Law expands ABLE accounts for people with disabilities
Governor Jeff Colyer signed a bill extending ABLE accounts, or 529A accounts, enabled in 2014 to help people with qualifying disabilities save for long term needs. These state administered accounts, like 529 college plans, use after tax dollars for contributions while withdrawals for approved expenses are tax free. Eligibility requires disability benefits under Medicare and diagnosis before age 26.
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Jeff Colyer
State Treasurer’s Office
ABLE
Voters intolerant attitudes eyed in Trump's win
Kansas University sociologist David Smith argues that the popular view of economic anxiety driving working class white voters toward Donald Trump is contradicted by data from the American National Election Studies. The study reexamines motivations behind the 2016 presidential outcome.
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Donald Trump
University of Kansas
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David Norman Smith
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Prairie Acre Ribbon Classroom bike rack joke
KU students reveal the Prairie Acre Ribbon Classroom project with a bike rack designed to spell its acronym PARC. The unintended letter arrangement on the rack drew social media attention and chatter about the campus design project.
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Facebook
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New Prairie Acre Ribbon
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Woman convicted of robbery given probation and treatment
Stacey N Ballard, 25, Lawrence, was convicted of aggravated robbery for a January 2017 Chili's gift card theft. A Douglas County judge sentenced her to three years probation and continued drug treatment, warning that any violation could send her to prison. The victim was robbed near West Campus Road and West Hills Terrace as she walked home. Ballard drove the pickup used in the crime, and police noted the assailant pointed what appeared to be a shotgun.
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Lawrence
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Douglas County
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