Senate panel halts campus carry repeal bill in Kansas
A bill to let colleges and local governments keep banning concealed weapons in campuses stalled in a Senate committee. Megan Jones of the Kansas Coalition for a Gun Free Campus blasted the outcome, while gun rights supporters hailed a win for the Second Amendment. Committee chair Sen. Jacob LaTurner opened debate as Sen. Lynn Rogers failed to secure a favorable recommendation, and Sen. Caryn Tyson offered limited insight into her vote.
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University of Kansas
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Pittsburg
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Emporia
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Wichita
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Metal detectors at KU games to start this fall
Kansas University will install metal detectors and hire security guards at Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium this fall. The university plans to prohibit concealed handguns at athletic events with expected attendance over 5,000, despite a state law allowing campus concealed carry.
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Lawrences Odd Speed Plan Targets 23rd Street Zone
Lawrence officials discuss a proposed speed limit change on 23rd Street east of City to 55 mph in cooperation with KDOT. The area becomes part of O'Connell Road near Highway 10 and has a 45 mph limit now, with construction history and concerns of a speed trap.
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State pursuing diversion plan to move youth from correctional system
Kansas officials say the Juvenile Justice Reform Act aims to shift children from juvenile corrections to in home services. Delays linger on the Immediate Intervention Program and a Detention Risk Assessment Instrument, but one area is complete and the other should finish by April as the bill nears 2019 full effect. Benet Magnuson of Kansas Appleseed backs the shift toward community care.
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Children in Need of Care series ends with reforms review
The final installment of the Kansas series examines how newly approved state reforms aim to change the custody system for a record number of children under state care.
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