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Last week, a white gunman killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent, in three separate spas in and around Atlanta, Ga.
Read moreThe Kansas legislature spent the week working through bills on the floor of each chamber. Only a few committee meetings were held to advance specific pieces of legislation.
Read moreAs the spring of 1879 approached, Mother Nature as she is inclined to do, asserted her superiority over the best laid plans of civilization to inhabit a broad section of the West.
Read moreSince 1972, the year we moved to Kansas, the rural regions of the state have worked to reverse the migration of residents to other parts of the state and the country in search of better opportunities. Several communities offered free land for new housing, Some reached out to former residents. Others targeted retirees. And still the numbers continued to shrink.
Read moreThis week was the last one for committees to meet for the first half of the Kansas legislative session.
Read moreLiving on the frontier brought many challenges, fostering an atmosphere that particularly framed the narrative of the legendary Old West. The chronicles of early Kansas are filled to the brim with trials and tribulations that confronted the hearty souls who attempted to tame the wild Kansas plains.
Read moreWe are coming to the first major deadline in the Kansas legislature. Turnaround, when bills need to be passed out of the first chamber to be passed to the other for consideration is in two weeks. This coming week is the last time for our committees to meet, finishing our work in the full House the following week. Staff works to get the bills “turned around” to the other chamber to begin the following week.
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