Veterans care continues to be a challenge, and the Kansas City VA is the latest example.
Concerns over quality of care at Kansas City VA lead U.S. representatives to step in https://t.co/6qwNhzGcyA pic.twitter.com/DPWtwnAClH
— KCUR (@kcur) September 19, 2018
Republican U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri and Kevin Yoder of Kansas, as well as Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, met with the VA on Tuesday to discuss the issues outlined in their July letter and check on what progress has been made.
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“Too many times they called and it would ring and ring, and they couldn’t reach a real person, or they would be put through to voicemail,” Hartzler said. “That’s just not acceptable when you are calling for help.”
Talk heats up after numerous Republicans endorse the Democratic nominee for Governor, Laura Kelly.
Kelly responds to quote from Kobach spokeswoman on Kassebaum endorsement: “This type of name-calling is not acceptable from children, and it is certainly not acceptable from a man who wants to be governor.” #ksleg https://t.co/AZm8mbNyRq
— Sherman Smith (@sherman_news) September 19, 2018
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce says it might endorse a candidate for Governor, but no decision at this point.
“I think the business community, which we very much think of as more Republican-oriented, does face some curious political choices as we go forward to adapting to the new reality of where the parties are going”https://t.co/Zb0vn8925R #ksleg
— Jonathan Shorman (@jonshorman) September 19, 2018
The chamber has advocated for immigration reform for years. But Congress has stalled on the issue amid President Donald Trump’s insistence on building a border wall with Mexico and aggressive enforcement of immigration law that for a time resulted in undocumented immigrants being separated from their children.
Kobach supports Trump’s effort to build a wall and agrees that Mexico can be forced to pay for its construction. He also supports ending in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants and opposes a federal program that allows undocumented immigrants brought into the country as children to remain.
Kansas is moving forward on the issue of industrial hemp, and licenses could be available by spring: https://t.co/gcBpPOgZyQ pic.twitter.com/ezwEzwdTBX
— Lawrence Journal-World (@LJWorld) September 19, 2018
According to the Department of Agriculture, the Kansas program will be somewhat more expansive than the one in neighboring Nebraska, which limits licenses to growers who are affiliated with its state Department of Agriculture or its higher education institutions.
Missouri, the agency noted, allows no more than two nonprofit entities to grow and process industrial hemp or hemp extracts. Oklahoma’s program only allows postsecondary institutions to grow industrial hemp for research purposes or subcontract with individuals to do so.
But the Kansas program will be significantly more restrictive than the industrial hemp program in Colorado, which also has legalized both medicinal and recreational marijuana.
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