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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2026-03-31 ( 12 items )  
Compassion in Action: Honoring Our Physicians (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: Health Care] -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, posted the following news release: * * * Compassion in Action: Honoring Our Physicians * Answering the call to be a doctor is a vocation -a demanding path driven by deep meaning and purpose, with the profound responsibility of caring for patients and families during meaningful and challenging moments. Ascension's commitment to care is captured in our Mission, but it is truly lived out by the p more PR

Congressman Harris Urges Maryland to Consider TSA Screening Partnership Program Amid BWI Delays (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Andy Harris, R-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Harris Urges Maryland to Consider TSA Screening Partnership Program Amid BWI Delays * Washington, D.C. -Congressman Andy Harris M.D. (MD-01) sent a letter to Maryland Transportation Secretary Katie Thomson urging the state to apply for TSA's Screening Partnership Program (SPP) following reports of five-hour long wait times at Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). The Scree more PR

Davids Introduces Bipartisan Price Transparency Bill as Iran War Drives Up Fertilizer Costs (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Introduces Bipartisan Price Transparency Bill as Iran War Drives Up Fertilizer Costs * High fertilizer prices "could lead to people everywhere paying more for food" Recently, Representative Sharice Davids helped introduce the bipartisan Fertilizer Transparency Act to increase transparency in fertilizer markets and provide farmers with better information on the price of crop inputs. The o more PR

EEOC Sues Cannabis Company for Sexual Harassment (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * EEOC Sues Cannabis Company for Sexual Harassment * Federal lawsuit alleges Ascend Wellness Holdings created a hostile work environment for female employees ST. LOUIS - Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company's Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportu more PR

Governor Kelly Appoints Richard Hanks to Fill District Magistrate Position in the 23rd Judicial District (10)
TOPEKA, Kansas, March 30 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Appoints Richard Hanks to Fill District Magistrate Position in the 23rd Judicial District * TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly today appointed Richard Hanks of Ellis to a judgeship position in the 23rd Judicial District. The vacancy was created by the retirement of Magistrate Judge Richard Flax. "Richard Hanks is a proven community leader who served Trego County as Sherriff from 2013  more PR

LLNL's Robert Maxwell Selected as 2025 AAAS Fellow (10)
LIVERMORE, California, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * LLNL's Robert Maxwell selected as 2025 AAAS Fellow Robert S. Maxwell, Strategic Deterrence (SD) program director for Materials and Manufacturing Transformation, was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of nearly three decades of leadership and significant contributions in materials chemistry relate more PR

Merkley, Cassidy, Smith, Marshall to CMS: Work with Congress to Crack Down on Bad-Faith Actors Overcharging Taxpayers for Medicare Advantage (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Cassidy, Smith, Marshall to CMS: Work with Congress to Crack Down on Bad-Faith Actors Overcharging Taxpayers for Medicare Advantage * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Louisiana's U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., Minnesota's U.S. Senator Tina Smith, and Kansas' U.S. Senator Roger Marshall sent a bipartisan letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)  more PR

Senator Marshall: Democrats Want to Defund the Police (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Democrats Want to Defund the Police * Senator Marshall Joins Mornings with Maria Salina - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Fox Business' Mornings with Maria with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the Democrats' continuing refusal to fund DHS and the Republican plan moving forward, why Republicans haven't ended the filibuster, the Pentagon's ask for more funding, th more PR

The Atlantic Hires Kelsey Ables, Janay Kingsberry, Will Oremus, and Matt Viser as Staff Writers (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 [Category: BizMedia] -- Atlantic Media, a print and online media company, issued the following news release: * * * The Atlantic Hires Kelsey Ables, Janay Kingsberry, Will Oremus, and Matt Viser as Staff Writers * The Atlantic is announcing the hires of four new staff writers: Kelsey Ables, Janay Kingsberry, Will Oremus, and Matt Viser. All are joining from The Washington Post. Kelsey and Janay will both focus on the major cultural institutions facing pressure from the  more PR

USDA Announces U.S. Participants for Trade Mission to the Philippines (10)
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release on March 30, 2028: * * * USDA Announces U.S. Participants for Trade Mission to the Philippines The U.S. Department of Agriculture will lead a trade mission to Manila, Philippines, from April 13-16, 2026, to expand market access for American farmers, ranchers, and producers. This mission follows a landmark trade agreement negotiated by President Trump in July of last ye more PR

What They Are Saying: Leaders Across America Commend EPA's Action to Finalize Historic Renewable Fuel Standards and Support America's Rural Communities (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Leaders Across America Commend EPA's Action to Finalize Historic Renewable Fuel Standards and Support America's Rural Communities * WASHINGTON - On Friday, March 27, 2026, at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration on the South Lawn, President Trump announced that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the historic Renewable Fuel Standard more PR

With history standards prone to politicization, 'minimalism' approach would benefit teachers, scholar argues (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 30 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * With history standards prone to politicization, 'minimalism' approach would benefit teachers, scholar argues * LAWRENCE -The practice of states revising standards for how their schools teach history is developing a storied and often contentious history of its own. A University of Kansas scholar has published new research arguing that history standards are prone to overt politicization and the best example more PR