Douglas County judge to sit with Kansas Supreme Court for four appeals
Douglas County District Judge Paula Martin will sit with the Kansas Supreme Court next week to hear oral arguments in four criminal appeals. Martin replaces Justice Nancy L. Moritz who recused herself. Arguments set for Feb. 9 with deliberations to follow. Martin, appointed by Gov. Joan Finney in 1994, has 18 years on the bench.
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Paula Martin
Kansas Supreme Court
Office of Judicial Administration
Martin
Nancy L. Moritz
Moritz
Kansas Court of Appeals
Joan Finney
Michael Malone
Robert Fairchild
Jean Shepherd
Pi Day Celebration by Alferd Packer Memorial String Band
The Alferd Packer Memorial String Band seeks performers for a Pi Day event at Theater Lawrence on March 14 at 7 p.m. They will replace Tax Day duties with short math or science skits and pies. Community members can email affordpackerband sunflower.com to sign up.
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Alferd Packer
Steve Mason
New York Times
Mason
Lawrence
N.H
Sunflower.com
Breast cancer charity faces backlash over Planned Parenthood grants
Susan G. Komen for the Cure takes heat after slicing breast screening grants to Planned Parenthood. California affiliates protest, officials resign, and a flood of negative feedback follows AP reporting. Donations to Planned Parenthood surge from supporters including a Dallas foundation and New York mayor Bloomberg. Senate Democrats urge reversal while Komen defends its action.
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Susan G. Komen For the Cure
Planned Parenthood
Komen
California
Associated Press
Dallas
Michael Bloomberg
Washington
U.S
Bernie Sanders
Vermont
Kansas officials told to preserve records on governor residence meetings
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor warned all Kansas legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback to preserve records and electronic files about social gatherings at Cedar Crest as potentially relevant evidence in a civil inquiry into open meetings act concerns. The letter urged immediate preservation of emails, voicemails, and tangible items, extending to staffs, and noted that others may face fines if records are altered or destroyed. Brownback aides defended the gatherings as social and within the law, while the newspaper presses for transparency and an official investigation.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Shawnee County
Chad Taylor
Associated Press
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Taylor
Brownback
Topeka Capital Journal
Sherriene Jones-Sontag
Stegall
Cedar Crest
Steve Six
Jerry Henry
Cummings
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