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Business January 31, 2024 - 10:28 am

Kansas bill ending municipal regulation of plastic bags, containers raises constitutional issue

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

A bill aggressively promoted by the Kansas Chamber would forbid municipal bans on plastic straws and the thin, cheap plastic shopping bags often given consumers by stores and restaurants.

Community Voices January 4, 2022 - 10:12 am

Letter to the Times: Plastic waste is everywhere

by Nancy Muma, Lawrence

“We’ve all heard about massive amounts of plastic waste in oceans and beaches. … Now plastic has been found in the air,” Nancy Muma writes in this letter to the Times.

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