Opinion

Independent pharmacies are struggling to remain in business as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurance companies create monopolies that but the squeeze on the locally owned businesses. (Wix photo file) By Mike Burns I am a pharmacist. I am a pharmacy owner. I am an employer. And for six months of my life, I was also a cancer patient. While I already knew of the problems with pharmacy benefit managers and healthcare, that unique vantage point confirmed something Kansans deserve to know:...

Opinion by Charlene Sims, Journal staff At the Linn County Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 27. Ben Souza was hired to be the new...

By Roger Sims, rsims@linncountyjournal.com The late Webster “Web” Hawkins, a member of the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame and publisher...