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by Dave Ranney, KHI News Service Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan for plugging a more than $325 million hole in the current fiscal year’s budget includes a $254,000 cut in state-funded grants for safety net clinics that provide care for the poor and uninsured. The governor also has proposed taking an additional $378,000 from the grant … Continue reading “Proposed budget reduces grants for safety net clinics”
But House committee chair says expansion bill due out next week will include ‘financing component’ by Jim McLean, KHI News Service Kansas’ worsening budget problems are making it harder to generate a legislative discussion about expanding Medicaid. Rep. Tom Sloan, a moderate Republican from Lawrence, is attempting to piece together an expansion proposal that he … Continue reading “Budget crisis makes Medicaid expansion even tougher sell”
Gov. Sam Brownback today announced his nomination of Topeka attorney Kathryn Gardner to the Kansas Court of Appeals. Gardner currently is a legal adviser and law clerk to U.S. District Judge Sam Crow. She has held the position since 2000. After graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law, Gardner began her legal career … Continue reading “Topeka lawyer nominated to Kansas Court of Appeals”