Abortion Debate Shapes Kansas Legislature in Election Year
In an election-year move Kansas lawmakers compromise on partial birth abortion ban and tighten late-term limits. The measure, still awaiting Gov. Graves’s signature, narrows grounds for late-term rights while preserving life threats and maternal health exceptions. Critics call it political theater. supporters say it curbs barbaric procedures.
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Wichita
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Kansas boards standards aim to sharpen basic skills
Kansas education officials advance the Quality Performance Accreditation plan to enforce concrete goals in arithmetic reading and writing. The shift contrasts with prior debates over whole language approaches and calls for stronger teacher preparation in traditional disciplines. If implemented, the standards could lift high school readiness and global competitiveness, prompting faculty training reforms and deeper parental involvement.
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Great Bend voters oust four on hog plant issue
In Great Bend Kansas the city council toppled four incumbents in a write in sweep over plans for a Seaboard hog processing plant. The piece warns of jobs versus costs including water pollution and the risk of becoming a company town as state laws and local zoning shape future outcomes.
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Political offices of Kansas lawmakers listed in compact contact sheet
Addresses and phone numbers for U S Senator Pat Roberts Sam Brownback and Representative Jim Ryun in Washington D C Topeka and Overland Park as well as the Topeka and district office details plus a homepage URL for Ryun. The data includes street addresses room numbers ZIP codes and toll free or local lines.
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Landmark Supreme Court land use ruling narrows zoning power
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, held that government land use regulations may be a taking requiring just compensation even when temporary. The Calif ornia case strengthens landowners and real estate interests while prompting questions on down zoning and public safety regulations. Justice Rehnquist notes temporary takings are treated like permanent ones.
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Associated Press
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National Association of Home-Builders
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