Ten-year plans call for more than 250 new full-time positions with average wages of over $45,000. CivicPlus will also offer internship opportunities. CivicPlus was founded in Manhattan in 2001, and the company’s CEO, Ward Morgan, says he is pleased to be expanding in town, with a new mixed use, multi-story building at the southwest corner of Fourth and Pierre Streets at an estimated cost approaching $9 million. Morgan says his company is poised to grow by as much as 40% in the next year. He says they considered multiple locations around the U.S. to accommodate growth needs but says thanks to support from the local community…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s pleased with the direction of negotiations among Kansas legislators about cutting taxes, saying he sees the core of a plan he offered emerging. Brownback told The Associated Press on Thursday that the key elements of any tax plan must be reducing individual income tax rates and exempting 191,000 businesses from income taxes. A compromise plan has started to emerge from negotiations between the House and Senate over the final version of tax legislation. Three senators and three House members planned to resume their talks Thursday afternoon. The governor said any plan that…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate committee’s chairman says the panel will sponsor a bill designed to attract a casino to southeast Kansas and bring slot machines to dog and horse tracks. Chairman Pete Brungardt, a Salina Republican, scheduled Thursday’s meeting of the Senate Federal and State Affairs to launch a push for the gambling legislation. He expects his committee to vote to sponsor the bill. A 2007 state law allows slots at now-closed tracks in Kansas City, Wichita and outside Pittsburg, as well as a state-owned casino in southeast Kansas. Gambling supporters say the law’s financial requirements are too…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Police in Kansas City, Kan., have been investigating the theft of several guns from an outdoor recreation store in a suburban retail development. Police said the guns were stolen early Thursday from the Cabela’s store in a retail area near the Kansas Speedway in Wyandotte County. Police said thieves broke into the business but did not say how many or what variety of guns were taken. Police say they have no suspects.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Underground Salt Museum plans to throw itself a 5-year birthday party next Monday. Organizers of the event say they want to note the anniversary as a way to thank everyone who helped make the museum possible. The museum offers tours in a still-functioning salt mine operated by the Hutchinson Salt Co. The Hutchinson News reports the museum opened in 2007 but no grand opening was ever held because the museum has been developed in stages. More than 46,000 people visited in the museum’s first eight months in 2007. In 2008, when the museum was named…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Cessna Aircraft is trying to fill about 150 jobs through recalling employees and hiring new workers Cessna spokesman Andy Woodward says the employees are needed because of an increase in production. The company also is increasing its sales force. He declined to say which production lines are increasing. The company has cut thousands of workers since 2008 during the recession. The Wichita Eagle reports Cessna posted $669 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2012, compared with $556 million for the same time a year ago. The company had $6 million in losses in the quarter,…