AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoInfrastructure Funding: Gov. Laura Kelly announced 18 Kansas communities will receive more than $13.7M for airport and energy grid resilience projects, leveraging over $10.1M from the federal IIJA plus state matching funds. Public Safety & Crime: Riley County investigators are looking into an alleged online job-application fraud that cost a victim $1,153; in Saline County, an inmate escaped a treatment facility after removing an electronic monitor, and authorities are seeking him. Drugs & Courts: Multiple drug cases moved through local jails this week, including a Montgomery County traffic stop where deputies found over two pounds of suspected crystal meth, and a Salina case where an infant was possibly exposed to meth. Death Penalty Politics: Kansas AG Kris Kobach urged Gov. Laura Kelly to deny clemency requests from death-row inmates tied to the Wichita massacre. Education Politics: The Kansas Board of Education GOP majority is in play as five Republican incumbents chose not to seek reelection, setting up August primaries. Kansas City World Cup Prep: Kansas City hospitals say they’re ready for international World Cup patients, while England’s team faced a tornado-warning shelter-in-place and a stolen equipment investigation.
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