TOPEKA, Kansas, Dec. 17 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Dec. 16, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-244-OOS Docket Type: OOS - Out of Service Docket Description: In the Matter of the Suspension of Operating Authority of TNTG Trucking & Logistics LLC Date Filed: 12/16/2024 * * * 25-EKSE-243-CCS Docket Type: CCS - Certificate Cease Service Docket Description: Application for Evergy Kansas South, Inc in Sumner County Date Filed: 12/16/2024 * * * Original text he  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: An Osage Beach, Mo., nurse pleaded guilty in federal court today to illegally obtaining fentanyl from a hospital for his own use. Charles Welch Jr., 65, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark to a federal information that charges him with one count of obtaining a controlled substan  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01), alongside Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roger Marshall (R-KS), announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer pursue its proposed Midwest-Plains and Plains-Southwest National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) in Kansas. The announcement comes as DOE begins Phase 3 of the NIETC Designation Process, which included refining geograp  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide veterans with service-connected disabilities with expedited screening under the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) PreCheck program. TSA PreCheck is already offered to active duty, reserves, and National Guard service members at   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. is proud to announce the removal of the Midwest Plains proposed transmission line from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) project. After months of relentless advocacy, including numerous roundtables and meetings with every county that would have been impacted, Senator Marshall took Kansan's feedback and amplified their   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), alongside U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01), announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will no longer pursue its proposed Midwest-Plains and Plains-Southwest National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) in Kansas. The announcement comes as DOE begins Phase 3 of the NIETC Designation Process, which included refini  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to provide veterans with service-connected disabilities with expedited screening under the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) PreCheck program. TSA PreCheck is already offered to active duty, reserves, and National Guard service members at no cost. The V  more