Month: August 2019

Aetna Better Health is struggling to keep its Medicaid contract with KanCare, to the point that state officials found fault with Aetna’s recent plan to improve services. But Kansas lawmakers had two words this week…

Today is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2019. There are 124 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched…

LACONA, Iowa (AP) — When President Donald Trump levied tariffs on China that scrambled global markets, farmer Randy Miller was willing to absorb the financial hit. Even as the soybeans in his fields about an…

TOPEKA — Local and federal law enforcement authorities Wednesday announced the indictment of 54 people in a drug-trafficking ring in Manhattan. That ring, with suppliers tracked back to Chicago, was responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl,…

If the law is incomprehensible, how can you possibly follow it? And how can a moral society punish you for not doing so? Yet that’s the cruel vise putting a frightening squeeze on retailers Annie…

The Kansas Department of Transportation is fanning out across the state to hear local voices as it updates the state’s Long Range Transportation Plan. That’s a smart move on the part of KDOT, as community…

In 1998 tobacco manufacturers reached an unprecedented agreement with 46 states, which had sued the companies for engaging in decades of deceptive marketing practices that contributed to an epidemic of tobacco-related illness and death. Over…

Dear Carolyn: Five years ago I started what would become a three-year relationship with a man who I now recognize was extremely controlling and emotionally abusive (and, once, physically abusive). He finally stopped calling two…

Dear Dr. Roach: We are very fond of our family doctor. I was in to see him the other day, and it came up in conversation that he was going to be getting married this…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics spent the night trading big blows, and they weren’t limited to the balls they kept sending out of spacious Kauffman Stadium. Three guys…