Federal cuts trim Head Start slots in Kansas
Sequestration reduced Head Start and Early Head Start slots in Kansas by more than 400, leaving about 440 fewer places for low income children. Before cuts, the programs offered over 9,000 slots statewide, aiming to provide preschool education nutrition and parental involvement to fight poverty.
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PEKA
Kansas
Kansas Head Start Association
Zebra mussels found in Lake Shawnee Topeka Kansas
Kansas wildlife officials confirm zebra mussels in Lake Shawnee in Topeka boosting infested lakes to nineteen. An angler spotted the mussels on Shawnee County’s 416 acre lake, often spread by boats or bait. Officials urge anglers to clean drain and dry boats and use wild caught bait only in the same waterbody.
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Topeka
Kansas
Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
Lake Shawnee
Shawnee County
Railfest features Hank steam locomotive at Baldwin City event
Midland Railway hosts Railfest at Santa Fe Depot Park 1515 High St from today through Monday featuring the Hank steam locomotive Flagg Coal Co Engine No 75. Tickets 150 for 30 minute at the throttle rides with Hank and vintage cars plus diesel locomotive trips to Ottawa. Also view a Kansas City Southern Post Office car, maintenance equipment, and postal clerks sorting mail.
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Hank
Midland Railway
Midland Railroad
Baldwin City
Santa Fe
High St
Flagg Coal Co
Allen Kinsley
Norwood
Ottawa
Kinsley
Kansas City Southern
Protesters plan rally to tweak Kansas voting law
Ahead of a Kansas special session, groups led by KanVote and Sunflower Action urge lawmakers to change the proof of citizenship requirement for registration. About 15,000 would be voters lack birth certificates or passports. ACLU threatens suit while Kobach defends the law. Leaders seek an affidavit option and a broader voting rights bill, with Gov Brownback limiting session to murder law issues. The rally starts 11:30 a.m. at the Statehouse with NAACP and League of Women Voters joining.
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Topeka
Kansas
KanVote
Sunflower Community Action
ACLU
Kris Kobach
Sam Brownback
U.S. Supreme Court
Statehouse
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