Dodson comments on House approval of KDOL overhaul, endorsement deals for college athletes
67th District House Rep. Mike Dodson (R-Manhattan)
House Bill 2196
The Kansas Legislature has cleared one hurdle to overhaul the state labor department.
The House voted 87-36 vote Thursday on House Bill 2196, largely on partisan lines. Among the supporters, 67th District Rep. Mike Dodson (R-Manhattan), says the bill will establish an independent board to oversee the Kansas Department of Labor.
“You’ve got to have people who know what they’re doing providing oversight and then we have to make sure that they put the money, and we’ve provided that, into the IT. We all know what happened because the IT system was so bad, when they tried to get all the checks out they had so much fraud that it just kind of backed up,” he said.
Highland discusses energy concerns, House bill to correct problems within KDOL
Kansans learned quickly this past week just how vulnerable the power grid is.
An unusually strong winter blast forced consumption rates of electricity, gas and water to skyrocket, forcing utility companies into rolling power outages, at the request of the Southwest Power Pool, the grid that covers 14 states primarily in the Great Plains, including Kansas.
51st District Rep. Ron Highland of Wamego joined KMAN Friday morning during his legislative update. He says it’s apparent energy companies can’t rely too much on renewable energy just yet.
“The wind turbines, when it gets really cold can’t turn, they turn off and the same is true when they get real hot. We have to be cognizant of that,” he said. “It was cloudy for an extended period of time, so the solar panels weren’t doing anything either.”
An Alzheimer s patient, he died nine days later from transfer trauma. We had just paid our fees for that month, we had to find a place and then pay our fees all over again for that month . we had to outfit another room, said Imthurn, a Maple Hill resident. So after we had gone through all [that], he died.
Nearly a decade later, Imthurn is still pushing for change. She hopes Kansas House Bill 2004, named Charlie s Bill, will pass this legislative session and put into statute the right for assisted living facility residents to appeal an involuntary discharge.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ron Highland, R-Wamego, had a previous attempt last year but died in a COVID-19-shortened session.
Rep Highland to chair newly formed water committee 1350kman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 1350kman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In Focus 12/30/20
Wednesday’s program featured a conversation with Associate Communications Professor Dr. Timothy Shaffer, Director of the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy at Kansas State University. He reflected on 2020 and looked ahead to what the institute is planning in 2021.
1230 Tim Shaffer 1
1230 Tim Shaffer 2
51st District House Rep. Ron Highland, of Wamego, joined us in our continuing series of legislative preview interviews to discuss the upcoming legislative session, which begins on Jan. 11.
1230 Highland 1