
Matthew Kelly
Business and Development Reporter at Wichita Eagle
he/they, reporter covering Kansas state government for The Kansas City Star & The Wichita Eagle, [email protected] for tips
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1 week ago |
kansas.com | Matthew Kelly
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins says if the Chiefs or Royals are interested in jumping the border to build new stadiums in Kansas, they should act on the state’s offer soon. On Wednesday, Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, said he doesn’t want to extend the supercharged stadium-funding incentive proposal beyond its June 30 expiration date. “I think if they want to get it done, they’ve still got time to get it done,” Hawkins told The Star.
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1 week ago |
kansas.com | Matthew Kelly
Wichita lawmaker Patrick Penn is trading in Topeka for Washington D.C. as a Trump administration appointee. He says he’s ready to “make a couple people cry” in his new job overseeing nutritional benefits programs. On Wednesday, Penn promised to help weed out fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the 15 other federal nutrition programs managed by the Department of Agriculture. School breakfasts and lunches are also among the programs he will help administer.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Matthew Kelly
Wichita lawmaker Patrick Penn is trading in Topeka for Washington D.C. as a Trump administration appointee. He says he’s ready to “make a couple people cry” in his new job overseeing nutritional benefits programs. On Wednesday, Penn promised to help weed out fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and the 15 other federal nutrition programs managed by the Department of Agriculture. School breakfasts and lunches are also among the programs he will help administer.
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1 week ago |
thederrick.com | Matthew Kelly
Sue Bond isn’t squeamish about partisan politics. Her late husband, Dick Bond, spent four years as the Republican president of the Kansas Senate after all. But Bond, 89, doesn’t think politics should determine who sits on the bench of the state’s high court. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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gazettextra.com | Matthew Kelly
By Matthew Kelly - The Kansas City Star (TNS) Sue Bond isn't squeamish about partisan politics. Her late husband, Dick Bond, spent four years as the Republican president of the Kansas Senate after all. But Bond, 89, doesn't think politics should determine who sits on the bench of the state's high court. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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