In Kansas News
The Kansas Department for Children and Families will soon begin a project to update its records system. Daniel Caudill of the Kansas News Service reports.
The Kansas Department for Children and Families will soon begin a project to update its records system. Daniel Caudill of the Kansas News Service reports.
It’s a move that officials say will make the department more efficient in handling child welfare.Secretary Laura Howard says the agency currently uses about seven different information systems for records and case management. Some of those systems are decades old.
“Our primary federal reporting system, the FACTS system, is based on 1980s mainframe technology. And so, things have really been a Band-Aid approach for a while.”
The Legislature recently passed a bill to develop a plan to consolidate the records into one, modern system.
Howard says the change will make it easier to screen reports of child abuse or neglect, as well as manage and assign case loads.
In Missouri news
Members of a Missouri House Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill that would help fund new stadiums for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. It now goes to the full House for debate.
The program provides matching funds for development and renovations by covering annual bond payments to the amount that the team is currently generating in taxes in Missouri.
The measure contains a clawback provision, meaning that if a team leaves Missouri after funds are committed to a project, it will be responsible for paying back the state.
Chiefs Lobbyist Rich AuBuchon (AWW bush-AWN)said if the team were to rebuild in Missouri, they would have to stay for decades.
“If we left prior to 25 years, we'd have to pay every dime back to the state of Missouri. It's a significant clawback. I've never seen one quite like that.”
Members of the Senate passed the bill last week. If the House doesn’t change the bill, then it will go to Gov. Mike Kehoe.
New flooring is going to be put down starting late this summer at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. The carpet, meant to mimic water, has been in place since the terminal opened in 2009, and airport spokesperson Ren Luebbering (LOO-bur-ing) says it’s seen better days.
The carpet will be replaced with terrazzo (tur-AWZ-oh) – liquid resin will be mixed with chipped glass and stone and poured on the floor. When it dries, it will be as hard as concrete and is expected to last 50 years. The $4 million flooring project will be done in sections to lessen the impact to airport customers.
Lueberring says the project is expected to last 42 weeks.
The flooring project is part of $35 million in construction projects at SGF.
