Tag: kansas
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Kansas legislators introduce bill proposing state unemployment insurance benefit pause when federal benefit supplements are available
Kansas House of Representatives introduced House Bill 2570 on January 23, 2024, which proposed pausing state unemployment insurance benefits when the federal government creates temporary benefit supplements—such as the $600 weekly stipends issued by the federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill also proposed the following: Unemployment insurance is a joint federal and state…
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Stadium tax measure for Kansas City Chiefs and Royals will appear on the ballot for April 2, 2024
Voters in Jackson County, Missouri, will decide on a ballot measure to renew a sales tax that provides funding for stadium improvements for the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals. Voters will decide the ballot measure on April 2, 2024. The Jackson County Legislature overrode a veto from County Executive Frank White on Jan.…
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Kansas Governor seeks to expand Medicaid with work requirements
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D) on December 14, 2023, proposed legislation to expand the state’s Medicaid program with work requirements for certain enrollees. The Cutting Healthcare Costs for All Kansans Act would require adults under 65 to provide employment verification to qualify for Medicaid. The bill aims to expand Medicaid to approximately 150,000 Kansans who…
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Election results in Kansas’ Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board
Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, Karen G. Overbey, and Jessica Wilson won election to the Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to four candidates. The district had approximately 3,695 students…
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Ten candidates running for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 School Board
Ten candidates are running in the general election for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats are up for election, and voters can choose up to four candidates. The district had approximately 3,695 students during the 2021-2022 school year. Two slates…
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Six candidates are running for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on Nov. 7
Six candidates are running in the nonpartisan general election for three seats on the Wichita Public Schools school board in Kansas on November 7, 2023. Wichita Public Schools (WPS) is the largest school district in Kansas by enrollment, with 46,657 students during the 2021-2022 school year. The school board consists of seven members elected to…
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Lawmakers advance legislation on ESG investments in Florida and Kansas
The Florida House of Representatives passed House Bill 3 (HB 3) on March 24, prohibiting the consideration of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors in public fund investments. The legislation requires fiduciaries to invest with the sole goal of maximizing returns based on financial factors. The state House voted 80-31 in favor of the…
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Wu, Whipple advance from primary for mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Lily Wu finished first, and incumbent Brandon Whipple finished second in the top two nonpartisan primary election for mayor of Wichita, Kansas, on Aug. 1. Wu and Whipple advanced to the Nov. 7 general election from a field of nine candidates. Though the race was officially nonpartisan, Wu—a former Republican—is a Libertarian. Whipple is a…
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Nine candidates running in nonpartisan primary for mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Nine candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary election for mayor of Wichita, Kansas, on Aug. 1. The top two vote-getters will advance to a Nov. 7 general election. Incumbent Brandon Whipple is running for re-election. Dr. Russell Arben Fox, a political science professor at Friends University in Wichita, says that turnout in the primary…
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Kansas bill opposing ESG passes legislature
Kansas lawmakers approved a bill on April 6 prohibiting ESG considerations in public pension investments. Some measures that were proposed, like certain restrictions on private ESG investing and on public investments in foreign companies, did not make it into the final bill. The bill was sent to the governor for consideration. According to Fox News:…