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Reporters Note: The Federal Reserve’s climate change neglect continues at Jackson Hole
Public Citizen
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August 17, 2025 By Elyse Schupak, policy advocate with Public Citizen’s Climate Program The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will host its annual Jackson Hole economic policy symposium this week—the Federal Reserve’s highest profile annual...
Bill Self Responds to David Booth’s Historic $300 Million Gift to Kansas Athletics
BVM Sports
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August 17, 2025
Kansas athletics has received a landmark $300 million donation from alumnus David Booth, marking one of the largest gifts in college sports history. Head coach Bill Self highlighted Booth's lifelong support for the university and the significant...
Bill Self’s Health Journey: Kansas Coach’s New Routine for 2025
BVM Sports
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August 17, 2025
Kansas coach Bill Self, after spending time in the hospital in late July for a heart procedure involving two stents, is optimistic about returning for the 2025 season. Following his hospitalization, Self acknowledged the need for lifestyle...
Ron Estes highlights court ruling and tax benefits for Kansas agriculture
Wichita Standard - Kansas
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August 16, 2025
Rep. Ron Estes, U.S. Representative for Kansas 4th District | Official U.S. House headshotRep. Ron Estes, U.S. Representative for Kansas 4th District | Official U.S. House headshot U.S. Representative Ron Estes, who has represented Kansas’s 4th...
Kansas lesser prairie chicken loses endangered species act protections after Texas court order
The Lawrence Times - Kansas
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Share this post or save for later TOPEKA — The lesser prairie chicken, a dancing grouse that has long teetered between threatened and endangered classifications, lost its federal protections in court in a victory for Great Plains petroleum and...
Kansas wins federal court victory in prairie chicken litigation
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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August 15, 2025
Home/Latest News/Kansas wins federal court victory in prairie chicken litigation TOPEKA – (Aug. 15, 2025) – The lesser prairie chicken will not be listed as a threatened or endangered species, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach announced today. A...
Tyquan Thornton Impresses at Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp
Times News Global
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August 16, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyquan Thornton, a fourth-year wide receiver, has been a standout at the Kansas City Chiefs training camp this summer. After spending last season on the team’s practice squad, Thornton aims to prove his worth following a...
Kansas lawmakers use state budget to police pronouns, threatening workers’ constitutional rights
The Derby Informer - Kansas
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TOPEKA — Kansas state and university employees were told they must remove pronouns from their email signatures and all other work communications as a result of a directive lawmakers inserted into the state budget. The budget proviso, which...
Kansas task force working to resolve statewide water issues
The Derby Informer - Kansas
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TOPEKA — The 186 residents of Pawnee Rock want clean water to flow from kitchen faucets, but uranium contamination forced one city well to be taken offline and meant the western Kansas community was down to a single well. “No redundancy,” said...
Kansas reports no new measles cases in 3 weeks as cases increase nationally
Prairie Village Post - Kansas
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August 14, 2025
By Morgan Chilson Kansas reported no new measles cases for the third week in a row Aug. 6, and health officials are encouraging parents to vaccinate their children as they return to school next week to keep that trend going. The lack of new cases...
Kansas Lawmakers Use Budget to Police Pronouns
KSAL - Kansas
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August 14, 2025
Kansas state and university employees were told they must remove pronouns from their email signatures and all other work communications as a result of a directive lawmakers inserted into the state budget. The budget proviso, which threatens...
Nebraska Defensive Line Coach Terry Bradden Seeing ‘Shocking Effort’ Out of His Group
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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August 18, 2025
After spending the last eight years in Kansas City as an assistant defensive line coach, Terry Bradden now brings his championship pedigree and aggressive pass-rush mindset to Nebraska’s new-look defense under first-year coordinator John Butler....
First HPJ Live event held in Wichita
High Plains Journal - Kansas
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August 18, 2025
Photo: Gregg Doud of National Milk Producers Federation. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.) After more than a year of planning, the first HPJ Live was held Aug. 6 to 8 at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas. The...
New report clears a path for Kansas’ response to substance use
The University of Kansas
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LAWRENCE – After 15 months of in-depth research and statewide community engagement, the United to Transform report — commissioned by the Kansas Fights Addiction Act Grant Review Board (KFA), released Aug. 12 by the University of Kansas Center for...
Kansas City Royals’ Randal Grichuk is still a Lamar Little Leaguer
Williamsport Sun-Gazette - Pennsylvania
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PHOTO PROVIDED Randal Grichuk is shown competing at the Little League World Series at Lamade Stadium in 2004 in this photo by Little League International.Randal Grichuk has lived his ultimate baseball dream the past 12 years, playing Major League...
Kobach asks federal court to boot Kansas governor from lawsuit over federal funding cuts
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, seen during a June 17, 2024, news conference at the Statehouse in Topeka, says only he can represent the state in federal litigation. TOPEKA — Kansas Attorney General...
We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: ESG, Cryptocurrency, and Alternative Asset Investments in 401(k) Plans, Oh My!
National Law Review
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August 14, 2025
What You Need to Know The Trump Administration has shifted away from Biden-era rules related to certain investments, like alternative asset investments, ESG, and cryptocurrency in 401(k) plans. Plan fiduciaries still need to proceed with caution....
Republican River Compact Administration to Meet August 28
KNCK - Kansas
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Local Written By: Press Release by the Kansas Department of Agriculture Published Date: 08-18-2025 The Republican River Compact Administration (RRCA) will hold its 2025 annual meeting at 9:30 a.m. Central Time on Thursday, August 28, at the Cloud...
NE Oklahoma Wildlife & Nature
Public Radio Tulsa - Oklahoma
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August 14, 2025
Have you ever heard someone say 'go touch some grass' to someone who seems stressed or overwhelmed? That's because it actually works! Getting out in nature and exploring these habitats help us learn more about our wildlife here in Northeast...
Are Trump’s Climate Moves Imperiling National Security?
Inkstick Media
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August 14, 2025
Jamie Minden was a high school freshman in California when she experienced the most destructive wildfire in her state’s history. The Camp Fire ravaged multiple communities with help from high winds and drought conditions worsened by global...