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Lindsborg Painter’s ‘Scathing Critique Of American Exceptionalism’ Finds A Home
Mike Hartung’s paintings are not for the fragile. In that way, they’re just like Kansas.

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Mike Hartung’s paintings are not for the fragile. In that way, they’re just like Kansas.

Marshall reported about a dozen publicly financed franked messages directed at his constituents in western Kansas.
Gov. Laura Kelly and legislators on the State Finance Council avoided political fireworks Wednesday to authorize extension.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt said the judge ruled state law didn’t infringe on constitutional provisions.
Scientists in April discovered wastewater from Hiawatha indicated an extensive presence in the community of COVID-19.
New criminal cases have been filed in the past six months, exacerbating the backlog.
It doesn’t look as if 2020 will be a watershed year in terms of financial relief.
The Marshall campaign says the procedure to end an ectopic pregnancy isn’t defined as an abortion.
Many people might forego the vice presidential sequel. However, there are reasons to watch.
More than 50 people gathered Tuesday evening in front of the Statehouse before marching in near silence to City Hall.
A couple of weeks ago on a pleasant Tuesday afternoon, Andrew Denning was walking his dog and talking with me about fascism.
Music educator Emily Boedeker will soon be responsible for classroom instruction of 300 students at two elementary schools.
The governor also pleaded again for Kansans to wear masks as the toll of the virus accelerates across Kansas.
Trump also said he plans to return to campaigning, despite his infection.
This is the second in a series of stories looking at voters’ concerns and voting issues in the 2020 election.
The concern emerged during a routine hearing before a Legislature’s joint administrative committee.
Widespread anxiety and confusion around voting, compounded by the pandemic.
As of Oct. 1, election offices had received nearly 400,000 mail-in ballot applications.
But the package, passed on a 214-207 vote, with 18 Democrats splitting from their party, is certain to die in the Senate.
Let’s pause to congratulate the Kansas beauty industry for doing its part to fight the pandemic.