Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Election|News

Postal Service chief frustrated at criticism, but promises 'heroic' effort to deliver mail ballots

The U.S. Postal Service’s leader is expressing frustration with ongoing criticism of how it handles mail ballots

Postal Service chief frustrated at criticism, but promises 'heroic' effort to deliver mail ballots
Health

Nebraska will vote on pro-pot measures despite some invalid signatures

Nebraska has certified two ballot measures to legalize medical marijuana even though the state’s Republican attorney general says their supporters may have submitted at least several thousand invalid signatures

Americas|Crime|News

An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice

A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice

An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice
Americas|Economy|Health|News|Opinion|Political

15 states sue to block Biden's effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage

Fifteen states have sued the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Act’s health insurance

15 states sue to block Biden's effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage
Crime|News|Opinion

Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

Two special prosecutors say they plan to charge a former central Kansas police chief with obstruction of justice over his conduct following a raid of the local newspaper last year

Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid
Education|Political

Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach

New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school

Health|Opinion|Political

Kansas won't force providers to ask patients why they want abortions while a lawsuit proceeds

Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies

Uncategorized

Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states

A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores

Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states
News|Political

A federal judge has ruled that Dodge City's elections don't discriminate against Latinos

A federal judge has ruled that the election system in Dodge City, Kansas, doesn’t violate the voting rights of its Latino majority

News|Opinion|Political

Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000

A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small city the focus of a national debate over press freedoms

Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000
Health|News|Political

Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access

The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down state laws regulating abortion providers more strictly than other health care providers and banning a common second-trimester procedure

Kansas’ top court rejects 2 anti-abortion laws, bolstering a state right to abortion access
Education|News|Political

Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students

A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation

Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
Economy|Education|News|Political

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
Economy|Education|News

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers

Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
News|Political|Sports

Kansas governor signs bills enabling effort to entice Chiefs and Royals with new stadiums

Kansas' governor has signed legislation enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals away from neighboring Missouri

Kansas governor signs bills enabling effort to entice Chiefs and Royals with new stadiums
Economy|News|Political

A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs

The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, says an economic ‘border war’ between his state and Kansas has restarted

A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs
Sports

Kansas is making a big run at Kansas City's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums

Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas is making a big run at Kansas City's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums
Economy|Political|Sports

Kansas lawmakers to debate whether wooing the Chiefs with new stadium is worth the cost

Kansas legislators trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to their state argue that helping the Super Bowl champions build a new stadium could bring Kansas millions in income taxes from players and coaches that are currently going to Missouri

Kansas lawmakers to debate whether wooing the Chiefs with new stadium is worth the cost
News|Political|Sports

Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns

A rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri

Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns
Political|Health

A Minnesota city will rewrite an anti-crime law seen as harming mentally ill residents

A Minnesota city and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement addressing allegations the city discriminated against mentally ill residents in enforcing an anti-crime law

A Minnesota city will rewrite an anti-crime law seen as harming mentally ill residents
Business|Economy|News|Sports

Kansas leaders and new group ramp up efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri

Top Kansas legislators have intensified efforts to woo the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs by offering to let the professional football franchise shape a plan for using state bonds to finance a new stadium in Kansas

Kansas leaders and new group ramp up efforts to lure the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri
News|World

Kansas' governor has killed proposed limits on foreign land ownership

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed proposed restrictions on foreign ownership of land in Kansas

Kansas' governor has killed proposed limits on foreign land ownership
Health|News|Political

Backers of a ban on gender care for minors in Kansas fail to override the governor's veto

Republican legislators in Kansas have failed to override the Democratic governor’s veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Backers of a ban on gender care for minors in Kansas fail to override the governor's veto
Health|News|Political

A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids' social transitions

A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning

A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids' social transitions
Health|News|Political

Kansas has a new anti-DEI law, but the governor has vetoed bills on abortion and even police dogs

The Democratic governor in Kansas has vetoed proposed tax breaks for anti-abortion counseling centers while allowing restrictions on college diversity initiatives to become law without her signature

Kansas has a new anti-DEI law, but the governor has vetoed bills on abortion and even police dogs

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