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Some are fighting local efforts to censor books, while others are focused on cultural programs, education about Ukraine or helping patrons members buy groceries. These are this year’s winners of …
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By HILLEL ITALIE
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1/17/23
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Kansas City Star. January 15, 2023.
Editorial: Kansas Republicans crank up violent antiabortion rhetoric again. Will they ever listen?
Kansans have sent a consistent message to politicians …
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By The Associated Press
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1/17/23
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A criminal trial is set to start in federal court for a northeastern Kansas man charged with threatening to kill one of the state’s congressmen. The start of 32-year-old Chase Neill's trial was to …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/17/23
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly's office says she plans to return Friday to the Statehouse after learning that a COVID-19 test earlier in the week gave her a false positive result. Kelly has been working in …
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1/12/23
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature are headed toward big fights over budget issues. They are likely to clash over spending on special education programs, pay …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/12/23
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The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) announced this week that it was awarded $780,776 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program in 2022, which will go towards funding 15 projects across the state.
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Staff Reports / news@morningsun.net
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1/12/23
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TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices and the state’s network. Gov. Tate Reeves announced the ban Wednesday in a letter to department and agency heads. Reeves says he …
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By MICHAEL GOLDBERG
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1/11/23
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Kansas’ anti-abortion Republican attorney general is asking the state’s highest court to reconsider a landmark decision protecting access to abortion months after a decisive statewide vote …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/11/23
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Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
Jan. 7
The Washington Post on House Clerk Cheryl Johnson's role during the recent Speaker chaos
The person who deserves a …
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By The Associated Press
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1/11/23
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In one of his last acts as state attorney general, Derek Schmidt on Friday released the Kansas Bureau of Investigation’s final report on allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Kansas.
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By Jonathan Riley / jriley@morningsun.net
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1/11/23
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has been forced to postpone her annual State of the State address after testing positive for COVID-19. Kelly’s office announced Tuesday that she had tested positive. The …
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1/10/23
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Conservative Kansas legislators are pushing back more aggressively this year on LGBTQ-rights issues than in the past two years. They now propose to ban gender-affirming care for trangender youth and …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/10/23
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Topeka Capital-Journal. January 8, 2023.
Editorial: Here’s our wish list for 2023 Kansas Legislature, starting with ‘will of the people’
The 2023 legislative session starts Monday.
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By The Associated Press
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1/10/23
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Security Benefit Enhances its Strategic Growth Series of Annuities with Next Generation Capabilities
TOPEKA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 10, 2023--Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (Security Benefit) today announced key enhancements to its Strategic Growth Series of Annuities, including the …
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1/10/23
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with a pipeline operator to clean up a spill that dumped 14,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a rural …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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1/9/23
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The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeals of two brothers who were sentenced to death for four fatal shootings in a soccer field in December 2000 known as “the Wichita massacre.” …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/9/23
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Democrat Laura Kelly is preparing to be sworn in for a second term as Kansas governor. She is facing a skeptical, Republican-led Legislature and a new, hard-right state attorney general. Kelly and …
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By JOHN HANNA
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1/9/23
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One person died and two people are injured after an SUV being pursued by police crashed into another vehicle early Sunday. Police said the crash happened around 2 a.m. Sunday after officers from …
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1/8/23
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In several red states around the country, conservative officials say it's time to reconsider tenure for university professors. The indefinite academic appointments have faced review from lawmakers or …
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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1/8/23
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State investigators are probing what they're calling a homicide at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Kansas Bureau of Investigation officials said in a news release Saturday that the facility …
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1/7/23
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