Budget strains threaten Kansas public defenders amid caseloads
Kansas indigent defense faces funding gaps, high turnover, and rising workloads. Heather Cessna of the Board of Indigents' Defense warns inadequate funds jeopardize 25 000 low income defendants yearly, risking ethical issues, constitutional concerns, and wrongful convictions. States share similar challenges as salaries expire after a one year boost.
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Topeka
Kansas State Board of Indigents
Kansas’ Indigent Defense
Kansas
Heather Cessna
Board of Indigents’ Defense
Kansas Reflector
Board of Indigents
Democrats eye key races as backstop against GOP
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers uses veto power to block anti-racist teaching and voting restrictions, highlighting a small group of Democratic governors serving as a crucial backstop as Republicans push broad legislation in four key states. The four incumbents have vetoed dozens of bills aimed at voting limits and abortion and school policy.
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Wisconsin
Tony Evers
Evers
Kansas
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Laura Kelly
Gretchen Whitmer
Tom Wolf
Donald Trump
Trump
Timothy Rambun
Roy Cooper
North Carolina
Democratic Governors Association
Cooper
Downtown Lawrence shootings push police to investigate
Lawrence police probe two separate downtown shootings and a Sunday morning car chase. A gunshot victim arrived at LMH Health around 12 30 a m with non life threatening injuries from a business on 815 New Hampshire Street. A second gunshot victim was treated after a possible shooting in the 700 block of New Hampshire Street. A vehicle pursuit ended with the car disabled in the 1300 block of West 21st Street and the driver taken into custody. The two shootings’ connection and other details were not disclosed.
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Lawrence
David Ernst
LMH Health
New Hampshire St
Ernst
Cielito Lindo
LMH
New Hampshire Street
New Hampshire
West 21St Street
California man killed in plane crash at Olathe airport
A California pilot, 51 year old Robert Douglas Ming of Laguna Niguel, died when his single engine Piper Aircraft crashed during takeoff at Johnson County Executive Airport in Olathe. The crash occurred around 10 30 a m Sunday, witnesses said the plane erupted in flames. Ming was alone aboard the aircraft as FAA and NTSB investigate the cause.
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Olathe
California
Kansas City
Kansas
Kansas Highway Patrol
Robert Douglas Ming
Laguna Niguel
KSHB
Piper
Johnson County
Albuquerque
New Mexico
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