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A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Rolling Meadows, Ill., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. America’s employers added a robust 517,000 jobs in January, a surprisingly strong gain in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive drive to slow growth and tame inflation with higher interest rates.(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A surprising burst of US hiring in January: 517,000 jobs
For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation’s worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn’t been cooperating. … more
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Kansas commits $304M to chip plant to lure federal funds
Kansas plans to give $304 million in taxpayer-funded incentives to a semiconductor company in its largest city to build a huge new factory. But state officials and Wichita-based Integra Technologies … more
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FILE - Abortion-rights protesters project messages to a building during an event sponsored by Susan B. Anthony Pro Life America at the National Building Museum, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the next presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party. Leaders of the influential group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America are telling potential GOP presidential hopefuls they expect Republican candidates to support national restrictions on the procedure. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
Anti-abortion activists aim to sway GOP White House hopefuls
Emboldened anti-abortion activists are looking to the next presidential election as an opportunity to solidify their influence over the Republican Party. Leaders of the influential group Susan B. … more
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Signing project starts on area highways
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has announced the start of a sign replacement project on highways in Greenwood, Woodson, Elk, Butler and Lyon counties.  more
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OSHA fines Kansas City company after worker's death
A federal agency is proposing nearly $200,000 in fines against a Kansas City-based company after a technician died last year after being electrocuted at a construction site in Missouri. The company, … more
Private and home school students, their parents and advocates crowed part of the second floor of the Kansas Statehouse for a rally for giving parents tax dollars earmarked for public schools and allowing them to spend it how they choose on education, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Topeka, Kan.. Years of pandemic restrictions and curriculum battles have emboldened a push from Republican lawmakers and school choice advocates to funnel public funds to private and religious schools in at least a dozen statehouses. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
'School choice' is culture-war focus for Kansas lawmakers
Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what’s taught about gender and sexuality. The effort has become … more
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Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Kansas City Star. January 26, 2023. Editorial: Kansas politicians want to take abortion fight to the city and county level. Just stop In Kansas, a woman’s right to reproductive freedom is … more
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Kansas firefighters find man on fire in Walmart bathroom
Kansas firefighters found a man on fire inside a restroom at a Walmart store this weekend. Topeka city spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker told the Topeka Capital-Journal that firefighters found the man when … more
In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. The body-camera footage shows the suspect David DePape wrest the tool from the 82-year-old Pelosi and lunge toward him the hammer over his head. The blow to Pelosi occurs out of view and the officers — one of them cursing — rush into the house and jump on DePape. (San Francisco Police Department via AP)
Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attack
Newly released video shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant during an attack in the couple’s San Francisco home last year. … more
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FILE - Travelers watch as a plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. On Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming the FAA loosened the requirements that airline pilots must meet for cardiac health because of COVID-19 vaccine side effects. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: Flavor enhancers added to food products do not contain aborted fetal tissue. Changes to Federal Aviation … more
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This year’s Biking Across Kansas tour will pass through Southeast Kansas communities including Chanute and Iola.
Biking Across Kansas coming to SEK
Registration for the 49th annual Biking Across Kansas tour opens Sunday, Jan. 29, which is, fittingly, Kansas Day. The riders will pedal the highways and byways from June 10 to 17, on a route that will bring them through Southeast Kansas.  more
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Man charged in fire that killed 2 children, his girlfriend
A Kansas man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after his girlfriend and two children died in a house fire. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said 32-year-old Kyle J. … more
Kansas prisoner who sued over cancer treatment has died
A Kansas prisoner who alleged in a lawsuit that he was not being properly treated for cancer has died. Attorneys and the family of John Keith Calvin say he died Wednesday at the El Dorado … more
Equity Bancshares: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ Equity Bancshares Inc. (EQBK) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $11.6 million.The bank, based in Wichita, Kansas, said it had earnings of 72 cents per share. … more
Editorial Roundup: Kansas
Topeka Capital-Journal. January 2023. Editorial: JuliAnn Mazachek will face challenges at Washburn University. We wish her well. Welcome back to Topeka, JuliAnn Mazachek. Washburn … more
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Tim Shallenburger speaks at a Crawford County Republican Party event on Saturday.
Shallenburger elected to Senate District 13 seat
Republican precinct committee members representing Kansas Senate District 13 elected Tim Shallenburger on Sunday to replace Sen. Richard Hilderbrand at their convention in Columbus, following Hilderbrand’s recent announcement that he would resign.  more
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during a news conference at the YWCA Center for Safety and Empowerment Day Center about her proposals for cutting taxes, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Topeka, Kansas. The Democratic governor is preparing to give the annual State of the State address to a skeptical, Republican-controlled Legislature that has different ideas about how to cut taxes. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas governor to outline agenda for skeptical lawmakers
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is preparing to outline what she’s likely to call a middle-of-the-road agenda for the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature. But lawmakers already expect to ditch … more
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Kansas authorities announce officer-involved shooting
Authorities say multiple people have been rushed to the hospital after an officer involved shooting in western Kansas. Ford County posted on its website Monday morning that it was working to clear … more
FILE - U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran gives a victory speech at an election party in Overland Park, Kan., Nov. 8, 2022. Someone scammed Sen. Moran's reelection campaign out of $690,000 by getting the Kansas Republican's accounting firm to wire the money to fraudulent bank accounts, his office said Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, file)
Kansas senator's reelection campaign scammed out of $690K
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran's office says someone scammed the Kansas Republican's reelection campaign out of $690,000 by getting his accounting firm to wire the money to fraudulent bank accounts. Moran’s … more
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Kansas man arrested after house fire killed woman, 2 girls
The only survivor of a Kansas house fire that killed a woman and two young girls has been arrested on suspicion of setting the blaze. Topeka police arrested 32-year-old Kyle J. Tyler, of Holton, on … more
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