Thousands of retired teachers, state employees and first responders in Kansas have never received a cost-of-living adjustment to their pension payments. That means higher inflation in recent years is eating away the value of their monthly retirement pay. There’s an effort to boost that pay.
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- Wichita will begin selling some of its public housing units after receiving long-awaited approval from the federal government.
- Art installations for Chester Lewis Park in downtown Wichita are set to be completed by Saturday.
- A prosecutor in Oklahoma says there isn't any evidence to charge serial killer Dennis Rader in the disappearance of a 16-year-old girl.
- Snack cake maker Hostess Brands has been purchased by the J.M. Smucker company in a deal worth nearly $6 billion dollars.
- The American Red Cross says it needs more blood donors as demand is outweighing donation rates.
- Children First, a nonprofit organization in Wichita, will use grant money from the state of Kansas to create a new community center.
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