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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.
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Kansas education advocates see vouchers and hostility as attempts to undermine public schools
Between voucher programs and new parental rights legislation, education officials say public schools are having a rough time.
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‘He Gets Us’: A Kansas campaign spent $20 million on Super Bowl ads to rebrand Jesus Christ
This Sunday, the “He Gets Us” campaign will air two ads during the Super Bowl. The campaign will ultimately spend $1 billion to humanize Jesus and Christianity. They’re funded, in part, by Hobby Lobby, known for its advocacy of conservative causes.
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Kansas Republicans select 2020 election conspiracy theorist to serve as party chairman
Former Johnson County commissioner and 2020 election conspiracy theorist Mike Brown narrowly defeated Saturday a former Republican national committeewoman to earn a two-year term as the state GOP’s chairman.
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Don’t bet on Kansas making much money from all that Super Bowl gambling
Kansas Lottery officials expect to see a large spike in bets placed for the Super Bowl. But the state will only get a small amount of the revenue generated from the big game — if the state-owned casinos make any money at all.
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House Democrat unveils cannabis amnesty bill
Supported by dozens of his fellow representatives, Rep. Vic Miller introduced a cannabis amnesty bill that would essentially decriminalize marijuana statewide.
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Keystone pipeline operator says faulty welding and other problems led to the Kansas oil spill
Canadian oil company TC Energy said Thursday that faulty welding contributed to an “instantaneous rupture” in its Keystone pipeline that gushed hundreds of thousands of gallons of extra sticky tar sands crude oil onto Kansas native prairie, cropland and into a creek.
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Kansas gun-rights advocates renew call for firearm safety programs in all K-12 public schools
Rep. Patrick Penn, R-Wichita, said the Kansas Legislature should put politics aside and pass a bill requiring the Kansas State Board of Education to approve curriculum on gun safety incorporating the National Rifle Association’s trademarked Eddie Eagle program to broaden gun safety efforts in K-12 public schools. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
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House education panel advances Kansas school voucher program
The K-12 Education Budget Committee passed a modified version of a bill creating a voucher program that allows parents to set aside a portion of public school funding to be used at unregulated private or home schools, which don’t have to be accredited.
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House Republicans explore new way to punish low-income, aging Kansans seeking food
A Florida-based lobbying group that fights government assistance programs wants Kansas lawmakers to impose new restrictions on federal food support for low-income people in their 50s.
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Kansas faith leaders, environmentalists call for transparency around Keystone pipeline spill
Faith leaders joined environmental advocates and Kansas legislators for a vigil Monday at the Statehouse to call attention to TC Energy’s lack of transparency regarding December’s Keystone pipeline spill, which dumped 588,000 gallons of crude oil in northern Kansas.