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Satisfy your corned beef craving at Coralvilles Pat & Frans Irish Pub A reubeton appetizer, Irish stew and a Reuben sandwich or on the menu at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) The dining area March 5 at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub in Coralville. Nick Carroll and Robert Olson II opened the pub Nov. 27 (Andy Abeyta photos/The Gazette) Assistant manager Molly Lesnet pours a beer March 5 at Pat & Fran’s Irish Pub in Coralville. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette) Twenty beers are on tap at ...

Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector photo by: Lucas Lord/Kansas Reflector Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, testifies in support of his bill to prohibit employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccination for their employees. TOPEKA — Sen. Mark Steffen pushed colleagues Thursday to support his legislation banning employers from requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying lawmakers should reject the idea that society is more important than the individual. Senate Bill 213 would prohibit e...

Legislative audit pegs Kansas unemployment fraud at $600 million; KDOL says its bunk Dion Lefler and Katie Bernard, The Wichita Eagle Feb. 24—Kansas Legislative auditors are estimating that fraudulent claims accounted for at least $600 million worth of unemployment payments since the COVID-19 pandemic started last year — twice the rate the state Department of Labor is acknowledging. Popular Searches "Of the roughly $2.6 billion in state and federal unemployment benefits paid...

Lawmakers are considering a move to bar employers from mandating vaccinations, an effort that experts believe has its roots in the anti-vaccine movement and comes as millions of Americans are getting inoculated against COVID-19. Nursing home facilities in other states have required employees to get the vaccine because of their work with high-risk individuals, although there are no confirmed reports of workplaces taking that step in Kansas. But vaccine requirements are usually most prevalen...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas may have paid $600 million worth of bogus claims for...

This story was updated at 4:10 p.m. Wednesday. TOPEKA — Kansas may have paid $600 million worth of bogus claims for unemployment benefits last year,

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas may have paid $600 million worth of bogus claims for...

Republican legislators and a powerful business group are pushing a proposal to make it harder for unemployed Kansas workers to get extended benefits, arguing that extra weeks of aid are available even when thousands of jobs remain unfilled.

Kansans plan unemployment march as lawmakers push for oversight council Kansas lawmakers work to establish council to oversee KDOL and last updated 2021-02-18 18:58:26-05 TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas lawmakers are pushing for more control over changes to the Department of Labors unemployment system. This week, lawmakers in the state House and Senate are hearing testimony on several bills. House Bill 2196 and Senate Bill 177 are mirror bills with identical language that would establish an unempl...

John Hanna, Associated Press The Kansas Department of Labors unemployment benefits website is pictured Dec. 29, 2020. TOPEKA — Republican legislators and a powerful business group are pushing a proposal to make it harder for unemployed Kansas workers to get extended benefits, arguing that extra weeks of aid are available even when thousands of jobs remain unfilled. But the proposal before the GOP-controlled Legislature has sparked a backlash amid the economic uncertainty of the coronavirus pa...