FORT YATES, North Dakota, April 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Fairchild Air Force Base (92nd Air Refueling Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Classs Matthew Arachikavitz, 92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Air Mobility Command partnered with Standing Rock Community School to host a tribal engagement in Fort Yates, North Dakota, April 18, 2024. Leaders from across AMC, Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Force Recruiting Service and the North Dakota National Guard spent the day wit more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 23 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: * * * KEY QUOTE: "Gov. Laura Kelly has renewed her Medicaid expansion campaign, attempting to build public pressure ahead of a vote in one chamber of the Kansas Legislature. 'I urge Kansans in every corner of the state to write, call, or meet with their legislators,' [Governor] Kelly said in a statement. 'Tell them Medicaid expansion must be debated and passed now. Let them know how cri more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 23 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed Senate Bill 115, establishing the Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) as an independent state agency and granting the advocate access to certain files and records of children involved in child welfare proceedings. "This bill is a significant step forward in ensuring the welfare of children in our state," Governor Laura Kelly said. "Establishing the Offic more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 23 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Last month, Governor Laura Kelly's bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal received support from disability advocates across the state during the Kansas Legislature's Medicaid expansion hearings. The testimony was submitted for hearings in the House Health and Human Services Committee and a joint session of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee and Senate Ways and Means Committee more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: By Loretta Fulton, Contributing writer Recognition with an American Red Cross Lifetime Hero Award is a great honor. But recipients will tell you that what the award represents is what's important. That's certainly the case with Capt. Brad Hawthorne, commander of the Kansas Wing's Wichita-based Air Capital Composite Squadron, one of the 10 that make up the Kansas Wing. The wing received the Red Cro more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 23 -- The Kansas Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Kansas Department of Transportation expresses its appreciation for employees celebrating state service anniversaries in May. KDOT is proud to acknowledge them for the long-term dedication they have provided to the state of Kansas. Those celebrating 40 years: * Sherry Petrie-Fitzgerald, Organizational Development Manager, Topeka Those celebrating 30 years: * Lynn Berges, Professional Ci more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Last week, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) convened the Standards Board and Board of Advisors in Kansas City, Missouri for the respective boards' annual meetings. Panel discussions covered lessons from the presidential primaries, planning for the general election, artificial intelligence, elections in the territories, communications, ethical standards for election a more PR