Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at a Kansas prison as an apparent homicide. The Kansas Department of Corrections said in a news release that 56-year-old Fred Patterson III died …
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8/8/22
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A new federal study said dozens of people got sick after visiting a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, last summer. The study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 21 …
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8/7/22
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A suspect in the shooting deaths of four people in Ohio has been arrested in Kansas. Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township said late Saturday night that 39-year-old Stephen Marlow was taken …
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8/7/22
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Police have arrested a man in connection with an early-morning stabbing incident in Junction City that left one woman dead and one man injured. Authorities responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. …
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8/6/22
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Planned Parenthood quietly opened another abortion clinic in Kansas in the lead up to a decisive statewide vote in favor of protecting abortion access. The Wyandotte Health Center in Kansas City, …
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8/5/22
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The Kansas Republican Party has tried to undercut a state lawmaker’s independent candidacy for governor. It sent texts Thursday to people who signed state Sen. Dennis Pyle's petitions for the …
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By JOHN HANNA
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8/4/22
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Abortion rights opponents were shocked and abortion advocates energized by a decisive statewide vote in heavily Republican Kansas this week in favor of protecting abortion access. Yet that's not …
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By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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8/4/22
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The day before Kansas voters rejected a ballot question that could have eroded abortion rights, many people in the state reported receiving anonymous text messages with misleading information about …
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By DAVID KLEPPER and SOPHIA TULP
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8/4/22
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Since the draft of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade first leaked in early May, and even more so since the ruling became official in late June, Kansas has been in the national spotlight as the first state scheduled to vote on a ballot question about abortion rights.
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By Jonathan Riley / jriley@morningsun.net
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8/4/22
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Company recognizes employees' commitment to excellence, continued flexibility with bonuses up to $1,000LENEXA, Kan., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: TWNK) today announced …
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8/3/22
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Democrats are celebrating a stunning victory for abortion rights in Republican stronghold Kansas as proof that the issue could turn back a Republican wave this fall. Republicans — and some …
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By STEVE PEOPLES
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8/3/22
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Two Kansas state lawmakers who have faced legal troubles since they were elected have lost their primary races. Freshman Rep. Aaron Coleman, of Turner, who was reprimanded by his party over his legal …
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By MARGARET STAFFORD
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8/3/22
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Matthew A Baum, Harvard Kennedy School; Alauna Safarpour, Harvard Kennedy School, and …
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8/3/22
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Both locally and across the state, voters went to the polls Tuesday to make their voices heard in a variety of party primary races, as well as on the Value Them Both Amendment question regarding abortion.
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By Jonathan Riley / jriley@morningsun.net
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8/3/22
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Throughout Tuesday morning, afternoon and evening, residents packed area voting booths to cast their ballots for their top picks in Kansas' primary election.
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By Aaron Pyle / apyle@morningsun.net
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8/3/22
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In one of the biggest days of this year's primary campaign season, red-state Kansas rejected a measure that would have made it easier to restrict abortion, and voters in Missouri repudiated a …
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By BRIAN SLODYSKO
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8/2/22
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With the primary election scheduled for Tuesday, activists campaigning both for and against the Value Them Both Amendment were busy this weekend with last-minute organizing efforts ahead of election day.
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By Jonathan Riley / jriley@morningsun.net
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8/2/22
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Republican primary voters in Arizona and Kansas on Tuesday are deciding whether to elevate loyalists to former President Donald Trump who support his false claims that he lost the 2020 election and …
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By BOB CHRISTIE
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8/2/22
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Kansas is having the first test of voters’ feelings since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. Its voters were deciding Tuesday whether to allow state lawmakers to further restrict or …
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By JOHN HANNA and MARGARET STAFFORD
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8/1/22
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Immigration hardliner Kris Kobach is attempting a political comeback Tuesday in the Republican primary for Kansas attorney general. He faces state Sen. Kellie Warren and former federal prosecutor …
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By JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
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8/1/22
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