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Kansas City ready for NFL draft spotlight on Union Station

Bryce Young wrapped up in a blanket, fighting off the cold on a crisp morning in downtown Kansas City, where 24 hours later he is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft

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Kansas has new anti-ESG law amid raft of culture war vetoes

Kansas officials won’t be allowed to use environmental, social and governance factors in investing public funds or deciding who receives government contracts

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Spartans offer 2025 Kansas 4-star TE DaSaahn Brame

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a big-time prospect from the Sunflower state

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Violence against Kansas health care workers prompts fresh push for tougher penalties

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chris Buesing was walking through the hallway of an orthopedic clinic at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas, where he worked when a man came up and punched him in the face.

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Editorial: Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. But facts don’t stop Missouri and Kansas GOP outrage

It’s not a surprise anymore when prominent politicians focus their energies on rabble-rousing culture war battles instead of doing the hard stuff of governing, but we still feel compelled to point out when Kansas and Missouri leaders actively mislead their constituents.

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Kansas governor nixes abortion, anti-diversity budget items

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed anti-diversity and anti-abortion provisions in Kansas’ next state budget

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Editorial: Rural Kansas and Missouri need food stamps. GOP can’t say hunger’s just a city thing

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to make big cuts to the federal budget as a condition of raising the national debt ceiling. Where do they want to start? Food stamps, of course. And that could have a big impact on Kansas and Missouri.

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Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes 4 GOP bills aimed at regulating the lives of transgender Kansans

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed four bills Thursday that would have regulated the lives of transgender Kansans, dictating what spaces they are welcome in and the health care they can access.

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Kansas governor vetoes bills on trans youth care, bathrooms

Kansas’ Democratic governor has vetoed two major Republican proposals for rolling back transgender rights

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Republicans said abortion rules should be up to the states. Instead they’re in the courts

WASHINGTON — On the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and with it the constitutional right to an abortion, Sen. Josh Hawley was thrilled.

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2nd abortion regulation bill vetoed by Kansas governor

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed anti-abortion legislation in Kansas

The Independent UK

‘A license to kill’: Missouri self-defense laws criticized in wake of Ralph Yarl shooting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri state Rep. Maggie Nurrenbern has been sounding the alarm for years over the state’s loose gun laws and in February introduced a bill limiting the scope of Missouri’s “stand your ground” law. The bill went nowhere.

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Medication abortion restrictions could worsen delays for Texans at out-of-state clinics

Texans are flooding abortion clinics in New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado. A recent court ruling could imperil access in those states.

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Sharice Davids easily won reelection last year. How come she’s still a target for the GOP?

In November, Rep. Sharice Davids, a Kansas Democrat, celebrated as she coasted to a 12-percentage point victory over Republican challenger Amanda Adkins. Less than a year later, she’s one of the most vulnerable Democratic members of Congress, according to her own political party.

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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces he will not run for president in 2024

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday afternoon he would not be running for president this year, putting an end to a potential presidential bid that failed to pick up momentum.

The Independent UK

Gov. vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered during certain kinds of abortion procedures

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Kansas bill opposing ESG passes legislature

Kansas lawmakers approved a bill on April 6 prohibiting ESG considerations in public pension investments. Some measures that were proposed, like certain restrictions on private ESG investing and on public investments in foreign companies, did not make it into the final bill. The bill was sent to the governor for…

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Kansas cops ‘chased’ elderly man for driving 3 mph over limit then tased him, lawsuit says

An 80-year-old man filed a lawsuit this week against an eastern Kansas sheriff’s office for allegedly tasing him without warning after officers pursued him for driving 3 mph over the speed limit.

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Editorial: Missouri and Kansas AGs want to block abortion pill — for democracy, says Kris Kobach

If in the near future the U.S. Supreme Court decides to ban the abortion pill, you’ll have Andrew Bailey and Kris Kobach to blame.

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Economy and Society, April 11, 2023: Tennessee joins open letter opposing ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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‘Ridiculously ashamed’: Kansas man with long list of convictions sentenced in Capitol riot

Kasey Hopkins got right to the point in his recent letter to U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan expressing remorse for his involvement in the Capitol riot.

Daily Mirror

Patrick Mahomes reacts to Travis Kelce's awful pitch for MLB side Cleveland Guardians

Patrick Mahomes has trolled Kansas City Chiefs teammate Travis Kelce for his woeful first pitch before the Cleveland Guardians' game against the Seattle Mariners

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Chiefs WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling to sign autographs at Wichita Sky Kings basketball game

#Chiefs WR Marquez Valdes-Scantling is holding an autograph signing/meet and greet at a basketball event in Wichita, Kansas. | from @EdEastonJr

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Three trans girls playing sports is an emergency for Kansas Republicans

When it comes to trans people playing sports, the people pushing anti-trans legislation dress up their bigotry in the language of women’s rights

Tribune News Service

Kansas lawmakers send bill restricting gender-affirming care for minors to governor

TOPEKA, Kan. — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature approved a third bill regulating the lives of transgender Kansans on Friday, this time banning hormone therapy and gender transition surgery for minors.

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