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Dodge City Daily Globe
2 Dec, 2020
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Kansas counties struggling to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing. The CDC says that’s OK.
Kansas counties remain unable to conduct contact tracing for all individuals who contract COVID-19 - and the federal government is acknowledging that reality.
Kansas likely to get 23,750 COVID-19 vaccine doses off the bat as state prepares for federal action

Even as federal regulators weigh approving two COVID-19 vaccines, officials say Kansas is full steam ahead on readying for their distribution, which could come as soon as the second week of December.

State’s budget czar to retire, governor announces

The state's top budget analyst, Larry Campbell, is set to retire after two years of service under both Democratic and Republican administrations, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday.

Melissa Standridge appointed to Kansas Supreme Court

Gov. Laura Kelly appointed Judge Melissa Standridge to the Kansas Supreme Court on Monday.

Top Trump official and Kansas native to step down on Jan. 20

Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican and native Kansan, says he is leaving the telecommunications regulator on Inauguration Day.

State sees another dip in new COVID-19 cases, though experts fear Thanksgiving fallout

Kansas reported another dip in COVID-19 cases Monday, with the state reporting an increase of 4,425 infections since Friday.

Clinics push back as drug companies want changes to program helping low-income Kansans

It is not uncommon for patients to come into the pharmacy at one of the branches of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, fully expecting that they will have to pass on much-needed prescriptions because they can't afford the cost.

New cases tick down since Wednesday but studies show Kansas still struggling with COVID-19

As states across the country face a surge in COVID-19 cases, a number of studies show Kansas stands out as a hotspot for the virus's spread.

As Kansas tries resuming jury trials amid pandemic, some are worried

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Kansas, jury trials immediately came to a full stop. Since then, that pause and the continuing influx of court cases has burdened the state's criminal justice system, a fact that has weighed on lawmakers every time they renew the COVID-19 disaster declaration and put a strain on public defenders.