Latest Kansas Headlines
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Storms Blamed for 4 Deaths, Widespread Damage in Midwest
Mar 1 2012 // A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to a small town in Kansas. At least four people...
Kansas Failing to Reduce Train-Related Deaths
Feb 23 2012 // The number of people killed in train-related accidents in Kansas has remained steady in the past 20 years although there has been a dramatic decrease in such fatalities nationwide, according to federal statistics. About 16...
Kansas Officials Establishing Disaster Relief Fund
Feb 13 2012 // Kansas legislators are modifying a proposal from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration to establish a fund to cover the state’s share of federally declared disasters. Brownback wants to use $12 million...
Kansas Ag Secretary Seeks Waiver for Illegal Immigrant Workers
Jan 31 2012 // Facing pressure from large dairies and feedlots desperate for workers, Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman is seeking a federal waiver that would allow companies to hire illegal immigrants. Rodman has met several...
Kansas Farmers Rack Up $1B in Insurance Claims After Drought
Jan 27 2012 // Kansas farmers have claimed nearly $1 billion in insurance to offset crop losses caused by the lingering drought. The federal government says that breaks a Kansas record of $446.8 million for drought claims set in 2002,...
Kansas Governor’s Budget Includes Disaster Relief Funds
Jan 18 2012 // Gov. Sam Brownback is proposing that Kansas create a special fund to help cover the costs of recovering from natural disasters. The measure is part of the budget Brownback has outlined for the fiscal year beginning July 1,...
Kansas Commissioner Rebuffs Proposed Workers’ Comp Rate Hike
Jan 9 2012 // Kansas’ top insurance regulator refused a proposed workers’ compensation rate increase and actually got the rate to drop slightly, the state insurance department announced. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger...
Kansas County Looking into Earthquake Insurance
Jan 3 2012 // Shawnee County, Kan., commissioners have authorized the county’s insurance broker to look into the cost of earthquake insurance. The topic came up at a recent commission briefing on new quotes for property,...
Internet Business Told to Stop Misrepresenting Kansas Health Exchange
Dec 22 2011 // An Internet business operating out of Washington state has been told to cease misrepresenting itself as linked to any official Kansas health insurance exchange. Kansas Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger has ordered a...
Kansas Insurance Regulator Rebuffs Proposed Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Dec 22 2011 // Kansas’ top insurance regulator has refused a proposed workers’ compensation rate increase and actually got the rate to drop slightly, the state insurance department announced. Insurance Commissioner Sandy...
Drug Tampering Cases Show Gaps in Nurse Regulation in Kansas
Dec 14 2011 // A nurse with a prior felony conviction for forging prescriptions dilutes morphine solutions for five Halstead, Kan., nursing home patients. Another nurse convicted of stealing drugs from patients at an Emporia home gets...
Repairs to Kansas Bridge Hit by Truck to Cost $300K
Dec 2 2011 // Kansas transportation officials estimate it will cost about $300,000 to repair a Wichita bridge that was damaged when it was hit by a truck with an extended hydraulic boom. Kansas Department of Transportation spokesman Tom...
Kansas Hospital Alerts Patients to Online Security Breach
Nov 21 2011 // Officials at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence, Kan., said they are anticipating a federal investigation and possible fine after an online security breach potentially compromised 8,000 patients’ financial...
Kansas Earthquake Risk Rated Low
Nov 21 2011 // Tornadoes, Flooding Are Top Hazards When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns. Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22...
Kansas Earthquake Risk Rated Low
Nov 15 2011 // When it comes to the threat of damage and chaos from disasters in Kansas, earthquakes rank nearly at the bottom of the state’s list of concerns. Earthquakes rank 21st out of 22 potential hazards listed in the...
Signature Select LLC Acquires Kansas-based Cassell Insurance
Nov 10 2011 // Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of the IMA Financial Group Inc., has acquired Cassell Insurance of Wichita and Emporia, Kan., an agency specializing in personal lines and business insurance. The...
Kansas Storm Damage Insurance Claims Set Record
Sep 30 2011 // Spring and summer storms in Kansas have led to more than $1 billion in insurance claims this year. The Kansas Department of Insurance reported that the 197,000 claims have been filed for property and crop damage. The...
E. coli Scare Prompts Tyson to Recall Ground Beef from Kansas Plant
Sep 29 2011 // Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. is recalling about 131,300 pounds of ground beef because a family in Ohio fell ill after eating meat produced by the company that was contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Farmers Say Crop Insurance Critical to Kansas Agriculture
Aug 29 2011 // Kansas farmers and rural leaders told the U.S. Senate committee drafting the new Farm Bill that the federal crop insurance program is critical to Kansas agriculture. Their testimony came during a field hearing in Wichita...
ACLU Sues Over Kansas Abortion Insurance Law
Aug 18 2011 // The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Kansas law that restricts insurance companies from covering most abortions. The ACLU of Kansas and Western filed the lawsuit in federal court in...
