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Brad Cooper

Kansas City
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Editor/publisher of Sunflower State Journal @sfstatejournal. Can't have enough college basketball in my life.

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Sunday Reader: ACA enrollment by region; Judicial confirmations and Jan. 6; ABC director set to retire

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By Brad Cooper
| Sunflower State Journal
close up view of sunflower flowers at the evening field Good morning everyone: Kind of a slow news week, which gave us some time to attend to our little Auggie at the vet. Won't spend a lot of time on this, but it did take some zip out of the workweek as we come to grips with our next step. Hope it wasn't obvious. Not much else to share this Sunday. So, let's get down to the the significant stories we published last week and other news items you might have missed but need to know.
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Racing & Gaming director to retire

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By Brad Cooper
| Sunflower State Journal
Don Brownlee will be retiring as executive director of the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission, the primary state agency  responsible for regulating and licensing state-owned casinos, sports wagering, and pari-mutuel racing in Kansas. Brownlee's decision to step down from his role as executive director on June 20 was announced at a commission meeting Friday. He has served in that role since 2015, when he was appointed to the position of executive director by former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.
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Judge sets aside disciplinary action against nurse following enactment of reforms

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By Brad Cooper
| Sunflower State Journal
A Shawnee County judge has set aside a disciplinary action against one of the nurses who last year asked the Legislature to address concerns about the state's nursing board's heavy-handed enforcement of rules unrelated to patient safety.
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