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Members of the Kansas State Finance Council on Wednesday approved $10 million in additional emergency declaration funding and $17.3 million to be put toward grants for hospitals struggling financially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The additional emergency declaration funding will automatically trigger an additional $30 million in funding from the federal government and will ...
The University of Kansas Medical Center announced Monday that it would take part in an upcoming clinical trial of the hydroxychloroquine drug often touted by President Donald Trump — without evidence — of curing the novel coronavirus.
The goal of the trial, which begins April 22, is to determine not whether the drug can cure COVID-19, but rather if it can be effective in preventing the infection of the ...
Unemployment numbers in Kansas continue to paint a grim picture of the effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the state.
Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday at her daily briefing that in the last three weeks 130,000 Kansans have filed an initial claim for unemployment insurance — 55,000 of which came in the last week.
For perspective, that's a 3,400% increase over the same week last year, when 1,405 ...
Small businesses across the country are scrambling to mitigate losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal stimulus packages have worked to address that need, namely through a $350 billion loan program for businesses with under 500 employees.
Nationwide, enrollment in the Paycheck Protection Program — which is administered by the Small Business Administration and provides funds for up to 10 weeks of ...
A seven-person legislative committee overstepped its legal authority in revoking an executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled late Saturday, hours after hearing oral arguments.
With the court’s ruling, the governor’s ban on gatherings of more than 10 people — which includes religious gatherings and funerals — remains in effect.
At issue in the case was whether the ...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday released more information on a disturbance at the Lansing Correctional Facility, in which two inmates received minor injuries during an 11-hour lockdown.
A handful of inmates barricaded themselves in a cell block around 3 p.m. Thursday, Kelly said, and in line with protocol, corrections officers left the area until a special operations unit could secure the block. No staff ...
