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Robert Stewart, Author at Kansas Reflector
Jan 2, 2025 · From our prayers to the divine, the best intentions for an uncertain world By: Robert Stewart - January 2, 2025 The priest where I go, in Overland Park, calls for us to kneel down at the end of Mass and say, he says, “one ‘Hail Mary’ for peace and unity in the world.”
Kansas House Republicans, Democrats nominate leadership teams …
Dec 2, 2024 · Sherman Smith is the editor in chief of Kansas Reflector. He writes about things that powerful people don't want you to know. A two-time Kansas Press Association journalist of the year, his award-winning reporting includes stories about education, technology, foster care, voting, COVID-19, sex abuse, and access to reproductive health care.
KDOT pegs cost of closing gap in Oklahoma, Kansas passenger rail ...
Dec 11, 2024 · TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Transportation estimates it will cost $311 million to restore Amtrak passenger rail service from Oklahoma City to Newton that was abandoned nearly half a century ago, officials said Wednesday.
Kansans support marijuana legalization, but lawmakers won’t bite
Nov 1, 2024 · A wide majority of Kansans support legalizing medical and recreational marijuana, but a group of legislators assigned to weigh medical marijuana legalization declined to push the issue in the 2025 session.
Fervent debates still resound in historic Lecompton, Kansas, where ...
Dec 11, 2024 · It’s an ambitious legacy for a community of fewer than 600 citizens. But Lecompton, 13 miles northwest of Lawrence, has leaned into the challenge.
Kansas City police detective, whose criminal allegations were …
Dec 2, 2024 · Concerns about Golubski’s conduct began to surface publicly in 2017, which is when Lowe began investigating him. In 2017, Lamonte McIntyre was exonerated after spending 23 years in prison for a double homicide he didn’t commit. McIntyre’s team discovered two witnesses had been coerced into testifying that McIntyre, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, had committed the crime — and put ...
ACLU starts hearings on Kansas death penalty by emphasizing …
Oct 28, 2024 · Civil Rights; Courts and Crime; Politics + Government; ACLU starts hearings on Kansas death penalty by emphasizing evidence of racial bias Attorneys attempting to overturn the death penalty in Kansas argue capital juries are skewed …
Kansas governor declares day of mourning, sets flags at half-staff …
Jan 1, 2025 · TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed an executive order declaring a day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter and she directed flags throughout the state be flown at half-staff. The governor said state of Kansas offices would be closed Jan. 9 in observance of funeral services for Carter in ...
KDOT to modernize traffic accident reporting system with $2.6 …
Dec 31, 2024 · TOPEKA — A $2.69 million federal grant allows the Kansas Department of Transportation to rebuild the state’s vehicle crash information system and expand use of driver’s license scanners by local law enforcement agencies to speed reporting of accidents. On Tuesday, Gov. Laura Kelly said funding ...