Kansas lawmakers weigh possible 2 percent school funding cut
Senate leaders debate a potential 2 percent reduction to school funding as Kansas works to close a multihundred million dollar budget gap while a Supreme Court ruling demands underfunded districts be remedied Students from Dighton High School urged lawmakers to protect rural schools stressing consolidation worries and hospital health in their communities Rob Scheib Emporia USD 253 assistant superintendent warned further cuts could force districts to divert funds from maintenance and equipment A 60 strong student contingent voiced concerns about taxes and budget planning and the survival of small town schools
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Jim Denning
Overland Park
Senate Budget Committee
Kansas Supreme Court
Rob Scheib
Emporia Usd
Kansas
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Topeka
Dighton High School
Emily Sheppard
Sara Cramer
Sheppard
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Pancake and Sausage Supper at Pawnee Acres Club
The Pawnee Acres Community Club invites all to its annual pancake and sausage supper from 5 30 to 7 pm Saturday at the Pawnee Acres Community Building. Directions from Garden City and Cimarron are provided with a free will donation to fund building maintenance and improvements.
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Advocacy Day rally urges inclusion and religious freedom
A couple hundred people met with Kansas legislators and gathered in the Capitol rotunda for Muslim Advocacy Day. CAIR Kansas leader Moussa Elbayoumy led the invocation, urging inclusion and justice while others urged respect for the Golden Rule and religious freedom. The event opposed proposed federal migration law collaboration and urged passage of a hate crime law, with emphasis on addressing individuals rather than a whole faith.
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Moussa Elbayoumy
Kansas
Council On American-Islamic Relations
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Boog Highberger
Lawrence
Annie Kuether
D-Topeka
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R-Topeka
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Oletha Faust- Goudeau
Wichita
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Kansas Interfaith
Kris Kobach
Kansas Highway Patrol
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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GOP
ISIS
Jennifer Ball
Unitarian Universalist
Kansas House panel backs hemp bill for research and commerce
Kansas House commerce panel advanced H R 2182 to foster hemp cultivation processing and distribution with public private partnerships and academic study under the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Law enforcement worries center on THC ambiguity and enforcement costs. amendment talks stalled.
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Les Mason
Commerce Committee
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