Osawatomie State Hospital

The unfolding water crisis in Flint, Michigan, may hold lessons for governments in other states, like Kansas. Guest Commentator Burdett Loomis says states that scale back on essential government services to save money often wind up paying a much higher cost.

Officials from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services are telling state lawmakers that the agency will hire a consultant to help pursue recertification.

Federal inspectors recently pulled the Medicare certification for the state's largest mental hospital meaning the facility will lose about $1 million a month in reimbursements.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

The state hospital for the mentally ill in Osawatomie is not taking any more patients for the time being because of ongoing renovations.

Regional headlines from the Associated Press