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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 6.13.25

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 6.13.25

Good Friday morning. Breaking overnight — “Israel strikes Iran: Explosions in Tehran, sirens in Israel” via Barak Ravid and Dave Lawler of Axios — The Israeli Air Force conducted a strike in Iran on Thursday, with explosions reported in Tehran,...

Why law enforcement can't rely on 'overburdened' ICE

Why law enforcement can't rely on 'overburdened' ICE

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under a 287(g) agreement. KBI director Tony Mattivi stated that ICE is overwhelmed and unable to respond to individual illegal immigration cases,...

Kansas political divide intensifies as leaders support or condemn President Donald Trump

Kansas political divide intensifies as leaders support or condemn President Donald Trump

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Top state officials in Kansas are taking positions in support of or in opposition to President Donald Trump’s controversial use of the National Guard in Los Angeles. Trump’s crackdown on protests and riots in Los Angeles is...

Our Voice: Americans, We aren’t in Kansas any More, And its Beginning Not to Feel Like America, Either

Our Voice: Americans, We aren’t in Kansas any More, And its Beginning Not to Feel Like America, Either

Gulag prisoners working on the white sea canal in the Soviet Union. Their crime — disagreeing with Joseph Stalin. Public domain Trump has stepped over the line. Again. It is by design. The obscene behavior has gone so far over the line that...

New W. Kansas feedlot stirs up dust: more jobs vs. health risk

New W. Kansas feedlot stirs up dust: more jobs vs. health risk

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A new feedlot in Pawnee County will be one of the largest in the state. However, the feedlot hasn’t been welcomed with open arms. The Kansas Sierra Club, along with Merrill Cauble, attended initial meetings to question the...

SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought

SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Kansas to offset economic losses caused by drought...

Kansas State basketball still to face Kansas twice in reduced Big 12 conference schedule

Kansas State basketball still to face Kansas twice in reduced Big 12 conference schedule

The Big 12 has returned to an 18-game conference schedule for the 2025-26 season, which for Kansas State basketball means a drop from five to three home-and-home league series. The conference announced its scheduling matrix for the upcoming season...

Kansas State basketball learns Big 12 matchups for 2025-26 season

Kansas State basketball learns Big 12 matchups for 2025-26 season

The Big 12 has returned to an 18-game conference schedule for the 2025-26 season, which for Kansas State basketball means a drop from five to three home-and-home league series. The conference announced its scheduling matrix for the upcoming season...

Paladin Collaborates With Some 30 Law Schools To Launch A Pro Bono Platform For Law Students

Paladin Collaborates With Some 30 Law Schools To Launch A Pro Bono Platform For Law Students

Paladin, a legal technology company whose platform is used by law firms, in-house legal teams, and legal services organizations to match lawyers with pro bono opportunities and manage pro bono engagement, is today launching a pro bono platform...

Judge says Trump takeover of California National Guard ‘illegal,’ orders return to governor

Judge says Trump takeover of California National Guard ‘illegal,’ orders return to governor

A federal judge in California late Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to relinquish command of 4,000 National Guard troops the president called to help contain Los Angeles protests over immigration raids. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer...

Kansas Governor joins states opposing Trump’s military deployment in California

Kansas Governor joins states opposing Trump’s military deployment in California

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas Governor Laura Kelly joined an amicus brief with leaders from 20 other states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard after protests and...

Kansas governor joins amicus brief in case seeking to end National Guard deployment in L.A.

Kansas governor joins amicus brief in case seeking to end National Guard deployment in L.A.

photo by: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly delivers her State of the State address, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is lending her support to a California lawsuit seeking to end a...

Kansas ranchers hit hard by cattle theft operations

Kansas ranchers hit hard by cattle theft operations

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Cattle rustling may sound like a thing of the past, but the act of stealing livestock is still alive and well in Kansas. Early Kansas history is steeped in stories of long cattle drives moving through the state along the Chisholm...

Kansas City Public Library awarded $500,000 to expand literacy, teen programs

Kansas City Public Library awarded $500,000 to expand literacy, teen programs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Public Library (KCPL) has been awarded a $500,000 grant to expand its programs, the Carnegie Corporation of New York announced Tuesday. The KCPL is one of 11 public library systems to receive a grant from the...

Kansas faces $3.77B in Medicaid cuts, thousands to lose coverage under Trump's bill: report

Kansas faces $3.77B in Medicaid cuts, thousands to lose coverage under Trump's bill: report

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas will lose more than $3 billion in Medicaid funding, and thousands of Kansans will lose access to health insurance under Trump’s proposed bill, according to a new report. New modeling shows 13,000 fewer Kansans would be...

Local lawmakers, leaders weigh in on Trump’s military deployment

Local lawmakers, leaders weigh in on Trump’s military deployment

WASHINGTON 6/12/2025 – This week, Rep. Adam Smith, Attorney General Nick Brown, and Lt. Gov. Denny Heck spoke out on the Trump Administration’s use of military force against protestors in California. On June 11 Smith joined Meet the Press Now to...

City of Marion to pay for violating Kansas Open Records Act following police raid on newspaper

City of Marion to pay for violating Kansas Open Records Act following police raid on newspaper

MARION, Kan. (KWCH) - The City of Marion will have to pay for violating the Kansas Open Records Act. Last year, a judge ruled that the City of Marion violated the law following the raid on the Marion County Record newspaper. On Thursday, both...

This Kansas Town Advertised the World’s Largest Well. It Wasn’t.

This Kansas Town Advertised the World’s Largest Well. It Wasn’t.

Baudelaire: The city of Greensburg is a city in the southwest part of Kansas. It’s pretty small, less than twice the size of New York’s Central Park, and it’s a hundred miles west of Wichita. In the late 1800s, Greensburg was a small town in a...

City of Marion to pay for violating Kansas Open Meetings Act following police raid on newspaper

City of Marion to pay for violating Kansas Open Meetings Act following police raid on newspaper

MARION, Kan. (KWCH) - The City of Marion will have to pay for violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act. Last year, a judge ruled that the City of Marion violated the law following the raid on the Marion County Record newspaper. On Thursday, both...

David Hogg Resigns, Malcolm Kenyatta Vows ‘Let’s Get Back To Work’ As DNC Reruns Leadership Elections

David Hogg Resigns, Malcolm Kenyatta Vows ‘Let’s Get Back To Work’ As DNC Reruns Leadership Elections

After months of intra-party wrangling and controversy, David Hogg and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta are officially out as vice chairs of the Democratic National Committee, for the moment at least, following a ruling that their election...

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