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When election season rolls around this year there will be at least one seat open on the Emporia City Commission.
At the tail-end of the commission s regular action session, Wednesday afternoon commissioner Jon Geitz announced he will not be filing for re-election this year. Geitz has served on the commission for the last seven years after being elected back in April of 2013.
At the conclusion of his current term, Geitz will have served as a commissioner for a total of eight years. He says eight years is a pretty good run.
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Kansas is making $200 million available for rental assistance in the state. Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation announced the program, which will be funded through federal CARES Act money, on Tuesday afternoon.
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Doctors at the University of Kansas Health System saw no change in COVID-19 patient numbers Wednesday.
They are still treating 70 patients in total. A few more are in acute phases of infection than Tuesday, with 31. Eight of those are in the intensive care unit and two on ventilators.
Thirty-nine patients are in recovery.