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About 40% of prison staff, 30% of inmates decline COVID shot

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FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly discusses the coronavirus pandemic from the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said in a news release late Saturday, April 25, 2020 she has reached a deal that could resolve a legal challenge to her order banning religious gatherings of more than 10 people to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Kelly said that under the agreement, the two churches that challenged her order agreed to extend a judge's temporary restraining order preventing enforcement of Kelly's ban. The churches, meanwhile, agreed to continue complying with social-distancing guidelines, including making sure worshippers keep a safe distance from one another. (AP Photo/John Hanna File)

Kansas to lift limits Monday on many businesses but not all

By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

Millions spent to accommodate overflow in Kansas prisons

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Ex-Topeka Correctional employee charged with abusing inmates

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Man receives parole in 1993 Shawnee County murder

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Juvenile corrections head reassigned over battery allegation

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Kansas state Rep. Don Schroeder, R-Hesston, asks a question during a joint legislative committee's review of an audit of a proposal to build a new state prison in Lansing, as Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, watches to his right, Monday, July 31, 2017, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The audit contradicts information provided by the Department of Corrections about the least expensive way to pay for the new prison. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Audit contradicts Kansas agency’s data on new prison costs

By JOHN HANNA - Associated Press

FILE - This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. Guards at the facility say two previously unreported mass disturbances during which inmates took control for hours of parts of facility preceded a June 2017 prison uprising. Low staffing, overcrowding and general tensions have created dangerous conditions, and fears of working there have led to a mass exodus of experienced staff. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Guards: 2 unreported uprisings at troubled Kansas prison

By ROXANA HEGEMAN and JOHN HANNA - Associated Press