The CEO of Spirit AeroSystems resigns. a deal with Evergy will scale back a requested hike in electric rates. the FBI captures two escaped Missouri jail inmates. the police chief in Marion is suspended. and Kansas now has a wind farm designed to limit night-time light pollution. Those stories and more inside.
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas has concerns about what could happen if Congress fails to reach a budget agreement before the rapidly-approaching deadline. Stormont Vail Health in Topeka will no longer require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. and it'll be a battle of unbeaten Big 12 football teams on Saturday as the Kansas Jayhawks travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns. Details on these stories, and more, are here.
A Republican lawmaker sparked ethics concerns after he threatened to cut at least a million dollars from the agency if it bans deer baiting. And he said another lawmaker that owns a hunting lodge would help him.
Rep. Lewis Bloom, a farmer from Clay Center, also said the chair of the committee that oversees the agency’s budget would help him retaliate by defunding the department.
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