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CDC Preps Guidance For Governors On Relaxing COVID Rules, But States Forge Ahead
Director Rochelle Walensky said that it’s too soon to begin rolling back masking and other public health guidance.

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Director Rochelle Walensky said that it’s too soon to begin rolling back masking and other public health guidance.

An Interior Department official said that the most-loved parks are the ones that need help the most.
The bill would infuse millions into the pension system to bring it closer to fulfilling long-term obligations to former government workers.
Gov. Laura Kelly is expected to sign the Attracting Powerful Economic Expansion Act.
Map puts Lawrence in rural 1st District, adds Republicans to 3rd District.
‘Quiet title’ laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English.
The Kentucky Republican rebuked the RNC for referring to the riot as “legitimate political discourse” in the censure resolution.
The KCC estimates monthly bills could rise, on average, between $5 and $7.
Senate to take up bill Wednesday.
The short-term funding bill is designed to give negotiators more time to reach a bipartisan agreement on full-year spending bills.
An attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas says the state’s open records law might as well not exist.
The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate says decriminalizing marijuana at the federal level is a change that’s “long overdue.”
Mission resident: “This is what it looks like when a hedge fund is driving a ‘sustainability transformation plan’ ”
In January, 1879, near the end of the Plains Indian Wars, seven Northern Cheyenne prisoners of war arrived in Dodge City for civil trial.
The “Veterans in Parks Act” would also give active-duty military free annual passes to national parks and public federal lands.
In a brief but fiery address, Biden cited three major threats to Americans' right to vote.
Advocates of paid leave point out that the United States is the only industrialized country with no paid requirement.
As Kansas schools face mounting pressure state education officials have repeatedly stated the subject is not taught in any Kansas schools.
Red Cloud’s effort to capture the spirit of history and heritage and mold it into an economic boon is a lesson for dying rural communities.
Former governor facing stiff competition in primary — again.