Older Kansas license plates can get distorted, and you could get a ticket because of them
Interesting fact: Anyone with an unreadable license plate on a car or truck is responsible for getting it replaced under threat of a ticket.
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Who can tell you to wear a mask in Kansas as COVID surges? It’s complicated
As the delta variant pummels Kansas, there’s confusion about who has the authority to issue pandemic restrictions that could curb the spread of COVID.
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Conflict emerges prior to launch of August public hearings on redistricting in Kansas
Republican-led committees of the Kansas Legislature plan to pack into five days the 14 town hall meetings offering opportunities for the public to share ideas on redrawing boundaries of congressional, legislative and state education board districts during the 2022 session.
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Lesbian student’s courage prevails over bigotry by Kansas middle school principal and bus driver
When 8th-grader Izzy Dieker told her friend, “I’m a lesbian,” a bus driver stopped the bus and confronted the 14-year-old about her use of “inappropriate” language, and the girl was suspended from school.
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Kelly recommends mask policies, COVID testing and community partnerships for Kansas schools
New guidance Friday from Gov. Laura Kelly ahead of the start of classes recommends schools actively plan vaccination clinics, implement universal masking policies and create a robust testing plan for faculty and students.
Federal eviction ban expires Saturday after attempt to extend it fails
Updated at 10:51 p.m. Friday: Congressional Democrats unsuccessfully scrambled on Friday to extend federal legal protections against eviction that will expire on Saturday.
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Kansas congressional delegation’s five Republicans join effort to overturn Roe v. Wade
Two Republican U.S. senators and three GOP U.S. representatives from Kansas signed onto a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe. V. Wade abortion decision in a case emerging from Mississippi.
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Kansas A.G. subpoenas reporter’s notes from book on wrongful murder conviction
The Kansas Attorney General’s office has issued a subpoena commanding a journalist to turn over information he gathered while writing a book and news stories about a Jefferson County man who served 16 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
Kansas shelters grapple with capacity crisis as pandemic-related pet returns increase
An influx of returned pets adopted during the pandemic is pushing pet shelters across the state beyond capacity.
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State senate president says Kansans want freedom, not ‘Faucism’ on COVID-19 masking front
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson warned state and federal guidance aimed at countering spread of a more hostile variant of COVID-19 could damage the state’s economic recovery and unnecessarily confuse Kansans who managed to reclaim normalcy in their lives.
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