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Trump administration using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more ICE detention beds
PBS Frontline
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June 16, 2025
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly — in a building so...
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...
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 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...
‘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...
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...
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...
CF Montreal looking to right ship vs. Dynamo after international break
[your]NEWS
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June 13, 2025
Original article can be found here.CF Montreal is hoping the two-week international break will be just what the doctor ordered and help them right their floundering season when they visit the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. Montreal (1-11-5, 8 points)...
Lawrence author Tessa Gratton talks political resistance, telling marginalized stories in advance of their new book
The Lawrence Times - Kansas
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Share this post or save for later Lawrence writer Tessa Gratton works on all their books for multiple years, but they’ve been thinking about their newest work since the 2000s. “The Mercy Makers” began brewing at the start of the war in Iraq, where...
Douglas County stands out in access to maternity care; meanwhile, care deserts expand across rural Kansas
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: Adobe Stock Maternity health care deserts are growing in Kansas, officials say. Pregnant women in Douglas County have better access to maternity care than women in much of Kansas, statewide data indicates, especially as compared to rural...
The Best Birthday Gift for Trump? Voting in Every 2025 Election
Ms. Magazine
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June 13, 2025
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little...
Revolution place Ignatius Ganago on injured list with quad strain suffered on international duty
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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The Revolution’s homecoming month began with a loss on Friday, as striker Ignatius Ganago will miss at least six matches after the team placed him on the short-term injured list with a quad strain. Ganago was injured during training with the...
One year out, host nations' political tensions cast shadow over World Cup
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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June 13, 2025
WASHINGTON — Once every four years, the FIFA World Cup brings the world together. What You Need To Know Next year, the United States, Canada and Mexico will play host to the tournament But the World Cup will be unfolding against the backdrop of...
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...
Women for Kansas to meet Sunday
Great Bend Tribune - Kansas
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Women for Kansas Barton County Chapter welcomes Evan Altman, ACLU voting rights organizer, who will present “ACLU-Kansas Know Your Rights Protesting,” on Sunday, June 15 at 2 p.m. in Great Bend’s Front Door Community Center, 1615 10th St. Altman...
Pennsylvanians Could Lose Access To Weight Loss Drugs Amid Medicaid Changes
Newsweek
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June 16, 2025
Low-income Pennsylvanians could lose access to weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy under proposed Medicaid changes this year. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's office has said it is looking to change eligibility for weight loss drugs in...