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KBI seeks $114.4 million for new headquarters and exit from ‘horrible’ neighborhood in Topeka
The director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation proposed construction of a $114.4 million headquarters to replace buildings that subjected employees to fire-safety dangers and security threats from “homeless people and drug addicts.”
KBI seeks $114.4 million for new headquarters and exit from ‘horrible’ neighborhood in Topeka
The director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation proposed construction of a $114.4 million headquarters to replace buildings that subjected employees to fire-safety dangers and security threats from “homeless people and drug addicts.”
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Documentary places risky, complex political career of Kathleen Sebelius in focus
Kathleen Sebelius, who was elected governor and later served in the Cabinet of President Barack Obama, is the subject of a new documentary, “Red State/Blue Governor: Kansas’ Kathleen Sebelius.”
Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent
AARP calls for vaccine mandates as COVID reenters Kansas, Missouri nursing homes
With cases on the rise among both residents and staff, the nation’s leading advocacy group for the retirees is calling on nursing homes to mandate COVID-19 vaccines.
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As economic impact of winter storm nears $1B, some large Kansas customers want to investigate
Some groups representing large-scale customers say the state has more work to do investigating the cause of huge natural gas price spikes during February’s winter storm.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Kansas News Service
Kansas investigates obscure but powerful part of the drug supply chain: Pharmacy middlemen
Kansas is investigating the pharmacy middlemen industry, which claims to drive down drug costs but profits as prices escalate.
Brian Grimmett / KMUW
Wary Kansas Democrats tell Republicans to ‘keep it transparent’ as they draw new political maps
Republicans will control the redistricting process in Kansas next year. Right now, they face an uphill battle to convince residents in the suburbs of Kansas City that they won’t gerrymander the maps to supercharge Republican power.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
COVID-19 is killing more Kansans now than a year ago
More Kansans are dying from COVID-19 now than they were a year ago, as new cases continue to escalate and the vaccine rate remains flat.
Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector
Release of U.S. Census population data amplifies political anxiety about redistricting
Kansans marked the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of population data integral to the redistricting process Thursday by pummeling state legislators on a listening tour with demands that new political boundary maps that emphasize community interests rather than partisan aspirations.
Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector
Kansas hospitals hesitate to require COVID-19 vaccine for staff before FDA approval
Kansas health care providers aren’t ready to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for employees, despite rising COVID-19 case numbers and a desire to promote the efficacy of vaccines.
Audit reveals KDHE mistakenly paid $1.3 million to Medicaid contractors for care of dead people
An expansive audit of Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s payments to companies contracted to deliver services under the state’s Medicaid program found $1.3 million in inappropriate compensation for care of people who had actually died.
Tessa Weinberg/Missouri Independent
As threat of delta variant looms, 44% of Kansas nursing home staff are unvaccinated
In Kansas, just more than 56% of nursing home workers are vaccinated. The state ranks 35th.
