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Kansans who owe back taxes to the state will be able to pay the debt without also paying penalties for six weeks, beginning in September. The Department of Revenue will accept payments for back taxes from individuals and businesses between Sept. 1 and Oct. 15. Those participating in the amnesty program will not be required to ...

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There were no injuries in a training accident involving a Kansas National Guard helicopter Tuesday night. According to the agency, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Kansas National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation was involved in a non-injury training accident at the McPherson airport. The helicopter was carrying a crew of four. It made a hard ...

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Eight people have been indicted on federal charges of trafficking about $1.7 million of powder cocaine in the Topeka area. According to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom, the eight have been charged with conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and were indicted Tuesday. Grissom said the eight, six of whom are from Topeka, were ...

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A driver in Kansas has been rescued from his vehicle that sat in high water, as heavy rains caused major flooding across the state. According to Butler County Fire Chief James Woydziak, firefighters responded to a call about a water rescue in Rose Hill Tuesday morning. Officials say James Polk managed to climb on top of ...

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A new report says from 2008 to 2013 the percentage of Kansas children in poverty went up. The annual Kansas Kids Count report says Kansas was 15th on overall child well-being looking at families' economic well-being, community and family structure and children's educational progress and health. The report covers data from 2013, the most recent available. It ...

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Crews in Topeka have been working to repair a sanitary sewer leak that resulted in 55,000 gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Kansas River. It's the city's third sewage release into the Kansas River since April. Bob Sample, the city's general manager of water pollution control, says the cause of the Tuesday leak hasn't yet been ...

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Authorities say crews have recovered the body of a 26-year-old man who apparently drowned in the Walnut River at an El Dorado park. The man was with his brother Sunday morning when he tried walking across a man-made waterfall and got swept away. El Dorado police said Tuesday the man's body has been found. Emergency crews have been ...

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Kansas faces a court-imposed deadline to make its arguments as a judge considers whether to explicitly strike down the state's ban on same-sex marriages. The state has asked the court to dismiss as moot the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the ban. Kansas contends it has recognized such unions since a U.S. ...

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A former executive of the firm managing part of the privatized Medicaid program in Kansas is ending a lawsuit alleging she was fired after protesting potentially improper cost cutting moves. A one-sentence stipulation filed Tuesday in federal court notes former Sunflower Vice President Jacqueline Leary and defendants Sunflower State Health Plan Inc., its parent Centene Corporation  ...

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Faced with dwindling state funding, the Kansas Bioscience Authority is laying off several staff members and scaling back operations. The KBA invests public money in the biotech industry to foster startups and attract investment in Kansas. But state funding for the agency has been cut significantly since 2012. Statute allows for the KBA to receive up to ...

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Gov. Sam Brownback's campaign recently approached a Westar Energy official for a campaign debt donation while the utility is in the process of seeking a  rate increase. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a Brownback campaign official contacted Mark Schreiber, Westar's government affairs vice president, more than a week ago looking for help retiring debt from the ...