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Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
Dane Hicks is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico, VA. He is the author of novels "The Skinning Tree" and "A Whisper For Help." As publisher of the Anderson County Review in Garnett, KS., he is a recipient of the Kansas Press Association's Boyd Community Service Award as well as more than 60 awards for excellence in news, editorial and photography.
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Opponents argue against Kelly’s Medicaid Expansion wish list
UPDATE: This bill was not referred from committee for action after the hearing) TOPEKA – Amid the full-court press by...
21Mar 2024

Kansas health officials on watch for spike in measles cases
TOPEKA – Kansas public health officials yesterday were looking to spread the word about an increasing incidence of U.S. measles...
19Mar 2024

The KanCare p.s. – Medicaid can claim your assets to pay for benefits
As the Kansas legislature gears up for its first hearings on Medicaid expansion in four years, a little- known aspect...
18Mar 2024

Earl Glynn: Kansas Democrats penalized (sort of) for $1.6 million in shady finances
With more than $1.6 million in ghost financial transactions and no more than a shameful wink by the Kansas Ethics...
13Mar 2024

Laura Kelly’s biggest priority
Is it skyrocketing inflation in the cost of food and consumer goods and huge increases in the cost of housing?...
12Mar 2024

Kansas lawmakers give their take on Biden SOTU
Senator Jerry Moran: “With three years of policies to stand on, the American people have ample data to assess the...
08Mar 2024

Sharice Davids voted against Laken Riley Act before she voted for it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Third District Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids followed 37 other Democrats on Thursday to switch their votes in favor...
07Mar 2024

Kobach sues TikTok for threat to kids
TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced his office has filed a lawsuit today in Shawnee County District Court against social media...
07Mar 2024

KBI makes arrest in 1982 Hutchinson murder
RENO COUNTY – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) arrested a Phoenix man connected to a cold case homicide that occurred in...
06Mar 2024

Mystery, opportunity surrounds 250,000 Kansas ghost voters
An Overland Park data researcher says a striking number of registered but greatly inactive voters in Kansas provides the opportunity...
04Mar 2024