COVID-19 state of emergency to end
“Soon we will end the public health emergency,” said President Joe Biden during his State of the Union speech this week. Soon, indeed.
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Learning the game
This week Newton High School volleyball hosted a youth volleyball clinic at Chisholm Middle School. The clinic was open to first through fourth graders.
GAF action expected at city commission
A final vote is expected Feb. 14 by the city commission to rezone property in a way that could open up a GAF Materials Corp.
After Keystone oil spill, Kansas Democrats want to cancel tax exemptions when pipelines leak
After the Keystone spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil onto native prairie and cropland and into a creek, some Kansas lawmakers want oil companies to forfeit their tax exemptions when pipelines burst.
Keystone pipeline operator says faulty welding and other problems led to the Kansas oil spill
Canadian oil company TC Energy said Thursday that faulty welding caused an “instantaneous rupture” in its Keystone pipeline that gushed hundreds of thousands of gallons of extra sticky tar sands crude oil onto Kansas native prairie, cropland and into a creek.
Kansas lawmakers are rethinking whether relatives should get priority in adoption custody battles
TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas lawmakers are rethinking a law that tips the scales toward relatives who want to take a child in an adoption dispute. The current law giving relatives a priority can mean taking a young child away from the foster parents who raised them, even when those foster parents want to adopt.
House education panel advances Kansas school voucher program
TOPEKA — Rep. Kristey Williams defended her proposal Wednesday for redirecting public money to non-public schools as a way to facilitate competition for educating children.
Lawmakers debate new parents’ bill of rights
TOPEKA — Lawmakers on Wednesday debated a new form of parental rights legislation that would allow parents to withdraw their children from courses they find objectionable, saying some teachers are crossing the line into grooming and advocating radical ideas.
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