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Any Attempt to Serve the Common Good in Kansas Will Face Partisan Attacks. Society Demands Better.
Mark McCormick, kansasreflector.com
The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled the Trump administration could continue dismantling the Department of Education.
It’s the latest public institution under assault by people obsessed with destroying any semblance of a common good.
If you hate government and you’re indifferent to human suffering, you shouldn’t run for office. Attacking public education constitutes an attack on our societal fabric.
We need people who believe in government, not hateful bureaucrats eager to scrap crucial institutions people depend on for upward mobility if not basic survival.
It’s called “public service” for a reason. Read here.
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COWLEY COUNTY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9 10:30AM
"What's New and on the Horizon for City/County Health Department"
More information available here.
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Women for Kansas welcomes
Jeanne Klein presenting on the
KANSAS SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT and the Fight for Women's Voting Rights in the Sunflower State
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2PM
More information available here.
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An Early Report on the Kansas Governor’s Race: Heavyweight Republicans and
Low-Key Democrats
Clay Wirestone, kansasreflector.com
Read here.
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Ty Masterson Calls Kansas a Disaster. Funny, He’s Already Running It
Joel Mathis, kansas.com
Read here.
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Public Broadcasting Cuts Threaten Nonprofit Newsrooms
Cody Holyoke and Caroline Todd, kmbc.com
Watch here.
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KS Comm. Secretary Laments Taxpayer Cost of Repeat Audits of Economic Grant Program
Tim Carpenter, kansasreflector.com
Read here.
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WHAT'S NEW IN #KSLEG?
Stay up-to-date with what your KS Legislators are voting for, or against. Watch here.
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Panasonic Invested a Hefty Sum in Kansas. Will Any of It Help Topeka?
Jack Harvel, cjonline.com
Read here.
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KS Governor Laura Kelly Talks About Decision to Leave Natl Governors Assn.
Brayden Day, ksnt.com
Watch here.
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"Real Fed Up" Billboards Popping Up Around Kansas
When driving Northbound I-235 near Kellogg & West Street in Wichita, you might see one of many boards going up in response to a town hall meeting in which Roger Marshall left abruptly. Another board can be see west along I-70, mile marker 25. Watch here.
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Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate Our Fellow Kansans Who Rely on Program for Mental Health Care
Mary Jones, kansasreflector.com
Read here.
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Kansas Could Lose Millions After Congress Cut SNAP Funds. Thousands May Go Hungry
Zane Irwin, kcur.org
Listen here.
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Western Kansans Have to Travel Miles to See a Doctor. Experts Say it Leads to Worse Health Outcomes
Kansas News Service, thisistopeka.com
Read here.
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How US Adults Feel About Legal Abortion
3 Years after Roe was Overturned, According to
AP-NORC Poll
Geoff Mulvihill and Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ksn.com
Read here.
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‘Under the ADA We Are All Winners’: Leaders and Advocates Commemorate ADA’s 35th Anniversary
Kameron Macrorie, wibw.com
Watch here.
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States Sue USDA Over Efforts to Gather Food Stamp Data on Tens of Millions of People
Jude Joffe-Block, npr.org
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Morality and Money Mix in Leavenworth’s Mass Deportation Detention Center Debate
Mary Sanchez, thebeaconnews.org
Read here.
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Federal Court Rules Kansas Legislators
Tried to Suppress Speech with 2021 Advance Voting Law
Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector; kake.com
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House Republicans Hold Voter Suppression Hearing With Top Anti-Voting Lawyers
Matt Cohen, democracydocket.com
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Court Restricts Who Can Bring Voting Rights Challenges in a Case Involving Voters
with Disabilities
The Associated Press, wtop.com
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Supreme Court Keeps a Pause for Now on a Ruling that Weakens the Voting Rights Act
Hansi Lo Wang, kansaspublicradio.org
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‘Toothless’ Compulsory Voting Can Increase Voter Turnout
Caroline Paczkowski, news.uga.edu
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State Voting Rights Acts: Voter Suppression
Center for American Progress
Watch here.
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Appeals Court Delivers Blow to Voting Rights Act
Yunior Rivas, democracydocket.com
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Push to Trash Department of Education Points to a Darker Aim
Mark McCormick, Kansas Reflector; rawstory.com
Listen here.
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College Employees in Kansas Can’t List Pronouns in Emails
Ryan Quinn, insidehighered.com
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Why Kansas Universities Are Gutting DEI Efforts, Including Pronouns in Emails
Stacey Saldanha-Olson, cjonline.com
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Education Department Says It’s Releasing More Than $5 Billion in Frozen Grants
Sequoia Carrillo, kansaspublicradio.org
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Letter to the Times: Why a Kansas University Professor Includes Her Pronouns in Her Email Signature
Amii Castle, lawrencekstimes.com
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Join Women for Kansas as we celebrate
Women's Equality Day with a presentation by
Jeanne Klein about the Kansas Suffrage Movement
and the fight for women's voting rights
in the Sunflower State.
More information available here.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 10AM
Douglas & Broadway, Wichita. More information available here.
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WEDNESDAYS, 7PM
Via Zoom
AUGUST 13 AND 27
SEPTEMBER 10 AND 24
OCTOBER 8 AND 22
NOVEMBER 12
DECEMBER 10
JAN. 14 AND 28, 2026
More info and RSVP here.
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YOU’RE INVITED:
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF KANSAS COURTS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
5:30-7:30PM
Pavillion at Lied Center
1600 Stewart Dr, Lawrence
Register today!
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Tyranny Take Down
OLATHE, KS
Thurs, July 31, 4:30pm
100 E Santa Fe Street
More information here.
Senator Roger Marshall – Do Your Job
OVERLAND PARK, KS
Friday, August 1, 3pm
Senator Roger Marshall Taxpayer Funded Office
7011 W 121st St
More information here.
Defend Our Constitution
BALDWIN CITY, KS
Sat, August 2, 9:30am
600 Ames St
More information here.
Four Corners in Lenexa Standing Rally
LENEXA, KS
Sat., August 2, 11am
Maurer Rd & West 87th St
More information here.
Stand for Democracy
ROELAND PARK, KS
Saturday, August 2, 3pm
5730 Roeland Drive
More information here.
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Democracy
Needs You. NOW!
OVERLAND PARK, KS
Sat, August 2, 9:30am
West 80th Street
& Metcalf Avenue
More information here.
Wyandotte Indivisible Continuing to Show Up at the Legends
KANSAS CITY, KS
Saturday, August 2, 12pm
The Legends, Village West Parkway & Prairie Crossing
More information here.
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