AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Ken Paxton Calls on Costco to End Woke DEI Practices and Unlawful Discrimination Attorney General Ken Paxton sent an Iowa- and Kansas-led multistate letter to Costco demanding that the company fully repeal its discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") practices. Attorney General Paxton's letter follows President Trump's executive order encouraging "the Private   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 31 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * The Kansas Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, is now accepting applications from Kansas licensed early child care facilities to participate in a program to increase child nutrition knowledge and consumption of local fruits and vegetables. The program, titled "Our Earliest Eaters: Bringing the Farm to Kansas Licensed Early   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 30 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly Releases Statement Regarding Tragic Plane Crash Near Washington, D.C. Airport TOPEKA -- This morning, Governor Laura Kelly released the below statement: "I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives last night and extend my deepest condolences to the victims' families and loved ones. I have been in constant communication with federal, state, and local officials overnight and wa  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 30 -- The Kansas Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Hamm, Inc. wins 2024 Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Award Hamm, Inc. received the 2024 Governor's Mined Land Reclamation Award from the Kansas Department of Agriculture's Division of Conservation on January 9, 2025. This award recognizes companies that excel in implementing mined land reclamation and convey a positive image of mining in Kansas; Hamm was recognized for their reclamation  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Jan. 31 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: Husch Blackwell served as outside transactional and regulatory counsel to Marshfield Clinic Health System in a merger with Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States. As a result, the combined system will serve patients and communities across the upper Midwest, including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Jan. 31 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Jan. 30, 2025: * * * 25-DPAX-303-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Utility Solutions of Kansas, LLC Date Filed: 01/30/2025 * * * 25-TRAM-5049-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 01/30/2025 * * * 25-DPAX-302-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: I  more