Kansas lawmakers to review state’s food-stamp policy

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Wednesday 25 January 2012 7:06 pm
After being briefed on the matter, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback announced Wednesday that he won’t change a policy that eliminated food stamps for hundreds of children. But several state legislators promised to do their own review.

KCK food processors charged with selling adulterated, misbranded poultry

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Wednesday 25 January 2012 5:46 pm
U.S. Department of Justice Two executives of the Hitchin’ Post Steak Co., in Kansas City, Kan., have been indicted on charges of selling misbranded and adulterated poultry products, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Craig Cunningham, 54, Leawood, Kan., and Jason Cunningham, 36, Olathe, Kan., are charged with the following counts: One count of conspiracy to transport and sell adulterated ...

Kansas lawmakers want to review food stamps change

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Wednesday 25 January 2012 4:40 pm
Some legislators said Wednesday they plan to review a new state policy that has reduced or cut off food stamp benefits to hundreds of U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants in Kansas.

Kan. legislators digest bioscience audit findings

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Wednesday 25 January 2012 9:49 am
Executives at the Kansas Bioscience Authority say they are confident that the organization is making sound investments and that issues raised by a forensic audit are being addressed.

Kan. legislators digest bioscience audit findings

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Wednesday 25 January 2012 9:49 am
Executives at the Kansas Bioscience Authority say they are confident that the organization is making sound investments and that issues raised by a forensic audit are being addressed.As members of the Senate ...

Cheap Mexican heroin gets popular with suburban kids

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Tuesday 24 January 2012 8:55 pm
Cheap Mexican heroin gets popular with suburban kids. by Matt Pearce The end of the line looks like this: a squat, brick building called Benilde Hall in an old neighborhood on East 23rd Street, where recovering dope fiends shuffle with the crooked gaits of much older men. They carry around plastic bags because that's all they need for holding everything they own.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to ...

Leawood board votes to deannex acreage posed for development

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Monday 23 January 2012 8:39 pm
Leawood Village leaders have voted to deannex 42.5 acres of disputed land rather than face a legal battle with the property’s owner, who wants to build a commercial site.

Kansas governor's PR effort fails with tax plan

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Sunday 22 January 2012 10:15 pm
TOPEKA - Kansas legislators have plenty of policy objections to Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to overhau ...

Kansas governor's PR effort fails with tax plan

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Sunday 22 January 2012 12:47 pm
JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas legislators have plenty of policy objections to Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to overhaul the state's individual income tax code, but efforts to sell the package also have been hampered by questions about how his administration has spun its proposals. The Republican governor said for weeks that his tax plan would be "revenue neutral," meaning it ...

Mindy McMurry / Tyler Bron

Posted by Administrator | Leawood News | Saturday 21 January 2012 6:57 pm
The engagement of Mindy McMurry and Tyler Bron is joyfully announced by their parents, James and Nan ...
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