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3 hrs ago | The Capital-Journal

1st Kansas Colored Infantry proved gallant in battle

A wreath lies at the gravestone of Sgt. William Smith in a Topeka cemetery to mark the 150th anniversary of the organizing of the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry regiment.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Leavenworth, US Army, US Navy, Leavenworth, KS

5 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Re: Eagle editorial: Kobach wrong again

Of course, he predicted that all the conservative-leaning members of the U.S. Supreme Court would support Arizona's voter-registration law, which didn't happen.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Opinion

9 hrs ago | The Kansas City Star

Armed employees could cost Kansas schools insurance coverage

EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents not to offer or renew policies for Kansas school districts that allow concealed weapons under a law that takes effect July 1. The new law lets school boards designate employees who can bring guns to school provided they have a valid Kansas concealed carry permit.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., EMC Insurance Group, Insurance

9 hrs ago | WIBW-TV Topeka

Pompeo Tries To Reassure Kansans On Cyberspying

Pompeo is the newest Republican member of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, which held a rare, open hearing Tuesday amid debate over national security and personal privacy.

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Related Topix: Privacy

11 hrs ago | Salina Journal

Judge delays trial of Kansas store owner

A federal judge is giving a Wichita store owner more time to work out a plea deal with the government over accusations she sold fake luxury goods.

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12 hrs ago | The Wichita Eagle

Brownback, Roberts scheduled to speak at Kansas Wheat Festival

Gov. Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Pat Roberts are scheduled to speak on the state's agricultural economy and the new farm bill during the Kansas Wheat Festival next month in Wellington.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback, US Governors, Agriculture, Science

16 hrs ago | KFDI

June 19, 2013 6:37 a.m.Elderly Kansas couple missing

Law enforcement officials are looking for an elderly Kansas couple who have not been heard from since Monday.

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19 hrs ago | Business Journal

Kansas an above-average state on the Internet connectivity continuum

Kansas may be largely a rural state, but that doesn't necessarily mean its residents are isolated in a technological sense.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

National Review Online

Michelle Malkin: The Amnesty Mob vs. America

But in the end, it's still a lawless mob. The big government-big business alliance to protect illegal immigration got a lot of mileage using foolish Republicans Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan as front men.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, US News

KHGI

Recent Kansas editorials

Renewing a driver's license shouldn't take multiple attempts and a wait of 3, four or five hours.

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Related Topix: Kansas Government, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, Wichita, KS, Computers, Sedgwick County, KS, Opinion

The Kansas City Star

Kansas taxes now flatter and fairer

A Kansas City man supported a “nascent” plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, an FBI official said Tuesday at a Washington D.C. hearing.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS, Programming Languages, Science / Technology, Healthcare Law, Law, US Governors, Sam Brownback, Offbeat

The American Prospect

Kansas Bleeds the Middle Class

It is an old city, especially compared to others west of the Mississippi, fueled in its early years by farming money and trade from settlers heading west.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, KS

The Fresno Bee

Miss Kansas says she likes breaking stereotypes

Theresa Vail, 22, who previously won the Miss Leavenworth County crown, won the Miss Kansas pageant this month at Pratt Community College.

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Related Topix: Leavenworth County, KS, Lenexa, KS, Kansas State University

OttawaHerald.com

HAWVER: Kansas tax cut? Or tax increase?

You can instantly tell a certain something about a guy who wears plaid pants. If he's wearing a plaid sport coat that doesn't match the pants, you can tell even more about that guy.

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Related Topix: Tax, US Politics, Sam Brownback, US News, US Senate, Republican, US Governors, Opinion

The Capital-Journal

Kansas more than 'Dust in the Wind'

Kansas drummer Phil Ehart plays at a Feb. 9, 2009, dress rehearsal of the band's "There's Know Place Like Home" CD/DVD package recorded live that night with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra in White Concert Hall.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Home, KS, Washburn University, Symphony, Arts

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Garden City Telegram

Kobach: Court ruling won't block Kansas voter law

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach promised Monday that the state will keep enforcing its proof-of-citizenship requirement for new voters even after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a similar Arizona law.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, US News, US Supreme Court, Immigration Reform

KSALLink.com

Kansas SOS Seeks Investigation Into House Protest

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has asked for an investigation into an immigration reform protest held outside his Wyandotte County home.

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KSNT-TV Topeka

Kan. Guard members returning from Afghanistan

Members of a Kansas National Guard helicopter unit are on their way home from Afghanistan after a year of providing medical support.

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KRMG-AM Tulsa

NW Kansas man sentenced for second-degree murder

A northwest Kansas man convicted of shooting another man and wounding a woman as the couple slept will go to prison for more than 17 years.

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KFDI

June 17, 2013 11:02 a.m.Rain slows Kansas winter wheat harvest in Kiowa

Steve Inslee, the manager of the OK Co-op grain elevator in Kiowa, said Monday a few local farmers began hauling in wheat last Thursday.

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Related Topix: Weather

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