Students taste legislative life by Tim Carpenter
Fourth grade visitors from Broken Arrow School toured the Kansas Capitol in Topeka as lawmakers debated education funding. The trip included a dome ascent, a look at John Brown’s mural, and reflections from students and legislators on school budgets and future participation in government.
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Mia Phillips
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Phillips
Broken Arrow
Lawrence
Paul Davis
Kansas
Davis
Tom Holland
D-Baldwin
Holland
South Lawrence
House
Senate
John Brown
Emma Reaney
John Steuart Curry
Hallie Vardys
Vardys
Advocates seek independent board to review inmate deaths
Kansas human rights advocate Sonny Scroggins pushes for an independent review board for inmate deaths in state and local custody. He argues such a panel would ensure accountability beyond coroner or prosecutor work and cites recent federal verdicts and multiple inmate deaths since 1999 as urgency for action.
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Sonny Scroggins
Topeka
Scroggins
Ner
Phill Kline
Derek Schmidt
R-Independence
Senate Judiciary Committee
Schmidt
Kelvin Alexander
National Action Network
al Sharpton
Alexander
New York City
Kansas
McCune
Shawnee
Scotty Sisk
Sisk
Grand reopening for Kansas airport after years of delays
Kingman Kansas celebrates the airport revival after a decade of stalled plans. Federal and state funds finally funded a $4.4 million reconstruction adding new runways a terminal a refueling station and future hangars. Storms disrupted the ceremony and many planned features as fatalities mounted in the region.
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Kingman
Kansas Town
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas
Missouri
Perry Middle School raises funds for Red Cross
Perry Middle School with 240 students has collected 249 dollars in a penny drive to aid the American Red Cross. Sixth to eighth graders compete for a 2:30 p.m. May 19 presentation of a ceremonial check to the Capital Area Chapter. Commerce Bank of Lawrence counts coins and will unveil the check.
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Perry Middle School
American Red Cross
Capital Area Chapter
The
Red Cross
Commerce Bank of
U.S
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