- Legislator prepares to take up statewide smoking ban
- February 19, 2009
- Five years have passed since the city of Lawrence passed its public smoking ban, however other area towns haven’t followed suit.
- Senate passes bill banning smoking statewide; doctor says move bodes well for cancer center designation
- 04:01 p.m., February 17, 2009 Updated 04:13 p.m.
- A bill that would ban smoking in most public places in Kansas could help in the effort to attain national designation for the Kansas University Cancer Center.
- Senate gives tentative OK to statewide smoking ban
- 08:31 a.m., February 16, 2009 Updated 11:02 p.m.
- The Kansas Senate debates a bill that would ban smoking in most public places in the state.
- Kansas Senate to debate smoking ban
- February 14, 2009
- The top leader of the Kansas Senate says a bill creating a statewide smoking ban has a good chance of winning Senate approval. The measure would bar smoking in most public places, including bars and restaurants, and in workplaces and government buildings. Debate in the Senate is set for Monday. Senate President Steve Morris predicts the measure will pass — if there aren’t too many amendments attached.
- Legislative leader expects tough fight for statewide smoking ban
- 02:35 p.m., February 4, 2009 Updated 04:58 p.m.
- A bill banning smoking in most public places in the state, including bars and restaurants, faces an uphill fight in the Legislature.
- Legislators hear new reason for why a smoking ban is good for Kansas
- Supporters say it would save money
- January 20, 2009
- Proponents of a statewide smoking ban have come up with a new selling point for legislators trying to close a massive budget deficit: A ban would save the state money.
- Kansas gets ‘Fs’ from American Lung Association
- January 14, 2009
- The American Lung Association flunks Kansas in its annual report card on smoking in three out of four categories. And the fourth was just a notch above an “F.”
- City eases sidewalk drinking regulations
- Commission takes away food sales requirement
- August 19, 2008
- Six downtown bars may qualify for sidewalk seating areas under the new rules.
- Push for statewide smoking ban gaining momentum
- Survey shows most community leaders in Kansas support ban
- August 13, 2008
- The tide is turning in favor of a statewide ban on smoking in public indoor places, officials said Wednesday.
- Bar wins approval for patio beverages
- June 4, 2008
- A neighborhood bar won approval to allow its patrons to take alcoholic beverages onto an outdoor patio. On a 4-1 vote, commissioners changed the conditions of a site plan for Louise’s West, 1307 W. Seventh Street. Commissioner Boog Highberger voted against the request. He feared it would lead to noise concerns for the adjacent neighborhood.
- Statewide smoking ban proposal will be back
- May 15, 2008
- The state’s top health policy leader said Wednesday that her group plans to ask state legislators again next session for a statewide smoking ban. Marcia Nielsen - executive director of the state-appointed Kansas Health Policy Authority - said the fact legislators won’t be facing re-election in 2009 may give a ban a better chance of winning approval.
- 6News video: Health policy leader fighting for statewide smoking ban
- May 14, 2008
- The state’s chief health policy leader isn’t giving up on her fight for a statewide smoking ban.
- Senate committee OKs statewide smoking ban
- Legislation unlikely to pass House
- March 24, 2008
- A statewide ban on smoking in indoor public places, which appeared dead in recent days, was revived Monday.
- 6News video: Where have all the bills gone?
- March 12, 2008
- The Kansas legislative session is at its halfway point, and at least one controversial bill may go up in smoke.
- Smoking ban proposal introduced in Kansas Senate
- Statewide measure would require November vote
- January 29, 2008
- Voters would decide in the November election whether to enact a smoking ban in their county, under a proposal introduced today in the Legislature.
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