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#1 Kansas Woman Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Sep 26 2023 // A Kansas woman has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud, the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) announced. Carolyn Engelhardt, age 30, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Norton County on July...
#2 Kansas Police Chief Faces Lawsuit Over Alleged Seizure of Reporter’s Cellphone During Newspaper Raid
Sep 1 2023 // One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities earlier this month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday. Deb Gruver believes Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody...
#3 US Corn Harvest Is in Trouble
Aug 25 2023 // Sagging ears just short of maturity, cobs half bare of kernels as if nibbled, earth so dry that deep cracks criss-cross the fields: The US corn harvest is in trouble. The signs were already there in South Dakota. Scouts...
#4 Kansas Attorney General Sues to Prevent Transgender People From Changing Driver’s Licenses
Jul 10 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Republican attorney general of Kansas sued Friday to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver`s licenses and to rebuke the Democratic governor for defying his...
#5 Kansas’ MutualAid eXchange Declared Insolvent, Placed into Liquidation
Aug 28 2023 // The District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas has declared MutualAid eXchange (MAX) insolvent, and the company has been placed into liquidation pursuant to a petition filed by the Commissioner of Insurance. The court ruled...
#6 Kansas Plumbing Company Fined $333K After Trench Collapse
Jul 11 2023 // In a trench 9 feet below the surface, a worker employed by Precision Plumbing LLC was connecting a plumbing line to the municipal sewer in Salina, Kansas in January when he was buried under dirt and rocks after a trench...
#7 Ransomware Prompts Multistate Hospital Chain to Divert Some ER Patients
Nov 30 2023 // A ransomware attack has prompted a healthcare chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals, while putting certain elective procedures on...
#8 Heat, Humidity Kill Hundreds of Cattle During World’s Hottest Month
Aug 9 2023 // Hundreds of cattle died in Iowa from extreme heat and humidity in late July, the state and livestock producers said, as the world recorded its hottest month ever. The deaths show the toll of severe weather on farm animals...
#9 Chipotle Sued After Manager Allegedly Ripped off an Employee`s Hijab at Kansas Location
Oct 2 2023 // A federal agency has sued the restaurant chain Chipotle, accusing it of religious harassment and retaliation after a manager at a Kansas location forcibly removed an employee`s hijab, a headscarf worn by some Muslim...
#10 Kansas Newspaper Seeks $10M Over Police Raids
Apr 3 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly central Kansas newspaper and its publisher filed a federal lawsuit Monday over police raids last summer of its offices and the publisher’s home, accusing local officials of trying to...
#11 Kansas College Reaches Settlement in Suit Alleging Discrimination Against Black Athletes
Aug 30 2023 // HIGHLAND, Kan. (AP) – A Kansas community college that was accused of trying to reduce the number of Black student-athletes has agreed to a settlement, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday. The department said in...
#12 Family of Kansas Woman Killed in Apartment Fire Blames 911 Dispatch Center for ‘Systemic Issues’
Dec 5 2023 // WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – The family of a 22-year-old woman who died in an apartment fire in Kansas’ largest city after mistakes by the 911 dispatch center believes the center has “systemic issues,” and the...
#13 EWG Report Finds Rapidly Rising Crop Payouts As Climate Change Hits U.S. Agriculture
Nov 15 2023 // Drought, heat, hail, rain and freezing temperatures – the five horsemen of crop insurance. A new report from EWG found that crop insurance payouts for the top five weather-related losses totaled over $118.7 billion...
#14 Judge Allows ACLU to Join Lawsuit Over Sex Designation on Kansas Driver’s Licenses
Aug 21 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A judge has agreed to allow the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit that seeks to force the state to list the sex that people were assigned at birth on their...
#15 Kansas Schools Turn to AI to Spot Guns
May 14 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could soon offer up to $5 million in grants for schools to outfit surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence systems that can spot people carrying guns. But the governor needs to approve...
#16 Top Midwest Insurance Journal Stories of 2023
Dec 29 2023 // Insurance Journal Midwest readers in 2023 gravitated to stories on multi-million dollar rulings, policy language disputes and failing mutual insurance companies. Readers were also interested in the fallout of the East...
#17 Court Upholds Kansas Law Banning Changes to Transgender Driver’s Licenses
Mar 13 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge ruled Monday that the state isn’t violating transgender residents’ rights under the state constitution by refusing to change their driver’s licenses to reflect their...
#18 Kansas City Fire Department Faces US Department of Justice Investigation for Alleged Racial Discrimination
Aug 28 2023 // KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a U. S. Department of Justice investigation for alleged racial discrimination, a Kansas City spokesperson confirmed to The Kansas City Star...
#19 Inmate Sues Private Kansas Prison Operators Over His 2021 Stabbing
Aug 1 2023 // LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) – An inmate is suing one of the nation`s largest private prison operators over his 2021 stabbing inside a now-defunct maximum security federal facility in Kansas. Joshua Braddy, who is now...
#20 Conrade Insurance Group Announces Kansas Acquisitions
Jul 11 2023 // Newton, Kansas-based Conrade Insurance Group (CIG) announces three business acquisitions that have taken place in the first half of 2023, moves the company said expand the firm’s capabilities and strengthen their...
