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Tornado whipped northeast Kansas with 170 mph winds, left residents to clean up

by Nomin Ujiyediin and Scott Canon, Kansas News Service Katelyn Bossolono clears debris from her yard after the tornado that chewed through Linwood, Kansas. (Photo by Nomin Ujiyediin, Kansas News Service) With trees shredded into tinder and homes ripped asunder, scores of families in and around Lawrence and Linwood, Kansas, surveyed lives that forever will … Continue reading “Tornado whipped northeast Kansas with 170 mph winds, left residents to clean up”

Kansas paid outside law firms $899,000 in losing effort to defund Planned Parenthood

by Dan Margolies, Kansas News Service A day after Kansas notified Planned Parenthood in May 2016 that it would cut off its participation in Medicaid, the nonprofit group sued to block the move. So Kansas hired three high-powered East Coast law firms to defend it in a case that would slog on for nearly three … Continue reading “Kansas paid outside law firms $899,000 in losing effort to defund Planned Parenthood”

Why not lower fines for marijuana possession, advocacy group asks

UG committee to discuss decreasing fine for marijuana possession on Monday by Mary Rupert A Unified Government committee is scheduled to hear a proposal to reduce the fine for marijuana possession on Monday, May 20. The UG Administration and Human Services Committee meeting will be held in the fifth floor conference room at City Hall, … Continue reading “Why not lower fines for marijuana possession, advocacy group asks”