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Kansas Supreme Court appears unlikely to budge on state-level abortion rights after 2022 vote

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Supreme Court justices repeatedly pointed to last year’s overwhelming vote to uphold state-level abortion rights Monday, indicating they’re highly unlikely to back off their 2019 decision establishing the right to the procedure in the state.

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Kansas court to review pair of unenforced abortion laws

The Kansas Supreme Court is considering how far the state can go in restricting abortion after a decisive statewide vote last year confirming that the state constitution protects abortion rights

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Video shows 3 police officers apparently join Jan. 6 protests, filing in Kansas case says

Three police officers appear to be among those chanting “drain the swamp” and “Whose house? Our house!” as protesters invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6, the government said in a federal court document filed Friday.

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New York's Ismael Massoud making own impact in Kansas State’s Elite Eight run

NEW YORK — Last March, Kansas State’s Ismael Massoud faced uncertainty.

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Grain Belt Express, a four-state power line project, may finally pass in Missouri

ST. LOUIS — After a decade of setbacks, Missouri and Kansas may grant final approvals this year to the massive, four-state Grain Belt Express power transmission project, which promises to deliver wind power across the Midwest.

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KS bills, targeting trans students, require school trip room assignments based on sex at birth

Kansas lawmakers are considering a pair of bills that would require the separation of students based on biological sex at birth on school-sponsored, overnight trips.

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Who is Markquis Nowell? Three things to know about Kansas State’s star point guard.

Fans of Kansas State basketball — and those following other Big 12 squads — have long known about Markquis Nowell, the undersized (more on that in a second) point guard who has taken a major leap in his second season with the Wildcats.

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Kansas House passes protections for infants ‘born alive’ in abortion. Experts say it doesn’t happen

The Kansas House on Wednesday passed a bill that requires physicians to care for infants born alive during an abortion, despite no evidence this has happened in Kansas in decades.

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Man searching for deer antlers in Kansas finds human skeleton

Death investigation under way after remains discovered near Humboldt on Saturday

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Kansas could soon approve 'born alive' abortion bill

A Kansas proposal based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to die after unsuccessful abortions is nearing legislative approval

The Independent UK

Michigan State basketball: getting to know Kansas State

Get to know Michigan State's Sweet 16 opponent: Kansas State

USA Today Sports Media Group

Kansas Capitol Police called to contentious anti-vaccine hearing at Republican’s request

TOPEKA, Kan. — Capitol Police were called into a Kansas Senate Committee Tuesday after a state senator said she felt threatened by a Kansan testifying on a bill.

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Biden vetoes Congressional Review Act resolution that aimed to block ESG retirement plan rule

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Calling voting a fundamental right, Kansas Court of Appeals rules restrictions face high bar

The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled Friday that voting is a fundamental right and that restrictions on it must clear the highest possible bar, in an opinion drawing upon a prior ruling that upheld abortion rights under the state constitution.

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Attorney Erin Hawley, wife of Missouri senator, fighting to end FDA approval of abortion pill

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Erin Morrow Hawley, an attorney and wife of one of Missouri’s senators, is at the center of a federal lawsuit in Texas that could cancel approval of a common drug used to terminate pregnancies, threatening abortion across the country.

The Independent UK

Veto of Kansas bill on trans athletes sets up override fight

A Kansas bill banning transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports has been vetoed for the third year in a row

The Independent UK

Kansas anti-ESG push slowed by debate over private investors

Republican lawmakers pushing to prevent Kansas from investing its funds using socially and environmentally conscious principles disagree about imposing rules for investment managers handling private funds

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Feds approve major railroad merger despite growing concerns over rail safety

Federal regulators have approved the $31 billion merger of Kansas City Southern railroad with Canadian Pacific.

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Body of Jayden Robker, 13, found in pond near home after he went missing for five weeks

Jayden Robker, from Kansas, US, was reported missing on February 2 after he went out skateboarding near Terrace Mobile Home Park. He was last spotted at a connivence store on CCTV

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After Ashcroft pulls Missouri out of voting information system, no plan for alternative program

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and officials in a handful of other Republican-leaning states left a national system designed to improve the accuracy of voting rolls last week, the likely GOP candidate for governor outlined his grievances.

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‘Everybody’s afraid.’ Doctors warn of chilling effect as Missouri, Kansas target transgender care

Kansas City-based endocrinologist Brandon Barthel has provided care for transgender adults for six years, including helping them go through hormone therapy.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers fear spill on Keystone system in southern Kansas

State lawmakers worry that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone pipeline system because earthquakes have become more frequent there

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Doctors think they’re drunks or addicts. This ‘warrior’ fights so his disease is understood

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kevin Wake has suffered three strokes. He is only 54. The first one taught him how humiliating an emergency room visit can be for Black people living with the blood disorder sickle cell disease.

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Woody Guthrie’s family to Josh Hawley: Stop using his lyrics, insurrectionist

WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley referenced Woody Guthrie last week when he sponsored a bill to prevent people associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning U.S. farmland and called it the “This Land is Our Land Act.”

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Vahe Gregorian: Believe: As ‘Ted Lasso’ returns, Jason Sudeikis is still astounded by its impact

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — During a Zoom news conference last week featuring six “Ted Lasso” cast members, questions were submitted from news outlets all over the world: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, India, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland.

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