Kansas

Indian-American Usha Reddi sworn in as Senator in Kansas state of US

Reddi has served on the Manhattan City Commission since 2013 and served twice as mayor

Indian-American Usha Reddi takes oath as Kansas state Senator in US

Indian-American city commissioner Usha Reddi took oath as senator in the US state of Kansas, replacing current Manhattan Senator Tom Hawk, who announced his retirement last month

6 students, 2 others hospitalised after Carbon monoxide leak in Kansas

Six students and two adults were taken to a hospital for evaluation after a carbon monoxide leak was detected Wednesday at a Kansas City elementary school, officials said. The eight people taken to hospitals from Longfellow Elementary School suffered nausea and dizziness but none suffered life-threatening issues, Assistant Fire Chief Jimmy Walker said. Emergency responders went to the school after several students reporting feeling ill. Firefighters found extremely high levels of the lethal gas inside the building, Walker said. The level of carbon monoxide reached 2,000 parts per million, which was the maximum for monitors used by firefighters at the scene, Walker said. The cause of the leak is under investigation. Firefighters were ventilating the building but it was unclear when students could return to Longfellow. School district spokesperson Elle Moxley said the district had contractors check its heating systems last week, including at Longfellow, in anticipation of colder ...

Kansas recount affirms pro-choice win; results in favour of abortion rights

A decisive statewide vote in favour of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results on Sunday. Nine of the state's 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws. A longtime anti-abortion activist, Mark Gietzen, is covering most of the costs. Gietzen acknowledged in an interview that it was unlikely to change the outcome. A no vote in the referendum signalled a desire to keep existing abortion protections and a yes vote was for allowing the Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion. After the recounts, no votes lost 87 votes and yes gained 6 votes. Eight of the counties reported their results by the state's Saturday deadline, but Sedgwick County delayed releasing its final count until Sunday because spokeswoman Nicole Gibbs said some of the ballots weren't separated into the correct ...

Kansas first state to vote on abortion since SC overturned Roe vs Wade

Kansas is holding the nation's first test of voter feelings about the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade, with people statewide

Suspected tornado rips through Kansas, causes severe damage

Officials said the suspected twister moved though parts of southeast Wichita and Andover on Friday evening

Kansas labour dept picks TCS to modernise unemployment insurance programme

For more than two decades, TCS has partnered with states across the US to transform unemployment insurance systems

4 shot at Kansas City nightclub where past shooting occurred in January

Four people were shot and injured Sunday at a night club in Kansas City, Missouri, where a mass shooting occurred in January, police said

Kansas recognises March 16 as Indian-American Appreciation Day

Step taken to honour an Indian techie who was killed last month in a racially-motivated hate crime