-
Funding cuts and changes for children’s programs across the state became a reality at the start of this month — and that means fewer Kansas families will…
-
Parents as Teachers is receiving the same amount of funding in Kansas as it did last year, but program administrators are concerned they will not be able…
-
Children’s programs across the state are scrambling to deal with grant cuts that take effect at the start of July.The cuts come from a $3.3 million…
-
The Overland Park City Council on Monday set 21 as the minimum age to buy tobacco products, meaning that a regional campaign has now upped the legal age…
-
Kansas health advocates lauded the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Thursday to regulate electronic cigarettes, while those in the vaping industry…
-
Kansas officials got the bad news they were expecting Wednesday.After reading the economic tea leaves and noting that state tax collections have been…
-
A correctional officer stands accused of smuggling tobacco, drugs and other contraband into the Leavenworth Detention Center, U.S. Attorney for Kansas…
-
Over the past several months, teams of local health advocates have been making their way from one local city to another, lobbying city leaders to raise…
-
Two Johnson County, Kansas, cities took opposing actions on tobacco control Monday evening.The Prairie Village City Council voted unanimously to raise the…
-
A leading child advocate has obtained a document that she says confirms state officials are considering a deal to securitize the state’s tobacco…
-
No one speaking Tuesday to the Senate Ways and Means Committee argued the Legislature could be trusted to direct funds to their intended purpose.The only…
-
This story was updated at 4:13 p.m.Missouri has settled a dispute over the terms of a multibillion settlement with the big tobacco companies that has cost…