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WEB2 days ago — BY: Ariana Figueroa - September 23, 2024. WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors Monday said the man accused of trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his private golf club in Florida stalked the GOP presidential nominee for a month and in a note offered $150,000 to anyone who could “finish the job,” according to …
'Ball of rolling fire and smoke': Wildfires rip through north-central ...
WEBDec 20, 2021 — Huge swaths of land in north-central Kansas are blackened by wildfires that swept through last week. (Allison Kite/Kansas Reflector) Smoke billows from a fire crews worked to put out in Ellis County on Friday. More than 365,000 acres burned in Ellis, Rooks, Osborne and Russell counties last week.
Kansas public defender system in crisis with low pay, unreasonable ...
WEBFeb 8, 2021 — The first phase includes $7.9 million for staffing — including 26 new lawyers, 15 legal assistants and 35 new investigators — to assist with the “ethically concerning” caseloads. The board also wants $3.5 million to increase the statutory pay rate from $80 to $100 for assigned counsel. That rate would go up again in future phases.
Politicians mark start of $532 million project to replace …
WEBOct 30, 2023 — LEAVENWORTH — Heavy construction machinery did the real work in advance of Monday’s groundbreaking for a $532 million Leavenworth federal prison and satellite prison camp to replace an antiquated structure constructed in 1897 that served as the nation’s first maximum-security prison.
Four Kansas elementary schools receive National Blue Ribbon …
WEB6 days ago — Four Kansas elementary schools are being recognized nationally for efforts to improve local learning. The U.S. Department of Education announced that the schools are in this year’s cohort of more than 300 National Blue Ribbon Schools. They are Garfield Elementary in Augusta, Herington Elementary in Herington, Lincoln Elementary in Junction ...
How to strengthen Kansas foster care and help children and …
WEBSep 13, 2021 — At KVC Kansas, we’ve provided foster care case management for 25 years and are passionate about child and family wellbeing. While the number of children in foster care has declined from an all-time high of 7,687 children to 6,845, we still have a long way to go. From 2012 to 2018, the number of children in care increased by 2,500 youth or ...
Politics + Government Archives - Kansas Reflector
WEB4 days ago — BY: Max McCoy - September 29, 2024. One hundred and sixty-five years ago come Friday, the Kansas Constitution was adopted by voters. The document had been framed the sweltering summer before in an unfinished brick building between the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in recently organized Wyandotte County. The document is …
Lawrence Democrat Buskirk pivots to U.S. House bid in aftermath …
WEBNov 24, 2023 — TOPEKA — Democrat Paul Buskirk got a taste of Kansas politics during a 2022 campaign for U.S. Senate, and plans to build on that experience by turning his attention in 2024 to a bid for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Tracey Mann.
Nonprofit report calls for closing last juvenile prison, keeping kids ...
WEBOct 15, 2021 — Incarcerating young Kansans is more costly and inhumane than providing community services, education and mentoring to keep them out of the juvenile justice system, according to a new report by a nonprofit pushing the state to shutter its last juvenile prison.. Kansas-based Progeny, which focuses on juvenile justice reform, released a report Thursday outlining steps it believes lawmakers should ...