TOPEKA — Lenexa resident Scott Roby said the Kansas Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly should work together during the 2022 legislative session to give the redistricting process a chance of producing new political boundary maps infused with common sense rather than power politics.
Ranchers across the nation are seeing lower profits and oversupply. The USDA in conjunction with the Bidden administration has a plan to combat this. By doing so, they hope to put more money in the hands of both consumers and ranchers.
WASHINGTON – Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Congress.
CAIRO – One of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations has closed down, a statement by the group said Monday, citing government persecution. Egypt’s government has engaged in a widespread crackdown on dissent for years that has stifled many of the country’s civil society groups and jailed thousands.
KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s schools reopened to students on Monday, ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala, and students could be seen carrying their mattresses in the streets, a back-to-boarding-school phenomenon not witnessed here for nearly two years.
MEXICO CITY – As coronavirus cases spike in Mexico and tests become scarce, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador told Mexicans on Monday to just assume they had COVID-19 if they had symptoms. The number of confirmed cases in Mexico spiked by 186% last week.
By: Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The top tax reform priority of Gov. Laura Kelly is elimination of the state’s 6.5% sales tax on… Login to continue reading Login…
At about 11:42 a.m. Jan 6 the sanctuary of Trinity Heights United Methodist Church was quiet, except for some heartfelt sobs, as a radio crackled to life. • “Newton 803. .... Newton 803. ... Newton 803, Officer Brian Rousseau. ... Attention all units and listening stations. North Newton Officer Brian Rousseu is out of service for the final time. Officer Rousseu served the citizens of Newton, North Newton and Harvey County for 20 years as a police officer and a member of the Harvey County Emergency Response Team. Brian, we are going to miss your sense of humor and the hunting stories. We will take it from here. Rest in peace, brother.”
According to the Kansas Hospital Association, hospitals are seeing a large volume of all kinds of patients, including those with emergent and chronic health care needs, in some cases, patients are more critical as they have delayed care.
When the art gallery at Bethel College reopens this week following winter break, it will feature the work of Newton native Oscar Gonzalez. Gonzalez is about to finish his degree at Bethel College and will have his senior exhibition in the college’s Regier Art Gallery through Jan.