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Oklahoma earthquake: Strong tremor strikes near Stillwater, felt in Kansas
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 has struck near Stillwater in Oklahoma, with shaking felt in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and nearby states such as Kansas and Missouri, seismologists and residents say.
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Equality House vandalized with anti-gay graffiti, bullet holes
The Equality House in Topeka, Kansas, which stands directly across the street from the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, has been a symbol of the LGBTQ rights movement since it was first painted Pride flag colors in March of 2013. This week, however, the colorful symbol of equality was subjected to hate when spray-painted slurs and bullet holes were found on the home's exterior.
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Kansas Ends Bad Economic News by Not Reporting It
Republican Governor Sam Brownback canceled the regular updates that were supposed to show how tax cuts helped growth. By Barry Ritzholtz.
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Toxic Plume Spurs Evacuations in Kansas Town
Many residents of Atchison, Kansas, are being allowed to return to their homes and go outside, following a scare over a toxic plume of chlorine that hovers over the city on Friday. City officials told residents via Twitter that it was now safe for them to go outside. Atchison City Manager Trey Cocking said in a press conference that 18 people were being treated for "respiratory discomfort," and are currently being monitored.
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Kansas attorney general says Colorado marijuana’s impact is big, but not all negative
“The criminal justice system is moving in the direction of what appears to be changes in public attitude,” Schmidt said. “Obviously not moving as far as some people would like, but there is obviously an evolution or a change, and this showed that it has reached the enforcement level as well.”
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When Librarians Are Silenced
A librarian in Kansas City, Missouri, was recently arrested simply for standing up for a library patron’s free speech rights at a public event featuring a former US diplomat. Both the librarian and the patron face criminal charges. One hopes that the case—only the most recent of many attacks on our libraries' defense of free speech and privacy—will be resolved without further cost, trouble and damage. By Francine Prose.
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Kansas collected $45m less than expected in September, adding to budget shortfall
State government now faces a shortfall greater than $60 million, just three months — or one quarter — into the fiscal year. Barring a dramatic turnaround, lawmakers and Gov. Sam Brownback will confront a bleak financial situation when the Legislature returns in January.
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Disunion: Exploding Kansas
By late summer 1861, most Americans, North and South, were just coming to grips with the prospect of a long and bloody civil war. Not so the people of western Missouri and eastern Kansas — they had already been fighting over slavery for over five years.
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Atheists’ lawsuit is financial setback for National Baptist Convention
An atheist group’s lawsuit has halted plans to provide $65,000 in Kansas City taxpayer dollars for September’s National Baptist Convention in Kansas City. It comes at a time when public funding for religious entities is at the heart of another Missouri case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2016-17 session.
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Why outcome of Kansas voter ID law case is crucial for our country’s future
It’s already hard enough to get voters to the polls. Kansas made it even harder with its voter ID law, which asks residents registering to vote for proof of citizenship beyond what is required by federal law. Now, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is in a federal appeals court to argue for keeping the law, and if he prevails, that could have frightening ramifications beyond Kansas.
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Guerillas massacre residents of Lawrence, Kansas - Aug 21, 1863
On this day in History, Guerillas massacre residents of Lawrence, Kansas on Aug 21, 1863.
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Kansas Republicans Employ Koch Propaganda To Abolish Public Schools
Kansas GOP calls public schools government schools to imply they indoctrinate children and interfere with individual's free choice.
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Incredible Tornadoes Near Dodge City, Kansas - May 24, 2016
Numerous tornadoes were produced by a supercell storm that moved through the Dodge City, Kansas area on Tuesday evening
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Kansas City just installed free public Wi-Fi and dozens of 'smart' streetlights
Kansas City, a place long known for jazz and barbecue, now wants to be known as one of the most futuristic cities in America. Last week, the city announced plans to install free public Wi-Fi covering 50 blocks of its downtown, 125 "smart" streetlights that automatically dim when no one is underneath them, and a new, glossy $100 million streetcar. The city is hoping that, with the help from some bold-faced partners like Sprint and Cisco, the initiative will boost...
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Why Conservatives Have Learned Nothing From Kansas’ Disastrous Tax Cuts
The problem isn't merely that modern conservatism has proved physiologically impervious to data or fact, though that's certainly part of it. Anti-tax avenger Grover Norquist loved Brownback's tax cuts when they passed, and his ardor for them doesn't appear to have abated with time. As befits a man of faith, supply-side mullah Art Laffer, who advised Brownback, is still convinced that the cuts will one day bring new prosperity to Kansas.
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How an Internet Mapping Glitch Turned a Random Kansas Farm Into a Digital Hell
It’s a technology horror story. By Kashmir Hill.
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Wildfire in Kansas and Oklahoma Kills Livestock on Ranches
Crews battling a wildfire that scorched about 400,000 acres in Kansas and Oklahoma braced on Friday for wind gusts to change direction overnight, as they sought to control a fire so big it has sent smoke streaming into Kentucky. The fire started in Oklahoma on Tuesday and moved into Kansas, with strong winds on Wednesday making it eight times bigger and forcing voluntary evacuations in rural prairie towns that ended as winds died down on Thursday.
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The Republican Party Must Answer for What It Did to Kansas and Louisiana
The GOP’s economic program just decimated two American states. Why haven’t the Party’s presidential candidates been asked to account for that? By Eric Levitz. (Mar. 18)
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Up to 20 Injured, Gunman Killed in Multiple Shootings in Kansas
Four people were killed, including the gunman, and 14 others were injured after a series of shootings Thursday in rural Kansas, authorities said. Police remained in a standoff with the gunman's roommate Thursday night several hours after the gunman was killed. Five of the victims were in critical condition, Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said at a news briefing Thursday night after the shootings in the towns of Newton and Hesston, about 30 miles north of Wichita.
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Gunman kills up to four in Kansas shooting spree
An employee killed up to four people and wounded as many as 20 others in a shooting spree that ended at his work site in Hesston, Kansas, on Thursday where he was shot and killed by authorities, the local sheriff told reporters.
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