Antiabortion groups in Kansas shift tactics in Legislature
Anti abortion opponents in Kansas aim to curb abortions by tightening parental involvement for teen pregnancies. Rep Tony Powell says efforts focus on minors despite Supreme Court limits on late term bans. Officials note ongoing abortion access concerns amid state data and a 1992 counseling law.
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Senate
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Carla Mahany
Planned Parenthood of
Mid-Missouri
Langston Hughes Plaque Unveiled at Carnegie Library Site
About 20 people attended a plaque ceremony at the Wren Arts Center marking the former Carnegie Library in Lawrence as a Hughes childhood landmark. Speakers included Hobart Jackson and Clark Coan, who helped launch the Hughes centennial events, with a quote from The Big Sea inscribed on the front of the building.
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Langston Hughes quiz asks about abolitionist lineage
A Langston Hughes trivia item notes a daily question through Feb 14 for his 100th birthday celebration. It asks which abolitionist, besides Lewis Sheridan Leary, was a key part of Hughes' lineage. The provided answer mentions Lewis and Mary Langston's first husband.
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Hughes
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Jworld.com
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Langston Hughes
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Mary Langston
Power Outage Strands Douglas County Family
Denise Fish and family endure over 72 hours without electricity near the O'Connell Youth Ranch south of Kansas Highway 10 as Westar Energy reports about 500 Douglas County customers still without power and 22 000 statewide. Crews work to restore service safely amid continuing storm effects.
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Denise Fish
Fish
Larrye
O'Connell
Kansas Highway 10
February Sisters Occupation at KU Turns 30
Mary Coral recalls the February 1972 takeover of the East Asian Studies Building at the University of Kansas by 20 to 30 women with staff and student involvement to push for a women’s studies program and campus child care. The protest sparked wider activism, including demands for better pay, health care, and birth control access, and will be marked with events featuring Robin Morgan.
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Mary Coral
Kansas University
Hilltop
Coral
Robin Morgan
Morgan
Campus
Corbin Hall
Mélissa Lacey
Journal-World Photo
Christine Smith
Caroljean Brune
Brune
Lawrence birthday bash proposed for countywide sesquicentennial
Community leaders plan a Lawrence sesquicentennial celebration timed for 2004 with a countywide scope. Boards discuss student research, neighborhood histories, KU events, and a Rock Chalk themed spring program while inviting wide public participation and coordinating via www.Lawrence150.org.
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Lawrence
Clenece Hills
Sesquicentennial Board
Hills
Douglas County
Rock Chalk Review
Regents Honors Academy May Be Cut In Budget Plan
The Kansas Regents Honors Academy, a statewide program sending 150 juniors and seniors to different regents universities for exposure to college life, faces funding cuts in Gov Graves budget. Cancellation may not occur until summer 2003, officials say, despite prior doubts about KU's summer event.
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Bill Graves
Kansas Regents Honors Academy
Regents University
Kansas University
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