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Democrats Matt Kleinmann, Nancy Boyda joust on gun violence, immigration, LGBTQ issues
Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann, candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2nd congressional district, spoke about their views on gun violence, immigration and LGBTQ issues during an appearance on WIBW-TV.
Democrats Matt Kleinmann, Nancy Boyda joust on gun violence, immigration, LGBTQ issues
Nancy Boyda and Matt Kleinmann, candidates for the Democratic Party’s nomination in the 2nd congressional district, spoke about their views on gun violence, immigration and LGBTQ issues during an appearance on WIBW-TV.
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FBI has investigated Kansas City, Kansas, Police for decades, but prosecution of bad cops is rare
As a federal grand jury investigates Roger Golubski, a former KCKPD detective, FBI documents dating back to the 1990s reported police beat Black people routinely, were said to be involved in the drug trade and ignored the crack cocaine problem. One FBI effort was dubbed “Tarnished Star.”
Kansas lawmakers plan special session for response to vaccine mandates
Senate President Ty Masterson says “motions are underway” to call a special session for Nov. 22 to address legislation dealing with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Kansas nurses lack voice in staff shortage crisis, association director says
If you really want to understand why a new $50 million retention pay program won’t do much to help hospitals address a shortage of registered nurses, Kelly Sommers says, there are a couple of things you need to know.
Kansas gubernatorial candidates push Legislature to eliminate or reduce food sales tax
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are calling on the Legislature to eliminate or reduce the state sales tax on food in Kansas.
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Thousands of uninsured Kansans qualify for free health insurance with federal subsidies
The annual window has opened to enroll in insurance plans through Healthcare.gov. Got questions? Local health clinics employ navigators who can help.
Kansas capital punishment abolitionist: ‘We aren’t good enough to kill people’
Since 1973, a Buhler Mennonite Church pastor said, 186 people sentenced to death in the United States had been exonerated. “What if we had killed them?”
Kansas lawmakers consider requiring physical evaluation for child abuse claims
Child welfare advocates and Kansas lawmakers are pushing to amend a law mandating visual observation of victims in child abuse investigations to include a physical evaluation by a health professional.
Kansas trails U.S. average in nursing home staff vaccinations as federal deadline looms
Kansas and Missouri both have large swaths of nursing home staff to get vaccinated before a federal deadline next month.
Kansas governor, attorney general both oppose federal vaccine mandate
The two prominent candidates for governor in next year’s election share at least one political stance. They both say President Joe Biden’s latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate is bad for Kansas.
Rabbi, Democratic legislator urge Kansas GOP to denounce COVID-19 critiques tied to Holocaust
Rabbi Mark Levin and Democratic state Rep. Dan Osman requested Thursday the Kansas Republican Party condemn comparisons of mask or vaccination mandates to the genocidal campaign by Nazis to murder 6 million Jewish people during the Holocaust.
