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A new report says Medicaid and other services will cost Kansas about $47 million more than expected during the next two budget years. The new estimates Thursday complicate the budget picture for Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and the GOP-dominated Legislature. The report was issued by legislative researchers and Brownback's budget staff. State officials and university economists were ...

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The Kansas Supreme Court is preparing to weigh arguments in a lawsuit that claims the state's school districts are inadequately funded. A three-judge Shawnee County District Court panel found in June that the state's newly enacted strategy for financing 286 school districts and cuts to state aid for low-income school districts were unconstitutional. Kansas Attorney General ...

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"It's all the biggies - all the songs you know," said Maestro Ken Hakoda with the Salina Symphony about this Sunday's tribute to Irving Berlin. Hakoda joined in on the KSAL Morning News Thursday with a look at Sunday's concert, "Irving Berlin - From Rags To Ritzes." "His songs were big hits. It was easy to understand ...

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Salina police are investigating a theft that happened yesterday at Lakewood Park on East Iron. A woman in her twenties was taking pictures at the park, and left her camera bag full of equipment on the back of her vehicle. She saw a light blue Dodge Ram truck pull up near her car, and when ...

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A Salina teen is in the Junction City juvenile detention facility for stealing and damaging a vehicle. A Salina man called the police yesterday to report that after he lent his 2004 white Ranger to 17-year-old Jesse Wray, the boy never returned it. The vehicle hadn't been returned for several days. Police found the vehicle ...

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Media outlets have sued Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and others in his administration seeking public disclosure of agency records related to the appointment of a magistrate judge in Reno County. The Associated Press, The Hutchinson News and the Kansas Press Association filed the open records lawsuit late Wednesday in Shawnee County District Court. The Kansas Press ...

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The top advocate for Kansas utility consumers is resigning to take a job in Washington. David Springe, chief consumer counsel for the Kansas Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, announced Wednesday he'll leave the state job next month to become executive director of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates. CURB is a Kansas agency that represents residential ...

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A Kansas legislative study committee is having two days of hearings to examine tax exemptions and credits for businesses, nonprofit groups and others. The Special Committee on Taxation Committee meeting that begins Thursday is an outgrowth of the Legislature's debate earlier this year on raising taxes to balance the state budget. The Republican-dominated Legislature increased sales and ...

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The U.S. attorney's office says a disruptive passenger who forced the diversion of an American Airlines flight will face federal charges.The office says that Jason Baroletti, 38, Holbrook, N.Y., was charged with one count of interfering with the performance of the duties of flight crew members. On Nov. 3, Baroletti was a passenger on American ...

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A Kansas high school football player who collapsed on the sideline during a game died Wednesday after being taken off of life support, a hospital spokeswoman said. Luke Schemm had just scored the extra point after a touchdown when the 17-year-old ran to the sidelines and collapsed, his father, David Schemm, said at a news conference ...

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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is defending his participation in a conference organized by a group that's been called "anti-immigrant." Kobach gave a presentation last week in Washington for The Social Contract Press, which the Southern Poverty Law Center considers an anti-immigrant hate group. The SPLC, which tracks hate groups, accuses The Social Contract Press ...