In his new novel, The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne, author Ron Currie introduces readers to a Franco-American community marginalized in a small town in Maine.
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- Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has vetoed a proposed bill that would have eliminated the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots.
- Kansas drivers will now be required to move over when passing vehicles that have stopped on the side of the road.
- Kansas vaccine advocates say a bill aimed at improving access to child care has a provision that could lower vaccination rates.
- After two recent child deaths involving firearms, local law enforcement is offering free cable-style gun and trigger locks to the community.
- The National Association of Letter Carriers held rallies around the US Sunday, including at branches in Kansas and Missouri.
- Funding for the Kansas Arts Commission could end as state legislators try to balance the budget.
- Sedgwick County is part of a statewide burn ban that takes effect next week.
- Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson has announced her retirement.
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