Everyday folks don’t want to think about it because it makes them uncomfortable and sad.National news media types don’t want to think about it because they have stories to write throughout the next year.The truth is, however, barring a bolt from the blue, next year’s U.S.
TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach issued a legal opinion declaring cities in Kansas with populations ranging from 2,000 to 15,000 had the right to exempt themselves from state law requiring official city business notices to be printed by a designated newspaper.Kobach’s nonbinding analysis said cities could adopt ordinances that allowed them to inform the public by posting information on budget hearings, zoning proposals and other issues to a city-owned website rather than buy newspaper advertisements.The opinion was released in response to a Kansas House member’s specific request for clarification about whether cities in the second class — 2,000 to 15,000 people — had an alternative to designating a newspaper of record.
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WASHINGTON — Congress approved a bill Saturday night that would stave off a government shutdown until at least mid-November, though the measure doesn’t include Ukraine aid backed by both Republicans and Democrats.The bipartisan 88-9 vote in the U.S.
The story of perhaps the greatest military hero Wichita ever produced has become a casualty of time.Erwin Bleckley was one of just four aviators awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I.
A project that has been in the works for several years was officially shelved by the county commission Oct.
Complaints about student debt relief scams are increasing as the date approaches for borrowers to restart payment on their student loans after more than a three-year pause.Consumer protection advocates say that the Biden administration’s student debt relief efforts, the subsequent halting of those policies by the courts, and the restart of student loan payments have bred confusion that allow companies to take advantage of borrowers.“There is sort of this perfect storm out there that I think is allowing these fraudsters to prey on people,” said Dan Zibel, vice president, chief counsel, and co-founder of Student Defense, a nonprofit focused on student rights.Zibel said that there has been a lot of policy and legal news on student debt relief for borrowers to absorb in a couple years.“There is news about repayment plans, news about cancellation, different types of cancellation, whether it’s public service loan forgiveness or fraud-based cancellation, the COVID pause, and then the courts get involved.
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have continued to pass on a federal policy that could make more people eligible for food assistance programs.
By Chad FreyNewton KansanA joint investigation of a homicide that left Tyler Lee Ford, 31, Hutchinson dead at East Lake has resulted in an arrest.
A disturbance in the 600 block of Southeast Fourth Sept.