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Examining some regulations on Kansas’s books

11.16.23 – Liberal First – GUEST COLUMN, Ganon Evans, Kansas Policy Institute. Reforming regulations is something easy to talk about on a macro level: most people would agree that removing obsolete, obtuse, or obstructive rules should be a goal of...

Unemployment rates down across northwest Kansas

10.20.23 – Hays Post -Kansas Department of Labor  The unemployment rate in Ellis County and across the region is down slightly for September, according to the latest labor report. The jobless rate in Ellis County dropped from 2.4 percent in August to 2.2 percent...

Pay, training contributing factors to Kansas dispatcher shortage

10.11.23 – KSN-TV – KANSAS (KSNW) A 911 dispatcher shortage continues to affect rural Kansas counties. There is work to help improve training, shorten response times, and increase responder safety. Some departments are only budgeted for four or five...