Tag: Kansas
Teacher under investigation for kicking 5yr old girl on video
“No child should have to experience that. It’s a horrible situation. We feel terrible about it and that person no longer works for us.”
Another Kris Kobach loss: Illinois leaves ‘Jim Crow’ voter purge program
Even as Kobach is met with loss after loss, his legacy will live on until the states that signed up for Crosscheck leave the program and reinstate voters to the voter rolls.
Supreme Court denies cert in Planned Parenthood case, lower court rulings...
Planned Parenthood was pleased with the Supreme Court's ruling and called it a "win for patients in Louisiana and Kansas."
Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 22, 2018
Bernie Sanders on income inequality, police shoot a fleeing 17-year-old in Pittsburgh, white supremacists plan more rallies, and more.
Former mayor sentenced to prison for stealing from food bank
“He took food out of people’s mouths. People who need it. People who would starve without it.”
Trump’s chief vote suppressor runs for governor
Kris Kobach maybe the most important person in America right now.
How special elections could cost the Republicans
This week, Georgia heads to the polls. Last week, the GOP in Kansas barely earned a win.
How to keep businesses (and small towns) alive when owners retire
In Kansas, a new matchmaking service is helping transition small businesses to new hands. Could it be a model for the rest of rural America?
This small town refused to settle for Wal-Mart when its last...
After four years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.
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In a step towards justice, US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and...
Lack of sufficient data and jurisdictional issues has been a huge obstacle for finding justice for Indigenous women that are victims of violence.
Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while his former employer...
Trump’s top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.
What was the point of Soleimani’s assassination?
The Trump regime had no authority to assassinate a senior Iranian general. Nor did it have a reason to do so, except to reap revenge upon his past acts.
Amid raft of state-level endorsements, Sanders leads democrats in new national poll
“It’s just one poll, but it looks like Bernie is unhurt and Warren unhelped by the brouhaha.”
Environmental groups sue Trump administration calling plan to open millions of acres of public...
"Trump's illegal, deeply unjust fracking plan would be a disaster for Central Valley communities, as well as our climate, wildlife and water."