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27.09.2024 | The Citizenship Surge: A Political Game Changer Ahead of the 2024 Election | As the 2024 election approaches, a significant wave of new U.S. citizens is emerging. This surge is not just a statistic; it’s a potential game changer in the political landscape. The speed of citizenship approvals has reached a pace not se... |
26.09.2024 | Health | Abortion clinics — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting | Since that ruling, 14 states have enacted bans with few exceptions, while other states have limited access. But states that do not have an abortion ban in place have seen an 11% increase in clinician-provided abortions since 2020, according... |
16.09.2024 | Navigating the Digital Landscape: Education in the Age of Surveillance and Technology | In today’s world, technology is as ubiquitous as air. It surrounds us, shapes us, and, for better or worse, defines our future. Yet, as schools grapple with the dual challenges of integrating technology and ensuring student safety, a storm ... |
13.09.2024 | School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy For Unproven Promises Of Safety | Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: i... |
14.08.2024 | The Battle for Home and Freedom: Eminent Domain and Press Rights Under Siege | In America, the concept of home is sacred. It’s not just a structure; it’s a sanctuary. But what happens when that sanctuary is threatened? Eminent domain is a powerful tool, often wielded by local governments, that can turn dreams into nig... |
14.08.2024 | Looks Like The Judge Who OK’ed A Raid On A Small Town Paper Didn’t Read The Warrants Until AFTER She’d Signed Them | I am not going to rehash this entire debacle again, but suffice to say a small town police department in Kansas — led by (the now-resigned) police chief Gideon Cody raided the offices of the Marion County Record (along with the home of its ... |
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Opinion: Stranger than fiction: Eminent domain displacement | Imagine that the local government where you live is invoking eminent domain rights concerning your dear home to build a road or park or let a private developer do as they will (Kelo v. New London in 2005).
To make matters worse, there has b... |
13.08.2024 | Prosecutors Announce Plan To Criminally Charge Police Chief Who Led Raid On Small Kansas Newspaper | [Extremely War Boys voice]: Oh, what a lovely mess!
The problem with a story like this is that a recap will run a couple thousand words before you even get into the new stuff. To quote another cult classic movie, “Let me explain. No, there ... |
12.08.2024 | All In Together Released First Report Tracking Election Focused Gendered and Racial Attacks | NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from All in Together highlights an alarming surge in gendered and racial disinformation targeting Vice President Kamala Harris in the first weeks of her campaign, posing a significant thr... |
29.07.2024 | ИИ-система Gaggle круглосуточно следит за учениками одной средней школы в США ради безопасности | Средняя школа Lawrence High School в американском штате Канзас заключила соглашение на $162 тыс. с компанией в сфере безопасности Gaggle для обеспечения круглосуточного наблюдения за учениками ради их безопасности.
Система компании на базе ... |
03.05.2024 | Student Journalists Convince School To Ditch Its Spyware, But School Only Agrees To Not Spy On Its Journalists | Schools have always kept tabs on students using school-issued devices. Prior to the pandemic, this had mostly been limited to filtering software that prevents students from accessing content schools don’t approve of. Of course, this has als... |
26.04.2024 | Health | Holdout states consider expanding Medicaid — with work requirements | By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
In Humphreys County, Mississippi — about 70 miles north of the state capital, in the heart of the fertile Delta region — a third of the residents live in poverty. In Belzoni, the county seat, there are jus... |
17.04.2024 | Kansas Reflector Mostly Admits That Meta’s Blocking Of Their Site Wasn’t Deliberate | Not every bad mistake is evil. Not every poor decision is deliberate. Especially in these more automated times. Sometimes, machines just make mistakes, and it’s about time we came to terms with that simple fact.
Last week, we wrote about ho... |
08.04.2024 | Both Things Can Be True: Meta Can Be Evil AND It’s Unlikely That The Company Deliberately Blocked A Mildly Negative Article About It | Truth matters. Even if it’s inconvenient for your narrative. I’m going to do a question and answer style post, because I want to address a bunch of questions that came up on this story over the weekend, but let’s start here.
So what happene... |
24.01.2024 | GOP-led states revive push for Medicaid work rules as election nears | Republican-controlled states are making a fresh push to tie employment to Medicaid eligibility ahead of a presidential election that could usher in a new administration receptive to the idea.
Why it matters: Rules requiring some low-income ... |
12.12.2023 | Text Messages, Emails Show KBI Had Full Knowledge Of Raid On Kansas Newspaper’s Office | On August 11, the Marion County PD — with the assistance of the Kansas Department of Revenue, the county sheriff’s office, and (for some fucking reason) the local fire marshal — raided the office of the Marion County Record, along with the ... |
13.11.2023 | Well, It Looks Like Pretty Much Every Government Agency Was Complicit In The Raid Of A Small Town Newspaper | Under the pretense of a computer crime investigation, the Marion County PD — led by then-Chief Gideon Cody — raided the offices of the Marion County Record, as well as the home of its 98-year-old co-owner, Joan Meyer. Joan Meyer died one da... |
12.09.2023 | The typical NYC family is spending more than 25% of its income on childcare — triple what's deemed affordable | Economy The typical NYC family is spending more than 25% of its income on childcare — triple what's deemed affordable
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14.08.2023 | Kansas Cops Raid Small Town Newspaper In Extremely Questionable ‘Criminal Investigation’ | The free press is supposed to be free. That’s what the First Amendment means. Journalists have a long-acknowledged, supported-by-decades-of-precedent right to publish information that may make the government uncomfortable. |
14.08.2023 | Media giants raise First Amendment concerns over raid on Kansas paper | A police department in Marion, Kansas, was accused Sunday of violating First Amendment protections after officers raided a local paper and the home of its owners.
Driving the news: The Marion County Record's publisher told Axios on Monday t... |
13.08.2023 | Small Kansas newspaper says co-owner, 98, collapsed and died after police raid | Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of a small Kansas newspaper, collapsed and died at her home on Saturday, a day after police raided her home and the Marion County Record's office, the newspaper said. Meyer had been "stressed beyond... |
12.08.2023 | A 98-year-old Kansas newspaper owner died after police raided her home over a story tip about a well-connected person | News A 98-year-old Kansas newspaper owner died after police raided her home over a story tip about a well-connected person
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08.07.2023 | Все идет по клану | Сто лет назад в городе Кокомо, штат Индиана, состоялось самое крупное массовое мероприятие в истории Ку-Клукс-Клана. С 30 июня по 4 июля 1923 года около 200 тыс. членов организации приняли участие в празднике в городском парке «Малфалфа». В... |
25.04.2023 | Idaho Attorney General's Abortion Opinion Shows Overturning Roe Was Only the Beginning | When the Supreme Court overturned a half-century of precedent last June and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion first recognized in Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion politicians claimed that the court was doing nothing more tha... |
11.04.2023 | 50 states of solar incentives: Kansas | The state of Kansas has installed over 115 MW of solar capacity to date, enough to power roughly 16,000 homes, said the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). While Kansas only sources a quarter of a percent of its electricity from sol... |
07.02.2023 | Biden in State of the Union speech to call for bipartisan action on fentanyl crisis | Security fencing was erected around the U.S. Capitol in advance of the State of the Union speech by President Joe Biden on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday night is expected i... |
08.11.2022 | Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vies for reelection against Republican Derek Schmidt in Kansas | AP; Marianne Ayala/Insider
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07.11.2022 | Health and science are on the ballot this election. Here’s what we’re watching | WASHINGTON — The midterm elections this year are centered on weighty topics: the economy looms large, as does the existential future of democracy. But there are plenty of health and science priorities on the ballot, too, as Tuesday’s votes ... |
31.10.2022 | Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vies for reelection against Republican Derek Schmidt in Kansas | Redeem now
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is seeking a second term as governor of Kansas.
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24.10.2022 | Prolonged challenges by losing candidates could overshadow November election results | Joey Gilbert, a Reno-based attorney, lost the GOP primary for Nevada governor by roughly 26,000 votes in June, a margin of around 11 points. But he wasn’t ready to admit defeat.
Empowered by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of v... |
04.10.2022 | Puerto Rico to get $60M to prep for future hurricanes, Biden announces | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday landed in Ponce, Puerto Rico to survey the damage from Hurricane Fiona and announce $60 million in funding to help the island prepare for future hurricanes.
The visit came after the Category 1 hurr... |
14.07.2022 | Panasonic построит в Канзасе мегазавод по производству батарей для электромобилей | Японская Panasonic Group договорилась с властями Канзаса о строительстве в этом штате крупного завода по производству аккумуляторов, в первую очередь для электромобилей Tesla. Стоимость проекта составляет $4 млрд. О заключении соглашения об... |
14.07.2022 | Panasonic инвестирует $4 млрд в производство батарей для электромобилей в Канзасе | Японская компания Panasonic возведёт в американском штате Канзас завод по производству аккумуляторов для электрокаров за $4 млрд. По словам губернатора Лауры Келли, сделка позволит преобразовать экономику штата путём создания тысяч новых ра... |
21.04.2022 | DOJ Agrees To Return Cash Seized From Company Transporting Proceeds From Sales Of Legal Weed | In February, cash transport business Empyreal Logistics sued the DOJ and a California sheriff for the lifting of nearly $1.2 million in cash from its drivers during two traffic stops. Empyreal, which notes that it follows all federal guidan... |
23.02.2022 | Governors Cannot Stop Inflation, But Tax And Regulatory Reform Will Boost Their States’ Economies | WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) speaks before a Senate Republican Policy luncheon at ... [+] the Russell Senate Office Building on May 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Scott spoke on inflation and the rising cost of goods prior t... |
22.07.2021 | Anti-fascist teens fooled a Kansas school board candidate into exposing his racist and white nationalist posts | Proud Boys provide security at a 2nd Amendment rally on May 1, 2021 in Salem, Oregon. Proud Boys from throughout Oregon had previously been laying low following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. capitol. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
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06.11.2020 | A 20-year-old Democrat who admitted to spreading revenge porn has been elected to the Kansas state House of Representatives | Aaron Coleman has won a seat in the Kansas state House of Representatives. Aaron Coleman for Kansas/Facebook
Aaron Coleman, a 20-year-old progressive Democrat, won Tuesday’s election to represent Kansas’ 37th District in the state House of ... |
- | D.C. nears Jan. 6 anniversary with warnings about extremism, awards for courage | Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at the Michigan Democratic Party's Election Day watch party in Detroit on Nov. 8, 2022. (Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance) Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance
WASHINGTON – On the eve of the second anniversary o... |
- | A Midwestern utility is going to use AI to digitize its power transmission system | Norway-based eSmart Systems, which provides AI-powered solutions for the inspection and maintenance of critical infrastructure, will work with Topeka, Kansas-headquartered Evergy, an electric company that serves more than 1.6 million custom... |
- | Election officials risk criminal charges under 31 new GOP-imposed penalties | Second in a two-part series. See part one here.
Since the 2020 election, Iowa has enacted one new felony and two new misdemeanor offenses targeting election officials.
The state’s omnibus election law, passed in 2021, criminalizes election ... |
- | Biden vows codifying Roe v. Wade will top his agenda if Democrats expand control | WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised that if Democrats keep control of the U.S. House and gain a few more Democratic seats in the Senate, then “the first bill that I will send to Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade.”
He a... |
- | State supreme court judges are facing 'incredibly dangerous' attacks for their decisions | State lawmakers last year passed over 300 new laws that reshaped how Americans vote and who counts their votes, including ones that imposed new restrictions and legal penalties on election administrators.
But local election officials aren't... |