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Jordan Kirtley
The Wichita Journalism Collaborative will partner with the Kansas Leadership Center and the League of Women Voters of Wichita Metro to host a Braver Angels debate centered on the proposed 1% sales tax. The debate will take place on Monday, January 26, from 6-8 p.m. at the Advanced Learning Library.
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Abortion is Murder, a Christian group known for protesting with graphic signs, was permitted to protest inside the Kansas Statehouse just a few months after the Satanic Grotto was blocked from doing the same. The group says it is planning a counterprotest. -
Democrats have proposed reducing child care costs, making housing more affordable and raising the minimum wage. Republicans want to pass property tax reform, cut waste and address rural health care costs. -
From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to more profitable crops. New innovations could rejuvenate the state of wheat production. -
The Democratic Kansas governor and Republican attorney general don’t always agree about suing or joining existing lawsuits. Now the Kansas Supreme Court could decide. -
The Robert L. Cattoi Book Technologies Lab opened late last year on the sixth floor of Lindquist Hall at Wichita State University. It features a collection of bookbinding and printing tools.
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Jehad Alshrafi/APIsraeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire took effect. -
Joe Raedle/Getty Images North AmericaA Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
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The National Weather Service issues a litany of notices before and during inclement weather events. They can be important signals on how to respond. -
A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow. -
Republicans on the committee have been seeking to question the Clintons as part of a probe into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The vote sends the matter to the full House. -
The move comes after a federal judge wrote in a court document that the "charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney … must come to an end." -
Will it be a year of "fractured resilience"? Or "pragmatic empathy"? Will "MOUs" be the next global health strategy? Are we in a new age of "decolonization" — or of "localization"?
Commentary & Podcasts
Gary Leonard.
Steve Berlin looks back on the making of the 1987 album Pigus, Drunkus, Maximus from Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs while also sharing other stories from his career as a producer and musician.
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