AARP Kansas

AARP Kansas is working to ensure that Kansas utility customers pay only what is fair and reasonable.

Westar Energy, Inc. has filed for yet another rate increase with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). This time, Westar is asking the KCC to allow it to increase rates by $31.7 million.

Guest blog by AARP Kansas staff member Janet Clearwater.

Nassar decision makes it imperative that Congress pass bipartisan age discrimination legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, AARP Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Joyce Rogers, offered the following statement in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in the pay-for-delay prescription drug case. AARP filed an amicus brief in the case.

In past decades, workers worked for one company for many years, often for their entire working lives. That is no longer the norm. In fact, the average length of time a worker stays in one job is about 4½ years. Assuming a work life of about 45 years (estimating from 22 to 67 years of age), a worker will have about 10 positions during his or her work life. That fact proves two very important things:

AARP volunteers and staff from Kansas and every other state in the nation visited Capitol Hill today to

Note CHANGE IN TIME: AARP Kansas is excited to announce that the first Grandparent Park in Kansas will open officially on July 20 with a dedication ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. The park is located at Estelle and Kellogg in Wichita. Join Mayor Brewer, Councilwoman Williams, AARP, and other community leaders and neighborhood residents for all the festivities. There will be music, Tai Chi, balloons, walking program sign-up, ice cream and a drawing for gift certificates from First Gear Sports in Wichita. For more information, e-mail ksaarp@aarp.org or call 1-866-448-3619.

Here I go celebrating another holiday! I can’t help it. Each month presents an array of official and unofficial opportunities to learn more about a culture, bring attention to a concern we could all work together and solve, or just enjoy life! June is no different. This month is a great time to celebrate the adoption of our flag, the diversity of our population, the importance of fathers, and the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice! The Summer Solstice occurs around June 21 st here in the US and is sometimes referred to as “Midsummer”. Formal celebrations include festivals across the United States, such as the Midsummer’s Festival in Lindsborg, which features a Kubb Tournament among other family favorites.

The tragedies that befall others always seem to provide a brutal clarity to our own vulnerabilities. For example, the tornadoes and flooding that have affected so many in the Midwestern part of the United States in the last few weeks have served as a stark reminder that a natural disaster has many degrees of destructive power. Many small tornadoes touched down across the Midwest but caused little damage. However, the tornadoes that struck on two separate dates, destroying parts of Moore, Oklahoma and costing many lives, were huge, powerful, and deadly in the paths they took through heavily populated areas and across major travel routes.