Top Kansas Republicans appeared to get the new congressional district lines they wanted last week through horse-trading in the Legislature. Then, hours after the map became law, the GOP leader who supposedly struck the deal seemed to go back on it.
Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them, part of a broader national push by the GOP for a sweeping parents bill of rights ahead of the midterm congressional elections.
Dear Amy: My wife and I bought a house. Our intention was to sell it to my son and his wife for the same price that we paid for it. We rented it out while getting their existing house ready to sell. We agreed to the stipulation that they need to improve how they handle their money. They both work, but live paycheck to paycheck. (My daughter-in-law is a spending machine.)
Hopefully, something will cause the collapse of the commodity corn-growing industry so that we can avoid or eliminate all of the associated pesticides and commercial fertilizers that cause so much devastation to our beneficial insects, not to mention the damage to our water ecosystems as far away as the Gulf of Mexico.
Proposed legislation to allow state tax dollars for parents to send at risk students to private schools is a disaster trying to happen. Enacting the Student Empowerment Act would shift the foundation of Kansas public education.
At the Tokyo Olympics, mental health was the breakout star. Amplified by some of the world’s top athletes, it shook up those games and made everyone take notice.
Madgie Lee (Lowe) Doss, 93, passed away on February 2, 2022 at St. Johnʼs Hospital, Leavenworth, KS.
Judith Rose Knight-Wurtele, 76, passed away on 7 February 2022, at Twin Oaks Assisted Living Facility in Lansing, KS. She was born July 18, 1945, in Maryville, MO to Donald and Leona Knight.
William H. Cass 91, Leavenworth, passed away on February 11, 2022, Davis Funeral Chapel.
Shirley L. Langley, 76, Easton, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022 at her residence.