Gov. Laura Kelly and education commissioner Randy Watson on Tuesday announced all K-12 schools will be closed and in-person instruction will cease for the duration of the current school year as part of the state's evolving strategy for containing the spread of COVID-19.
Kansas lawmakers fixated on passing a budget and other high-priority legislation before adjourning later this week as the peril of COVID-19 weighs upon decision makers.
Filling out the 2020 U.S. census form takes about 10 minutes per person, says Steven Hale, senior partnership specialist with the Dallas Regional Census Center.
Clarissa Taton, a registered nurse at Sumner Community Hospital, said staff at the Wellington medical facility gave everything they had to every patient.
The three Republicans and lone Democrat in the Kansas congressional delegation responded to the coronavirus pandemic by voting for a U.S. House bill offering free virus testing, business tax credits, sick leave and enhanced unemployment benefits.
The University of Kansas Medical Center agreed to pay $144,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit filed after an information technology manager complained his boss insisted millennials be hired for computer jobs, federal officials said.
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas introduced federal legislation to grant veterans on the GI Bill full educational benefits as colleges and universities move classes online to prevent spread of COVID-19.
The Shawnee County district attorney urged senators and representatives to alter an imprecise state law requiring public school districts to hammer out agreements with local prosecutors on reporting of misdemeanor crimes in schools.
A Kansas Senate bill would allocate $11.8 million to open and operate hospital beds for youths requiring short-term psychiatric care in Hays, Garden City and surrounding areas, officials said.
