Sherman Smith
Kansas Reflector
Topeka, KS, United States
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Kansas to give child care workers $53M in appreciation pay
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday announced a $53 million program to deliver bonuses to 22,000 child care workers at licensed facilities in Kansas. → Read More
Kansas welcomed a pawn shop for the rich in exchange for a promise of rural development
Hesston, Kansas, native and Dallas businessman Brad Heppner has plans to bring a grocery store, retail and chapel to his home town along with his "technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution." As he faces allegations of fraud and an SEC investigation from past deals, Kansas legislators continue to support his unique business. → Read More
Supermajority of Kansas voters support expanded Medicaid, when informed, survey shows
TOPEKA — New research sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas shows 78% of Kansas voters support Medicaid expansion after learning about current qualifications for the health insurance program. With Republican leadership in the Legislature uninterested in expanding Medicaid, the alliance has shifted its focus toward correcting misconceptions about the topic. The new survey, […] → Read More
Shawnee County health officer closes restaurants, bars, theaters
Order takes effect Thursday, bans dine-in seating but allows for carryout and delivery services; gatherings of 10 or more also prohibited → Read More
Kansas coronavirus update: Gov. Kelly closes schools, sending state workers home
16 Kansas residents, two out-of-state visitors have tested positive; 900K Kansas adults at risk of serious illness; House prayer asks God to help Senate → Read More
Kansas officials advise precaution as coronavirus spreads
Kansas’ top health official says the coronavirus inevitably will spread into the state and that he is comfortable with his agency’s ability to mitigate the outcome.Kansas Department of Health and Environment secretary Lee Norman said the agency has monitored the novel virus, also known as COVID-19, since December. Infections initially were diagnosed in Wuhan City, China, and now have been… → Read More
Pressure Mounts To Fix The Chronically Troubled Foster Care System In Kansas
TOPEKA, Kansas — Natalie Zarate entered state custody when she was 11 years old, removed from a physically abusive mother and placed in a group home for → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
Kansas made this sex trafficking survivor a criminal. She wants another chance.
Hope Joy Zeferjohn was missing from the Kansas Capitol on the day her family was posing for pictures with the governor. It was May 22, 2015, and then-Gov. → Read More
City preparing to deploy new meters with smartphone application
The city is bringing sweeping changes to parking options in downtown Topeka, including the launch of a smartphone application, removal of seldom-used → Read More
Democrat Barry Grissom enters U.S. Senate race
Former U.S. attorney for Kansas Barry Grissom on Monday launched his campaign for the U.S. Senate and the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Pat Roberts.Grissom, a Democrat, hopes to take advantage of a crowded and divisive GOP primary and capitalize on his work as the chief federal prosecutor for Kansas from 2010 to 2016.He led the prosecution of domestic terrorists who plotted attacks at… → Read More
'You want it bad, you get it bad': Republican rift clouds path for Medicaid expansion
A rift between Republican factions in the Kansas Legislature and pressure applied by Gov. Laura Kelly threaten a tenuous agreement to produce a Medicaid → Read More
Financial advisers embrace long-term outlook as markets nosedive on tariffs
Monday's stock market fallout from escalating trade tensions between the United States and China left Topeka financial adviser James Walden wondering what → Read More
Capitol Insider podcast: Kansas corrections secretary Roger Werholtz concerned with budget restrictions
Kansas Department of Corrections interim secretary Roger Werholtz says two employees of the El Dorado prison have crashed vehicles because they fell → Read More
Kansas Supreme Court presses for 'finish line' in school finance litigation
Kansas Supreme Court Justice Eric Rosen wanted to know if there will ever be an end to the decades-long fight between public schools and the Legislature → Read More