Hospital capacity a regional problem
By Chad Frey CherryRoad Media According to the Kansas Hospital Association, hospitals are seeing a large volume of all kinds of patients, including those with… Login to continue reading Login…
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Kansas organization seeks statewide removal of racist language from property documents
TOPEKA — The Kansas chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization is urging the governor to issue an executive order aimed at stripping discriminatory language from residential property documents.
Kansas high court to be asked to review prison dentist case
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay will ask the Kansas Supreme court to review a decision that overturned the conviction of a former prison dentist for having sexual relations with a female inmate.
Security check at Larned hospital accelerated after escapes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State officials said Tuesday they are working to find an independent firm to review security procedures at Larned State Hospital after two inmates escaped from the psychiatric facility since June.
Biden debuts $1 billion meatpacking competition plan
President Joe Biden unveiled plans Monday to allocate $1 billion in federal money to increasing competition in the meatpacking industry. “Without meaningful competition, farmers and ranchers don’t get to choose who they sell to,” Biden said.
Activists seek special prosecutor in teen’s custody death
A coalition of community groups demanded Monday that a special prosecutor be appointed in the case of a Black youth who died following a physical struggle with staff at a Kansas juvenile center. In a Wichita rally and letter to local officials, community activists also called for the release of video and the names of the individuals involved in the death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton.
Officials warns of ‘dangerous’ moment; schools weigh masks
MISSION, Kan. (AP) ‚Äî Kansas health officials warned of a “dangerous moment” as one school district reimposed masks and another eased up on them during a meeting so contentious that the audience was removed.
Kansas Chamber survey reveals businesses plan to expand jobs, anxious about labor pool
TOPEKA — The Kansas Chamber’s annual business poll showed a record 35% of owners or executives surveyed expect to add jobs in the upcoming year and revealed apprehension about availability of quality workers as the state economy grapples with fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
KDHE reporting 10,000 delta cases, two dozen omicron cases in Kansas
TOPEKA — Testing confirmed emergence in Kansas of more than 10,000 cases of the Delta variant of CO- VID-19 and documented 25 instances of the Omicron mutation, while public health reports showed more than 1,000 hospitalizations and 250 fatalities linked to the virus so far in December.