Chance Swaim
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Investigative reporter at The Wichita Eagle / @kansasdotcom Stories: https://t.co/UJBumpylla / https://t.co/8JzHjHUXzj
Wichita, KS
Joined June 2018
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The city of Wichita is proposing a half mill reduction in the mill levy, but at the rate appraisals keep going up, only 1% of homeowners would see relief. From @byChanceSwaim
kansas.com
Homeowners would see $5.75 in savings for every $100,000 their property is worth, but that would likely be offset by increases to appraised values.
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A $450 million Wichita school bond initiative appears to have failed by a wafer-thin margin, with “No” votes holding a nearly 300-vote lead. w/@byChanceSwaim @kansasdotcom
https://t.co/K44FbEWE74
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Kansas officials react to Wichita flight crash in DC. A commercial flight carrying 60 passengers and 4 crew members collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter. https://t.co/pe549c5YGP
kansas.com
A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.
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Wichita passenger flight crashes into military helicopter https://t.co/w49tUxBuEO
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Video of the heated exchange between Rep. Ford Carr and council member Brandon Johnson shows another lawmaker, Rep. Henry Helgerson of Eastborough, trying to intervene and being shoved to the floor by Carr. Story w/ @Matt_Kelly22222 @byChanceSwaim
https://t.co/yr5VPh33IR
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Initial story will be updated with more information. Story with @byChanceSwaim
kansas.com
Jensen Hughes presented findings to the Sedgwick County Commission on Monday morning and will make a similar presentation to the Wichita City Council at noon.
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Wichita Mayor Lily Wu tried to turn down a pay raise. The city council wouldn't let her. Read more w/@ByKylieCameron
https://t.co/jrPR3jxLJs
kansas.com
Mayor Lily Wu’s annual salary is set at $131,008 while council members will be paid $57,985.
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Live updates: Republicans take seat from only House Democrat west of Wichita #ksleg Read more at:
kansas.com
Every legislative seat was up for election in 2024.
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Wichita police won’t file charges against Kansas GOP House candidate Kyler Sweely in Reddit video Read more at:
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In an ethics complaint, the Wichita Firefighters' Union accused Wichita Mayor Lily Wu of ordering the fire chief to lay off 45 firefighters, a charge she denies.
kansas.com
The union has filed an ethics complaint. The mayor denies “any and all allegations.”
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The #SHJAwards winner for Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring Edward Willis Scripps, goes to @KCStar and @kansasdotcom for their investigation, "Marion Record Raid." Read more about their reporting: https://t.co/qzPnFlOUx5
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Judge: Jury should decide whether corrections officers are at fault for Lofton’s death With @byChanceSwaim
https://t.co/o5RdQ8WmUy
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🌻 Kansas Dept. of Commerce hired a financial felon to run its BASE grant program. 🦬 It then failed to resolve a conflict of interest that gave him a $400K grant through a small-town community foundation he founded. #ksleg 👇by me & @jonshorman
https://t.co/SZNlTuWvGo
kansas.com
Documents raise conflict of interest red flags over a grant overseen by a former Kansas Department of Commerce official.
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NEW: A deceased ex-official at the Kansas Department of Commerce suspected of embezzling funds was overseeing a $425k grant for the agency at the same time he was helping lead the group that received it, records show @byChanceSwaim & me #ksleg
https://t.co/wK2xTM3Hy4
kansascity.com
Documents raise conflict of interest red flags over a grant overseen by a former Kansas Department of Commerce official.
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Our in-depth story on the missed conflict of interest that in 2022 let a then-official at the Kansas Department of Commerce oversee a $425k grant for a group where he was secretary-treasurer. From @byChanceSwaim and me https://t.co/wK2xTM3Hy4
kansascity.com
Documents raise conflict of interest red flags over a grant overseen by a former Kansas Department of Commerce official.
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“A breakdown’: Kansas missed signs dead ex-official worked both sides of $425k grant via @byChanceSwaim and @jonshorman https://t.co/J2Axjl8HUK
kansascity.com
Documents raise conflict of interest red flags over a grant overseen by a former Kansas Department of Commerce official.
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NEW: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that an outside investigation is reviewing the awarding of federal pandemic aid after a now-dead former official at the state Department of Commerce alleged he helped manipulate the process. w/ @byChanceSwaim
https://t.co/PCXMqMtewi
kansascity.com
Jonathan L. Clayton, a former Kansas Department of Commerce employee, made several allegations in an email potentially sent after his death.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the state's BASE grant program is under investigation after allegations the awards were manipulated at the direction of the commerce secretary in coordination with the house speaker and senate president. w/@jonshorman
https://t.co/71E1tJgYxw
kansas.com
Jonathan L. Clayton, a former Kansas Department of Commerce employee, made several allegations in an email potentially sent after his death.
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More news on how the Kansas Department of Commerce hired a man, who had been recently convicted of financial felonies, to handle more than $100 million in federal funds Story w/@jonshorman
https://t.co/LMRMLPpE5N
kansas.com
The Kansas Department of Commerce’s director of economic recovery had felony convictions for financial crimes in Pennsylvania.
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