Kansas minimum wage history and 2009 rise to federal level
Kansas once had a $2.65 minimum wage, raised in 2009 to federal level after bipartisan push led by Sen. Marci Francisco and supported by Democrats and fair‑wage advocates. Labor officials noted about 19,000 Kansans earned below federal minimum at the time.
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Barack Obama
Kansas
Kansas Chamber of Commerce
Sen
Marci Francisco
D-Lawrence
Rossetti painting on loan to National Gallery exhibit
Spencer Museum of Art lends Dante Gabriel Rossetti's La Pia de Tolomei to Washington DC for the National Gallery of Art's landmark Pre-Raphaelites exhibit. The portrait, a late major Rossetti canvas, shows a pensive auburn haired woman in a flowing robe and reflects a tragic tale from Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Spencer
National Gallery of Art
Spencer Museum of Art
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Tolomei
Washington, D.C
National Gallery
United States
Britain
Earl A. Powell III
Rossetti
Dante Alighieri
Kansas University
Kansas to Kenya promotes digital reading in Kenyan village
Kansas to Kenya(K2K) volunteers, including Kathy Miller from Woodlawn School, taught Maai Mahiu children to use e-readers. The Osborne Library, funded by Wichita donors, supports UN Millennium goals by expanding universal primary education and women’s rights.
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Maai Mahiu
Kenya
Kansas
Kathy Miller
Woodlawn
K2k
Wichita
Worldreader International
Miller
Osborne
John
Renee Osborne
H. Paul Osborne
John Osborne
Steve Segebrecht
Africa
Segebrecht
Episcopal
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