**Trojan horse**
**It gave President more tariff authority. Tariff Authority:** Grants the U.S. president authority to impose tariffs of up to 500% on imports from countries that continue purchasing major volumes of Russian oil and natural gas, such as China and India.
Trojan horse
It gave President more tariff authority. Tariff Authority: Grants the U.S. president authority to impose tariffs of up to 500% on imports from countries that continue purchasing major volumes of Russian oil and natural gas, such as China and India.
For Fiscal Year 2026, healthcare funding in Kansas comprises several major state budget allocations alongside newly approved federal injections. Overall, the state's total budget of $25.6 billion allocates its single largest share to human services and healthcare programs. [1, 2]
Funding for specific healthcare sectors breaks down as follows:
1. General Medicaid Funding
Kansas spends over $5.7 billion annually in combined state and federal dollars to fund its Medicaid program (KanCare), which covers more than 400,000 enrollees. Approximately $2 billion of this total comes directly from the State General Fund. [1, 2]
2. The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)
The federal government officially awarded the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) $221.89 million for the first year of this program. [1, 2]
This is part of a five-year federal initiative.
Out of this first-year allotment, nearly $80 million has already been awarded as grants to 39 rural hospitals and health organizations.
Prominent local recipients include Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System ($3 million), Gove County Medical Center ($3 million), and Pratt Regional Medical Center ($2.86 million). [1, 2, 3]
3. Enhanced Medicaid Reimbursements for Rural Hospitals
In mid-2026, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Kansas' Health Care Access Improvement Program plan. [1, 2]
This channels an additional $72 million to $83 million per year into Critical Access Hospitals and Rural Emergency Hospitals.
This adjustment allows struggling rural facilities to claim higher reimbursement rates to stabilize their operations. [1, 2, 3]
4. Public Health Infrastructure & Community Support
$6.9 million was added strictly via federal CDC grants to update the state's public health data modernization and workforce infrastructure. [1]
$2.6 million was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Health Partnership Clinic network to expand affordable behavioral, dental, and primary care in the greater Kansas City area. [1]
They will work a minimum 12-hour shift today to ensure everyone gets to vote, and ensure the ballots are counted correctly. I thank these dedicated people.
As I traveled the 1st district, voters seem to want a simple thing. They want a problem solved with respect. A very small farmer was trying to get a loan. The government agency didn’t have time for him even though he could grow his farm to a size they cared about.
Another farmer wanted help understanding the fees and the reasons for them when crossing crops into another state.
Another person wanted helped with her grandkids because the mother wasn’t capable / available. She wanted to get them to another state where the aunt lived. It took a year.
Very few cared about the grand government and its chaos.
I knew we don’t have the most helpful people in the government. I was surprised that there was not some big thing. It was the small things people wanted resolved.
They focus on daily life. They want someone that gives a shit.
Can independents show up and vote either party if they declare?
I would like to see Miss Vicky and either Democrat.
Her Lt governor Mr Joe is very capable also.
Very impressive team.
I’m coming back from a campaign function and i’m getting off of interstate seven day after passing a couple wind farms that were locked down. I see in the distance and active wind farm. Based on the temperature today, I would’ve thought all energy producing items would be gone full out. So what’s the deal?
When we talk about small towns, and how people take care of themselves, which is one of the things that I talk about, Kansas taking care of their own and don’t need the government involved. This is the example I’m talking about. A small shop in Oberlin Kansas has a single owner and when that owner needs to take off other people in the town volunteer and step in to run the store for them. That is fantastic.
Whether you vote by mail or stop by the courthouse or go to the poll on August 4. Vote. Assume nothing. Make it happen.
Per Fox News Digital, an Inspector General’s semiannual report to Congress identified fraud regarding education funding in 24 states and Puerto Rico.
Amount was $225 million.
Mostly private groups.
Mostly red states like that matters.
Reports started identifying issues in 2019 to present.
What action did Congress take? Apparently none. It’s election time so fraud is now an issue.
I talked a business owner who is constantly interrupted from doing work by nuisance phone calls. They said our current methods of preventing them is not effective because they spoof.
Provider says they can’t do anything.
Who else has this issue?
What have you tried other than the National Do Not Call List?
Personally they get around the blocking on your phone.
We all know someone that can out negative you. You say the wheat crop was bad. They say the wheat crop is the worst ever and you had drive through mud up to the axle to get it.
Yes not a great year. Some fields were okay and others no so much. Kind of like this year.
The year will end well I have confidence in Kansans.
Sections from article by Maddie Carr a news reporting intern at the Topeka Capital-Journal
On June 9, farmers contributed 400,000 bushels of grain sorghum, also known as milo, to a shipment for the Food for Peace program. The program got its start in Kansas, courtesy of an idea from Cheyenne County farmer Peter O'Brien.
The grain sorghum from Skyland Grain, a grain elevator in Hugoton, filled 108 rail cars for shipment, according to the National Sorghum Producers on X.Kansas is a top producer of the crop.
Great actions taken by Kansans.