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Section of K-7 to close

Weather permitting, contractors for the city of Lansing will close a section of Kansas 7 Highway just north of Eisenhower Road on Oct. 14 in order to construct an island median, according to a news release from a city spokesman.

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Wire reports Musk says he wants Twitter again and will pay $44B price Elon Musk wants Twitter again — and Twitter is game. The billionaire Tesla CEO has proposed to buy the company at the originally agreed-on price of $44 billion, bringing the tumultuous, monthslong saga another step closer to a conclusion.

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Kansas governor seeks to regain control of education debate

Kansas’ Democratic governor is trying to reassert control over the education debate in a tough reelection race, bidding to regain her preferred focus on public school spending hikes during her term after Republican attacks over transgender athletes and what’s taught in the classrooms, Gov. Laura Kelly sought Wednesday to portray Republican challenger Derek Schmidt, the state’s threeterm attorney general, as a threat to adequate funding for public schools in their second and final debate. Kelly has branded herself as “the education governor” over her support for greater education spending.

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