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Panel unanimously OKs bill easing employee health care count
Alan Fram, Associated Press
January 28, 2015
In a rare show of bipartisanship over President Barack Obama’s health care law, a Senate committee voted unanimously Wednesday to exclude veterans from the 50-worker threshold that triggers required coverage for employees under that statute.
‘I’m a Kansas Guy’: Thousands greet Obama during KU visit
By Peter Hancock
January 22, 2015
President Barack Obama used Kansas University as a stage to campaign for budget proposals that he says are aimed at lifting the middle class. More than 7,000 people cheered as Obama called for expanding access to early childhood education and higher education, and economic development measures aimed at raising wages for American workers. By Peter Hancock
Making history, Pat Roberts will lead Senate agriculture committee
McClatchy Washington Bureau
January 8, 2015
Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts officially took the helm of the Senate’s agriculture committee Thursday, promising an “aggressive schedule” of hearings focused on everything from farm programs and school meals to oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Jenkins hears about immigration, budget at Lawrence town hall meeting
By Peter Hancock
December 16, 2014
Rep. Lynn Jenkins told a Lawrence audience Tuesday that immigration will be the No. 1 priority for Republicans when the next Congress convenes in January. She also fielded questions about the recently passed spending bill that included rolling back regulations on banking, the environment and school lunches. By Peter Hancock
Torture report says little on Pat Roberts’ role
By Peter Hancock
December 14, 2014
Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during the time the CIA engaged in its program of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” But a report released by the committee this week criticizing that program says little about Roberts’ role as head of the oversight panel. By Peter Hancock
Jenkins says conservatives won in $1.1 trillion spending bill
By Peter Hancock
December 12, 2014
The bill to fund most of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year cuts the EPA’s budget by 21 percent and prohibits the agency from extending Clean Water Act regulations to small ponds, drainage ditches and creeks. Kansas farmers and ranchers had worried about the impact of such a move, although EPA said the criticisms were unfounded. By Peter Hancock
Jenkins blasts Obama as House passes compromise tax bill
By Peter Hancock
December 3, 2014
The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday providing one-year extensions of several business and individual tax credits and deductions after the White House threatened to veto a more extensive tax bill. But the battle over tax cuts is likely to resume in January when Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate.
Costs for Kansas insurance plans remain stable
Associated Press
November 15, 2014
Kansas consumers signing up for health insurance on the federally-run online marketplace will pay about the same next year, a new report shows.
5 things to know about health care
Associated Press
November 14, 2014
A second year of insurance signups under the federal health care overhaul begins this weekend with the Republican-dominated state government in Kansas still largely hostile to it and supportive state Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger nearing the end of her time in office.
Keystone: House sends oil pipeline bill to Senate
Associated Press
November 14, 2014
Congress inched closer Friday to a possible showdown with President Barack Obama over the Keystone XL oil pipeline as the Republican-controlled House approved the project. Supporters in the Democratic-run Senate predicted they will get the 60 votes needed to pass it next week.
Kansas governor faces new questions about Medicaid
Associated Press
01:46 p.m., October 29, 2014 Updated 04:59 p.m.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback faced new questions Wednesday about his administration’s overhaul of Medicaid in Kansas because of a federal lawsuit and a new study suggesting some disabled participants have experienced problems with services.
Former Arkansas official describes state’s success with health care law
By Peter Hancock
October 23, 2014
A former director of Arkansas’ Medicaid program said that state found a way to expand access to health insurance and improve the private health insurance marketplace through the Affordable Care Act. Andy Allison, who is also a former Kansas Medicaid director, was one of the keynote speakers at the annual Economic Policy Conference at Kansas University. But Kansas officials said it’s unlikely that program will be replicated here any time soon. By Peter Hancock
Arts panel approves design for Eisenhower Memorial
Associated Press
October 16, 2014
A key arts panel has approved a revised design for a memorial to honor President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, which could clear the way for groundbreaking.
Kansas Sen. Moran quits Eisenhower Memorial project
Associated Press
September 24, 2014
Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran has resigned from the Eisenhower Memorial Commission after serving for 13 years as one of the original lawmakers overseeing the effort to build a memorial in Washington honoring the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
KAMU awarded federal navigator grant for second straight year
Staff Reports
September 15, 2014
The Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved was recently awarded a federal navigator grant of $468,396 for the second year of outreach and enrollment activities and training of navigators for the health insurance marketplace, part of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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