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Governor Kelly announces over $4.5M for Innovative Transportation projects across the state
Butler County Times Gazette - Kansas
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June 14, 2025
Nikole Babb nbabb@cherryroad.com Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday the recipients of the annual transportation innovation funding program, awarding a total of $4,511,595.00 to 20 projects across the state of Kansas. The Kansas Department...
Kansas Senior Meal Delivery Program Shutting Down After Losing Funding
Crooks and Liars
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June 14, 2025
Kansas residents are about to feel the pain of voting for Donald Trump - literally - in their stomachs. This is a sad FAFO, actually. But it is important to report on how voting for Trump really affects people all over the country - and how. KWCH...
Kansas City police follow protest policy adopted after George Floyd’s death
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 14, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department has a specific policy to follow during the No Kings Day demonstration, and other rallies and protests held in the city. The department adopted the policy in April 2021, nearly a year...
Governor Laura Kelly celebrates Army’s 250th birthday
Great Bend Post - Kansas
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Courtesy photoOn Friday in Leavenworth, Governor Kelly joined military leaders, families, and Kansans to celebrate and proclaim the Army’s 250th birthday. The proclamation signing was hosted by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center commanding general...
TRICARE authorizes temporary prescription refill waivers for 6 Kansas counties due to flooding
Butler County Times Gazette - Kansas
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June 14, 2025
Defense Health Agency FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in six Kansas counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through June 19, due to flooding. The counties affected are Butler,...
Five Butler County veterans welcomed home from Kansas Honor Flight
Butler County Times Gazette - Kansas
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June 14, 2025
Nikole Babb nbabb@cherryroad.com A crowd filled with family members and friends welcomed home 94 veterans from Kansas Honor Flight 103, (KHF), on Wednesday afternoon. Among those veterans were five Butler County residents. John Gamble of Andover,...
2022: Correlation between aging and increasing government transfer dependency in Phillips County?
NW Kansas News
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June 14, 2025
In 2022, Phillips County received $72.7 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $15,112 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 25% of all personal income in...
2022: Correlation between aging and increasing government transfer dependency in Pratt County?
SC Kansas News
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June 14, 2025
In 2022, Pratt County received $102.2 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $11,268 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 21.2% of all personal income in...
Population aging and government transfer dependency in Montgomery County as of 2022
SE Kansas News
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June 14, 2025
In 2022, Montgomery County received $424.6 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $13,699 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 31.2% of all personal...
2022: Ottawa County aging and government transfer dependency trends
NC Kansas News
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June 14, 2025
In 2022, Ottawa County received $66.5 million in government transfer payments, equivalent to $11,472 per capita. These payments—which include Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and income maintenance—accounted for 23.4% of all personal income in...
Trump’s military deployment in California is a radical departure from history
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Hawa Allan is author of “Insurrection: Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship.” Though the specter of the 1992 riots in Los Angeles looms over the Trump administration’s escalating military deployment to the city,...
‘Keep it peaceful, that’s all,’ Law enforcement agencies address planned protests
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 14, 2025
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV) - Law enforcement agencies across the metro are aware of protests heading into the weekend. On Saturday, thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests are planned nationwide. According to organizers, this is a day of defiance,...
Kansas City organizers, businesses prepare for 'No Kings' protest
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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June 13, 2025
While some businesses are taking precautions ahead of the planned "No Kings" protest Saturday, others aren't too concerned. Saint Luke's Hospital boarded up its windows Friday in a precautionary move in case things get violent. A co-owner of Vinca...
Kansas appeals court ruling restores ability to change gender markers on driver’s licenses
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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June 13, 2025
TOPEKA — A three-judge appeals court panel on Friday cleared the way for Kansans to resume changing their gender markers on driver’s licenses, rejecting arguments made by Attorney General Kris Kobach and overturning a lower court ruling. The...
Legal Expert Unveils How Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Anti-ICE Riots in Los Angeles and Cities Across the Country
The Tennessee Star
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June 13, 2025
Phill Kline, former Kansas Attorney General and current law professor at Liberty University School of Law, said the protests unfolding nationwide against federal law enforcement carrying out immigration operations are being subsidized by American...
Kansas Dept. of Commerce Supports Five Communities with Downtown Upper Floor Units
KNCK - Kansas
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Local Written By: Press Release from Kansas Department of Commerce Published Date: 06-13-2025 Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland has announced five grant recipients will share $250,000 funding through the Residential...
Tornado touches down north of Denver International Airport, hot weekend ahead
CBS 4 - Colorado
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By Dave Aguilera Updated on: June 13, 2025 / 8:17 PM MDT / CBS Colorado Super hot for pop on Father's Day weekend with a few storms Saturday Super hot for pop on Father's Day weekend with a few storms Saturday 02:59 Storms strong enough to produce...
Kansas Attorney General Blocked from Denying Changes to Gender Markers on Driver’s Licenses
American Civil Liberties Union
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TOPEKA, KAN. – In a victory for transgender Kansans, a Kansas state appeals court has reversed a district court decision barring the Kansas government from making changes to gender markers on driver’s licenses. In July 2023, Attorney General...
‘Changes the way you view life’: Kansas native reflects on six-month space mission
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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June 13, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas native has officially recovered from an extended stay in space earlier this year. Colonel Nick Hague launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in September, joining NASA’s Crew-9 mission. “To be able to float...
Sporting Kansas City vs FC Dallas Prediction and Betting Tips | 14th June 2025
Sportskeeda
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June 13, 2025
The 2025 edition of MLS returns to the fold with another set of matches this weekend as Sporting Kansas City lock horns with FC Dallas in an important encounter at the Children's Mercy Park on Saturday. Both teams can pack a punch on their day and...