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Rep. Mike Amyx, D-Lawrence, and a third-generation barber, pictured Sept. 22, 2020, chimed in to support a bill modifying the Kansas Board of Barbering s authority to modify fees. He said COVID-19 could present financial issues to the industry and so flexibility is needed.
TOPEKA Kansas barbers are again pushing for a bill creating the Kansas Barbering Act, an overhaul of state standards for cutting hair professionally.
The bill would modify licensing standards to ensure all Kansas barbers receive a proper education, authorize the Kansas Board of Barbering to increase fees for testing and create new criminal penalties for violating these statutes or marketing oneself as a barber without the proper qualifications. House Bill 2419 also would modify the definition of barbering to include the head, face and neck area, and ban the display of barber poles under certain circumstances.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka.
TOPEKA New estimates of how many Kansans could gain coverage through Medicaid expansion are down from previous years, but researchers for the Kansas Health Institute say this is not surprising given the uncertainty of income throughout the year.
The 2021 estimates by KHI indicate 126,000 Kansans, including nearly 88,000 adults, would newly enroll in KanCare, the state’s privatized version of Medicaid, if the program were expanded. Estimates use data compiled before COVID-19 and assume implementation on Jan. 1, 2022.
The new figure is a drop-off from the 2020 estimate of 132,000 new enrollees, but Phillip Steiner, an analyst with KHI, said both federal policymaking and the program review process could be accounting for the lower number. More Kansans may be lacking coverage at certain times than others, he said.
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A new ACLU of Kansas data tool shows ICE removed 43,069 immigrants across the state in 2019, down from 77,858 in 2018.
TOPEKA Thousands of people who are arrested or removed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have no criminal conviction or just a minor traffic offense, according to records compiled into a new statewide data tool made available by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas.
Information sourced from the Syracuse TRAC system details the number of ICE arrests and removals in Kansas and the highest level of crime committed, if any. In 2019, 43,069 people were removed by ICE in Kansas, down from 77,858 in 2018.