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“This process should take 4-8 weeks depending on the degree of difference in light levels between the initial and final location of the plant,” Upham said.

Ensuring a houseplant’s gradual adjustment to the indoor temperatures and light increases their likelihood of retaining leaves and staying healthy – avoiding the stress of having to completely replace your favorite plant.

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Gov. Laura Kelly proclaims April 1 through 7 National Public Health Week in Kansas

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Gov. Laura Kelly proclaimed April 1 through 7 as National Public Health Week in Kansas yesterday to recognize public health workers and the work they do keeping our state safe and secure.

“It is exciting to see how the evolution of the  important work of public health professionals over the past several years continues to shape the overall health of our state and nation.” KDHE Secretary Janet Stanek said. “National Public Health Week is a great event that reinforces the importance of our partnerships with health, environmental and other professionals as we look to highlight not only what is  being done today, but towards   future initiatives that will continue to improve  public health in Kansas.”

Public health professionals are instrumental in helping communities prevent, prepare for, mitigate, and recover from not only health threats like communicable diseases, , but also natural disasters, such as wildfires, flooding, and severe storms, as well as disasters caused by human activity and public health emergencies.

KDHE hopes to use National Public Health Week to educate public policymakers and public health professionals on issues that are important to improving the health of all Kansans. This goes hand in hand with this year’s theme, “Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We Are All Public Health.” Through daily engagement, the national event recognizes that public health is more than just health care and encourages us all to come together to achieve the goals of public health.

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Key bills still have a chance to pass

RYCKMAN RECAP, Ron Ryckman, 38th District Senator

 

This last, Week 11, for most committees to meet in the Legislature was kind of different from past years, in that there didn’t seem to be any big “crunch” to get everything done. 

We did work a fair number of bills — particularly in Ag and Fed and State, but used our full hour of meeting time only once — and that without even approving the bill which consumed most of it (SB 446, seeking to limit foreign property ownership) because it had simply become too cumbersome. 

The big news, I suppose, was that both houses held hearings on Medicaid expansion for the first time in four years, yet without moving it out of committee. The House provided some hope that tax relief might have another shot; however, with a two-tier instead of single rate like that adopted by the Senate, there is still a lot of “negotiating” to do to get a finished product that is “veto proof.” We’ll know more after their formal Floor consideration next week, but right now I’m optimistic we can come up with something taxpayers have been waiting on far too long.

Three totally unrelated measures that have generated a lot of constituent interest and do have a good chance of making it through are S Sub HB 2124, dealing with operational enhancement for “little guy” microbreweries; HB 2783, prohibiting government agencies from restricting the sale of motor vehicles based on energy source; and SB 527/HB 2813, making it a crime to coerce a woman into having an abortion. 

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