"I will tell the people what's going on at the statehouse. I'm going to treat the capitol as a borderline crime scene. ... If businesses don't have to pay taxes, the burden should not be on those trying to feed themselves." - The Valley Falls Vindicator & Oskaloosa Independent, March 3, 2016.

Across Kansas the top 1% are looting and on-the-loose, pitting us against each other. Communities in Jefferson County need to democratically prepare themselves for food and energy autonomy.

- MICHAEL CADDELL, Publisher, Producer Radio Free Kansas

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice 06/29/2020

KCJRC Subcommitte Race and Criminal Justice 06/30/2020

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Kelly Administration


Kansas City Star: Kelly orders Kansans to wear face masks in public starting Friday

KCUR: Kansas Will Require Masks In Public Spaces Statewide Starting Friday

Lawrence Journal-World: Kansas to begin mandatory mask policy on Friday as COVID-19 cases in state trend upward

Topeka Capital-Journal: Gov. Laura Kelly mandates mask use in public spaces 

Salina Post: Gov. Kelly mandates all Kansas wear masks starting July 3

KVOE: CORONAVIRUS: Finance Council to review governor’s executive order mandating masks in public, but vote of full Legislature needed for override

Sunflower State Journal: Governor announces mask mandate

Sunflower State Journal:  Governor tweaks budget plan  

KSNT: Gov. Kelly announces statewide order to wear masks in public places 

COVID-19


Lawrence Journal-World: Douglas County issues mask mandate in public spaces, beginning Wednesday

Wichita Eagle: Sedgwick County has most new COVID-19 cases of any Kansas county over the weekend 

Kansas City Star: KC area’s rise in COVID-19 cases attributed to reopening 

Kansas City Star:  KC metro adds 149 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths 

Kansas City Star: Will Overland Park reliance on sales tax change after COVID? 

Wichita Eagle: COVID-19 forces changes, closures at Wichita restaurants 

Hutchinson News:  Reno County adds 4 COVID-19 cases to count over the weekend

Hays Post: KDHE mobile unit to assist with COVID-19 testing in Kansas

Lawrence Journal-World: KU details some protection efforts for fall semester, creates pandemic management teams 

Kansas Legislature


Wichita Eagle: Capps offered campaign money for photo with Black lawmaker 

Op-Eds


Kansas City Star: Editorial: Filmmaker warns a bad cop can wreak havoc, KCK should listen

Kansas City Star: Editorial: KC needs a commission to reassess statues and monuments 

Topeka Capital-Journal: Editorial: Labor pick has mountain of job ahead 

Topeka Capital-Journal: Letter: Video release raises questions

Topeka Capital-Journal: Letter: A request for commissioner 

Misc.

 

KCUR: U.S. Supreme Court Decision Spells End Of Hotly Debated Abortion Requirements In Missouri And Kansas 

KSNT: 600+ signatures asking Gov. Kelly to expand SNAP benefits 

Kansas City Star: Can K-State legally expel student for offensive tweets?

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Legislative Coordinating Council 06/18/2020




It takes around 30 of the 51 minutes before any discernable audio is available to listen to this meeting.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the dispersal of billions in federal coronavirus funds to the state.  You be the judge.

Kansas News Service: THE INSIDER eNewsletter, June 19, 2020


June 19, 2020
Whose Land?

This isn’t a story about westward expansion. It’s a story of how Kansas land — specifically, land that the federal government paid Kansas’ tribes nominally for and then pushed them out — ended up making millions of dollars for universities back East. 
 
In partnership with High County News, Stephan Bisaha of the Kansas News Service looks at the legacy of land-grant universities and their connection to Indigenous peoples of Kansas, whose land was gifted to schools as far away as New Jersey, Delaware and South Carolina. Don’t miss the interactive map, which goes into great detail on each of the hundreds of parcels of land.
“It's horribly sad to know how your ancestors were treated.” 

— Pauline Sharp, the secretary-treasurer of the Kanza Heritage Society. The Kanza once had 20 million acres in Kansas, which then shrunk to 80,000. Eventually, the remaining members of the tribe were forced to move to Oklahoma.

Pandemic Paper


Once Johnson and Sedgwick counties received their direct share of federal coronavirus aid, the state of Kansas was left with $1 billion to distribute. Legislative leaders and the governor met this week to decide where it should all go. Stephen Koranda of the Kansas News Service reports that the first round, worth $400 million, is for health care needs, but the next two rounds of funding aren’t settled yet. 

Speak Up, Speak Out


Kansas college students and alumni are finding ways to amplify their stories about racist incidents on campus, even while everyone is at home. Enter the hashtag #BlackAtKState, where students share that they’ve been subtly and not-so-subtly targeted in Manhattan. Stephan Bisaha of the Kansas News Service has more on social media activism, and the school’s response. 

Death Penalty Dates


It’s been 17 years since the federal government executed a prisoner. That is expected to change this summer, as two men who were convicted of the rape and murder of children in Kansas have been scheduled to be put to death. Dan Margolies with KCUR has more.
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Monday, June 15, 2020

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Kelly Administration

Fort Scott Biz: Relief extended to motor carriers during pandemic


Hays Post: Tenants behind on rent in pandemic face harassment, eviction


WIBW: Gov. Kelly makes more administration appointments

COVID-19

Wichita Eagle: Kansas COVID-19 deal preserved Kelly’s ‘political capital’


Wichita Eagle: Sedgwick County has two COVID-19 related deaths overnight


KSNT: A New Yorker ‘pays it forward’ after Kansas farmer donates N95 mask


Pittsburg Morning Sun: Letter to the editor: Does ceding power work with germs?

Judicial

KSNT: Another supreme court justice steps down, giving governor third court pick


Leavenworth Times: Kansas Supreme Court Justice Beier to retire


Fourstates Homepage: Carol Beier announces her retirement


Kansas City Star: Kansas Supreme Court Justice Carol Beier to retire this fall

Kansas Legislature

 

Pittsburg Morning Sun: Kansas Senate 13th District candidates weigh in on reasons for running


KMUW: The Coronavirus cut off plans that might have lowered electricity bills in Kansas

Kobach

Wichita Eagle: Kris Kobach’s guns stolen from truck at Wichita, KS hotel


Ottawa Herald: Kobach campaigns, saying conservative values are under attack

Local Elections

Wichita Eagle: O’Donnell co-opts ‘Black Lives Matters’ for anti-abortion slogan

Misc.

KWCH: Services set for former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer


Topeka Capital-Journal: Dot’s Pretzels purchases building in Logistics Park Kansas City


Garden City Telegram: Lawsuit filed against Scott City mayor, city