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GOP-led Senate reverses course to override Kansas governor’s veto of congressional map

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate completed Tuesday a rebuke of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a congressional redistricting map shifting moderate-voting Lawrence to the rural 1st District and realigning the 3rd District to weaken re-election prospects of the state’s lone Democratic U.S. representative.

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City commission to sell land on 14th Ave. for development, make repairs to 2nd Ave. Bridge

A resolution was passed on Monday for the development of land along 14th Avenue and Soule Street to Capital Development LLC for $60,000 by the Dodge City Commission. According to city manager Nick Hernandez, According to city manager Nick Hernandez, the property had been negotiated upon back in 2019 for the sale to go towards the property for retail development.

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Who Needs a Weatherman!

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, was settled and named by the Delaware Indians as a campsite halfway between the Allegheny and Susquehanna Rivers. When German settlers arrived in the 1700’s, they brought with them a tradition known as “Candlemas Day,” celebrated in Germany on Feb.

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