All the headlines from our Kansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 23 2009 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services.Sebelius, 60, is seen as a solid choice to head HHS because as a governor responsible for the Medicaid...
Mar 10 2009 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it has expanded outside of Texas with two new members, Ed Berrong Insurance Agency, based in Oklahoma and Bridges Group Inc., based in Kansas.A...
Mar 9 2009 // Kansas lawmakers heard testimony on a bill recently that was inspired by the deaths of a mother and her 4-year-old daughter in an accident police believe involved a driver with multiple drunk driving convictions.Kansas...
Mar 2 2009 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday.The source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said Obama...
Feb 23 2009 // Kansas House Democrats killed a proposal Friday to strip the governor of the power to fill vacancies in four statewide offices.The proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution would have let political parties fill...
Feb 18 2009 // Kansas lawmakers heard testimony on a bill this week that was inspired by the deaths of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter in an accident police believe involved a driver with multiple drunk driving convictions.Kansas...
Feb 10 2009 // A state board appointed to examine drunken driving laws in Kansas has concluded that the whole system needs a major overhaul.The Kansas Substance Abuse Policy Board says the state’s system for punishing drunken...
Feb 5 2009 // A top aide says Gov. Kathleen Sebelius remains focused on serving Kansas, amid new speculation about a federal Cabinet appointment.But spokeswoman Beth Martino also declined to say the governor wouldn’t be interested...
Jan 26 2009 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger’s office said it helped thousands of Kansas consumers settle disputes with their insurance companies in 2008, recovering more than $13.6 million in insurance claims for...
Jan 25 2009 // A new Missouri law was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels but the lack of specialized insurance is proving to be an obstacle.The idea was for the...
Jan 25 2009 // Every day thousands of Kansans, such as Delbert Young of Wichita, go to work and perform tasks that require physical labor.For Young, it was riding a bicycle from building to building at the vast Boeing Co. facility to...
Jan 25 2009 // Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/ owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas,...
Jan 20 2009 // Makers of handmade toys, secondhand stores and others who make or sell children’s products fear that new government regulations could soon put them out of business.At issue is the Consumer Product Safety Improvement...
Jan 12 2009 // Every day thousands of Kansans, such as Delbert Young of Wichita, go to work and perform tasks that require physical labor.For Young, it was riding a bicycle from building to building at the vast Boeing Co. facility to...
Jan 11 2009 // Federal authorities are investigating the finances of bankrupt Kansas-based Brooke Corp. The court-appointed special master for the banking and insurance services provider, Albert Riederer, told the Kansas City Star that...
Jan 11 2009 // A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of...
Jan 5 2009 // Problems have arisen with a new Missouri law that was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels.The idea was for the homeowners to be able to send any excess...
Dec 21 2008 // WestCalifornia Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...
Dec 19 2008 // Despite receiving millions in insurance, government help and donations, Chapman school officials say they will need a bond issue to repair school buildings damaged by a June 11 tornado.The tornado destroyed or damaged the...
Dec 15 2008 // Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the finances of bankrupt Brooke Corp.The court-appointed special master for the Overland Park-based banking and insurance services provider, Albert Riederer, told The...