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The Kansas legislative session hit full stride this third week. Committee meeting schedules are full. We met in the House chamber one day to consider the bills that have been passed in their initial committee.
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In early January, 1867, Jack McDowell of Kansas City stepped into the W. K. Pollard Livery at Council Grove in need of transportation to Junction City. Pollard had been in Council Grove since 1857. He had seen hundreds of travelers passing along the trail, most of them in a rush to move on.
Read moreThis is an exciting time, the days before the KC Chiefs second consecutive appearance in the Super Bowl, the biggest game of the year. There will be two teams, each with a coach or leader, distinctive colors and mascots and dedicated fans.
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The Kansas legislative session continued into its second week. It was a big week in our nation with the inauguration of President Biden.
Read moreEditor’s Note — The following was written by Eric Coonrod, a government teacher at Ellsworth JuniorSenior High School. The reaction of his students to the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol can be found on Pages A9 and B2 of this week’s IndependentReporter.
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The 2021 Kansas legislative session got underway this week in Topeka.
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A prized book in my collection of western history isn’t the story of a famous gunslinger, or a wild and woolly cattle town, but the memoir of a little Swedish girl who came to the Kansas prairie with her parents in 1869.
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