For users of private residential solar energy, this week brought a win from the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC), the state’s organization that oversees public utilities.
The clinics are dedicated to serving the under-represented and throughout the pandemic, they have been working to get minorities tested, and now vaccinated.
New data from the Kansas Department of Labor shows that more than 50,000 cases of unemployment fraud are under investigation. This follows reports of the state paying out millions in fraudulent claim payments.
The Kansas Corporation Commission does not regulate municipal utilities or co-ops, but say they’re doing what they can to prevent dramatic spikes in bills for those that are under their jurisdiction.
In an effort to raise money for a good cause, brave volunteers will jump into icy water’s in Haysville’s Riggs Park Lake. the annual “Haysville Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Kansas” is set for Saturday (Feb. 27).
Essential workers across Kansas, including firefighters, paramedics and teachers are starting to get their COVID-19 vaccines, but other critical workers at places like grocery stores and meatpacking plants haven’t yet had their chance.
On Wednesday (Feb. 24), the company announced that it is extending the moratorium on service through May 2. This is for residential and small-business customers.
A legislative post audit report, released Wednesday, states an estimated $600 million of the roughly $2.6 billion Kansas paid in state and federal unemployment benefits in 2020 could have been fraudulent.
At a meeting Wednesday (Feb. 24), Sedgwick County announced further progress in local COVID-19 vaccination efforts. The county announced that next week, it likely will move to vaccinating people who are 65 and older.
The bill would allow college athletes to earn money from endorsements, loosen restrictions around transfers and permit players to return to school after entering a professional league’s draft
State healthcare professionals such as pharmacy students, dentists, paramedics, and others who administer injections or inoculations can administer an FDA-approved or authorized COVID-19 vaccine.FDA-approved
The physical and mental strain has been especially grueling for healthcare workers, who, over the past 11 months, have worked tireless hours and have been exposed to patients who are more sick than ever before.
LGBTQ-rights advocates warned Kansas legislators that their discussion of a proposed ban on transgender students in girls’ and women’s school sports would lead to bullying.
In anticipation of more COVID-19 vaccine doses being available and trying to get more people vaccinated, Sedgwick County is considering a variety of options to expand its clinics.
Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett on Tuesday (Feb. 23) announced his findings in review of a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened in May 2019 in south Wichita.
While funeral services are private, the Newton Police Department on Tuesday shared plans for a processional for the the public to pay respects to Newton PD Sergeant Levi Minkevitch.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt and state legislators have proposed a new amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would limit executive actions by the Governor.
Spirit said the massive drop is because of significant cuts in production of the Boeing 737 MAX due to the program’s grounding and the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the warmer temperatures and the sun out comes more bikers on Wichita streets and highways. With that comes a reminder to take extra caution, especially in the aftermath of a a winter storm.
A man accused of shooting a fellow reenactor during a staged gunfight at the Old Cowtown Museum last September on Monday made his first appearance in Sedgwick County District Court. Robert Hartung is charged with aggravated battery.
