TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas issued the following news release: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS) announces several changes to its Board of Directors following its annual meeting on May 9. New Term Elections * Brittni K. Oehmke, Hanover, is the CEO of Hanover Hospital and has been elected to a four-year term. * Rick D. Baden, Olathe, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Watco Companies, LLC. and has been re-elected to  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 10 (TNSres) -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today announced first quarter 2024 GAAP earnings of $122.7 million, or $0.53 per share, compared to GAAP earnings of $142.6 million, or $0.62 per share, for the first quarter 2023. Evergy's first quarter 2024 adjusted earnings (non-GAAP) and adjusted e more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced today $400,000 is available under the Residential Opportunities on Main Street (ROOMS) grant program to support new upper-floor housing in commercial buildings in Designated Kansas Main Street communities. "Main Street communities across the state long have been revitalizing their historic business districts and suppo more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 9 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 8, 2024: * * * 24-TRAM-714-MIS Docket Type: MIS - Miscellaneous Docket Description: In re: Subpoena Duces Tecum issued by the Kansas Corporation Commission to Producer Ag, LLC Date Filed: 05/08/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-715-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Falk Transportation LLC Date Filed: 05/08/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-716-UCR Doc more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on May 9, 2024: * * * 24-KGSG-718-COM Docket Type: COM - Complaint Docket Description: Formal Complaint Against Kansas Gas Service by Cory Schater Date Filed: 05/09/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-5077-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 05/09/2024 * * * 24-TRAM-696-UCR Docket Type: UCR - UCR Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of more PR

WICHITA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today joined higher education leaders from Wichita State University (WSU), the University of Kansas (KU), and WSU Tech to break ground on the new $302 million Wichita Biomedical Campus. "The Wichita Biomedical Campus will revolutionize health care education and put Wichita on the map as a hub for health care and innovative scientific research," Governor Laura Kelly said more PR

SALINA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly joined health care leaders from across the state today for the third annual Kansas Executive Healthcare Summit, where she discussed the path forward for Medicaid expansion following the 2024 legislative session. Attendees also heard from industry experts at Lument, Jones Lang LaSalle, Siemens, Global Care Force, and Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System. "Right now, over more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 10 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today signed House Substitute for Senate Bill 419, bipartisan legislation that provides legal protections for those that seek or provide medical assistance to a person suffering a medical emergency related to drug use. "It's critical that all Kansans are empowered to seek or deliver medical assistance during an emergency," Governor Laura Kelly said. "This bill is a lifel more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Center for Undergraduate Research has announced the winners of two annual awards recognizing undergraduate research mentors who make a difference in the lives of their students at the University of Kansas. Cindy Berrie, professor in chemistry, and Laura Kirk, associate teaching professor in theatre and film, are the recipients of the 2024 K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. This faculty awar more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Colin Roust, associate professor of musicology, is heading to London to introduce the screening of a film scored by the 20th century French composer about whom Roust wrote the first, definitive biography, "Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics" (Oxford University Press, 2020). Roust will introduce the May 19 screening of the 1948 film "La Symphonie Pastorale," which is part of a retrospective featuri more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: A University of Kansas researcher will be part of a partnership to establish the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics to understand how youths take part in the labor market and how that affects their lives and livelihood. Misty Heggeness, associate professor of public affairs and economics at KU, will lead KU's particip more PR

LAWRENCE, Kansas, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Campus Compact, a national coalition of colleges and universities working to advance the public purposes of higher education, has named the student civic leaders who will make up the 2024-2025 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. DaNae Estabine, a University of Kansas junior from Olathe majoring in psychology with a minor in philosophy, was named a member. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a yearlong program that  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, May 9 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Rice University economist Flavio Cunha will participate in the establishment of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027, the latest effort from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to understand how youth are participating in the labor market and how that impacts their lives and livelihood. Flavio Cunha. Photo by Jeff Fitlow. RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, is leadin more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri Kansas City campus issued the following news: * * * It was 3:03 a.m., February 4, 1976. While Guatemala's citizens slept, the country's massive Motagua Fault ruptured. In 39 seconds, the resulting 7.5 magnitude earthquake had devastated this Central American nation. * * * Nearly five decades later, a research team from University of Missouri-Kansas City, in collaboration with U.S. and Guatemalan partners, is investigating th more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 9 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: Eight Yale seniors and two recent graduates have been awarded fellowships from various organizations for graduate study in the United Kingdom. These are in addition to students, previously announced in Yale News, who have won Rhodes and Marshall scholarships. The fellowship winners and their awards follow: Ellie Burke, who is studying history at Yale, was awarded a Paul Mellon fellowship to pursue an M.Phil. more PR