Supreme Court narrows ADA scope on workplace injuries
The court ruled unanimously that the Americans with Disabilities Act does not cover employees with minor injuries that do not affect daily tasks. It argues expansion would flood classifications and trigger costly accommodations while upholding the act’s spirit by narrowing eligibility.
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City Hall
Reader Forum on Adoption and Maternal Feelings
A reader rebuts claims that birth mothers do not want their babies, sharing her daughter’s adoption story. She argues adoptees and adoptive mothers are human and stresses ongoing grief, longing, and desire for reunion. The writer urges readers to refrain from judging birth mothers.
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Linda Brown
Farmers urged to join water pollution reduction programs
Kansas farmers and ranchers are urged to engage with Total Maximum Daily Loads TMDLs as tools to cut pollutants reaching lakes rivers and streams. Experts note nonpoint sources from animal waste fertilizers and pesticides require best management practices soil conservation and waste systems with outreach from KSU NRCS and KDHE.
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Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas
Steve Swaffar
Kansas State University
Natural Resources Conservation Services
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Swaffar
Democrats court rural voters as Republicans court Hispanics
The AP reports Democrats struggle to reach rural voters while Republicans push Spanish language outreach. Democrats lost rural support by over 20 points in 2000 and seek messaging on guns and abortion, jobs, and education. Republicans launch voter drives for naturalized citizens and Spanish lessons for leaders as both parties target key regions for 2002 races.
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Jerry Samargia
Democratic National Committee
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Mark Warner
Virginia
Warner
Mark Mellman
Mellman
Hillary Rodham Clinton
New York
Clinton
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