State bill seeks to curb domestic spying at local level
Kansas lawmakers debate a bill to restrict access to data held by third parties for law enforcement, requiring warrants or consent except in emergencies. Opponents warn the measure would hinder crime fighting and could bar officers from basic online searches. The ACLU backs limits amid NSA spying disclosures and officials urge careful balance.
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Pera
Kansas
House Judiciary Committee
Brett Hildabrand
Shawnee
Johnson County
Steve Howe
Hildabrand
National Security Agency
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas
City weighs new sewage pump station near 31st and Louisiana
City officials host a public meeting to discuss a planned 31st and Louisiana sewage pumping station to feed a $55 million treatment plant south of the Wakarusa River. The facility, expected online by 2017, will be built in a highly visible area with design options including an earth berm and no outdoor overflow.
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South Lawrence
31St
Louisiana Streets
Dave Wagner
South Middle School
Louisiana St
Wakarusa
Wagner
Baker Wetlands
Lawrence
Kansas choir fundraiser hit by theft scandal
Geary County Children's Choir in Junction City scrambles to fund a Colorado Springs trip after bus iness manager Glen Irwin was charged with felony theft. About $10,000 vanished from the group’s bank account, threatening the $35,000 excursion and causing a delayed January payment of over $8,000.
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Junction City
Kansas
Colorado
Glen Irwin
Geary County
Junction City Daily Union
Irwin
Colorado Springs
Colo
Greg Gooden
Kansas considers minors ban on tanning parlors
Kansas lawmakers weighing a measure to bar minors from using tanning beds. The House committee heard testimony on a proposed $250 fine for violations as proponents warn UV exposure raises melanoma risk while industry representatives urge moderation and skin care over abstinence. Also in Kansas, the federal identity theft trial of Leslie Camick, accused of stealing his dead infant brother Wayne Camick’s identity, opens in Wichita with debates over naming.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Health and Human Services Committee
Wichita
Winfield
Leslie Camick
Wayne Camick
Canada
U.S
Camick
Florida extradition delay tied to Topeka homicide case
McLinn faces first degree murder charges in the Sasko death after being found in Sasko’s Nissan Altima near Everglades National Park. She is in federal detention in Miami awaiting a hearing in Douglas County District Court. Investigators say Sasko owned three DiCi's Pizza franchises in Topeka and Lawrence and McLinn lived with him since 2012.
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Cornwell
Douglas County District Court
McLinn
Sasko
DiCi’s Pizza
Topeka
Lawrence
West 26Th Street
Bed Bath & Beyond
U.S
Tom Watts-Fitzgerald
United States
Miami
Everglades National Park
Branson
Linda Friar
Tional Crime Information Center Registry
Friar
Lasko
Tarik Khatib
Religious beliefs mandate services for same sex unions debated
Kansas lawmakers debated a bill protecting religious freedoms to refuse services for same sex marriages or domestic partnerships. Proponents argued it shields wedding vendors and private businesses, while opponents warned it could let police, waiters, or others cite religion to deny aid or service to same sex couples. A fiscal note estimated 275000 dollars to defend potential legal challenges through July 2015.
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Robert Noland
Kansas Family Policy Council
Emily Perry
D-Mission
Micheline Burger
Mainstream Coalition
Burger
Charles Macheers
Overland Park
Tom Witt
Kansas Equality
Kansas
Oklahoma
Utah
Forrest Swall
Lawrence
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Paisley
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Kdot Public Transit
Lawrence Area
Independence
Independenceinc.org
Michael Shuttleffel
The
Kansas Catholic Conference
Statehouse
Scott Rothschild
Iwntown
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