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Registered Kansas sex offender assaulted 12-year-old
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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Willard -photo Reno County RENO COUNTY — A registered Kansas sex offender was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison, followed by an additional 27.5 years, for sexually abusing two underage girls. Wayne Willard, 39, was found guilty in April of...
Suspect arrested 9 days after Kansas man's murder
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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Police on the scene of the investigation -photo courtesy WIBW TVSHAWNEE COUNTY —Law enforcement investigating fatal shooting in Topeka have made an arrest. Just before 8p.m. June 3, police responded to reports of gunshots in the 700 block of SW...
USDA Secretary Says Kansas Food Safety Agency Terminations Were Part of ‘Imperfect Process’
Successful Farming
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By Morgan Chilson TOPEKA — The firing and rehiring of federal workers at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan was part of an “imperfect process,” U.S. Department of Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday. Rollins...
Maryland Attorney General Joins 21 Other States Opposing Trump’s Military Deployment in State of California
Southern Maryland News Net
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June 13, 2025
(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Alex Werden) United States Northern Command On June 12th, 2025, US District Judge Charles Breyer ruled that President Donald Trump unlawfully federalized thousands of members of California’s National Guard and ordered the...
Vermont opposes Trump's military deployment in California
Bennington Banner - Vermont
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MONTPELIER – Attorney General Charity Clark announced she has filed an amicus brief with leaders from 21 states supporting California’s request for a court order blocking the President’s federalization and deployment of that state’s National...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 6.13.25
Florida Politics
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June 13, 2025
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
Salina Journal - Kansas
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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 State basketball still to face Kansas twice in reduced Big 12 conference schedule
Yahoo Sports
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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
Salina Journal - Kansas
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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 Governor joins states opposing Trump’s military deployment in California
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 12, 2025
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.
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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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 City Public Library awarded $500,000 to expand literacy, teen programs
WDAF - Missouri
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June 10, 2025
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
WDAF - Missouri
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June 11, 2025
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...
Kansas ranchers hit hard by cattle theft operations
KSNW - Kansas
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June 11, 2025
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...
New W. Kansas feedlot stirs up dust: more jobs vs. health risk
KWCH 12 - Kansas
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June 13, 2025
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...
Our Voice: Americans, We aren’t in Kansas any More, And its Beginning Not to Feel Like America, Either
Ark Valley Voice - Colorado
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June 12, 2025
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...
SBA Offers Relief to Kansas Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Drought
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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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...
Judge says Trump takeover of California National Guard ‘illegal,’ orders return to governor
Louisiana Illuminator
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June 13, 2025
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...
Paladin Collaborates With Some 30 Law Schools To Launch A Pro Bono Platform For Law Students
Above the Law
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June 12, 2025
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...
Legal fight: National lawsuits over Trump's executive orders impacting trans students, reproductive health involve Central Coast plaintiffs
SLO New Times - California
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The White House invited Atascadero Unified School District board member Rebekah Koznek to an executive order signing ceremony on March 31 because she's named in a 2024 complaint filed by Moms for Liberty and Young America's Foundation to stop...