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AAAA ARIES (March 21-April 19) AAAA Today starts off upbeat and joyful! However, as the day wears on, you and people around you might be cranky. Frankly, if you have social plans, you will be better off celebrating on Friday. (Just saying.) Timing is everything. Tonight: Travel hiccups.

Woman wants to warn off her ex’s new partner

Dear Amy: I’m a woman previously in a relationship with a man for more than 10 years that ended badly. He was married and divorced twice before and had three adult children, all of whom I loved and who loved me.

Big losses in November fuel a Kansas Republican Party changeover in February

The GOP chose Mike Brown, a fiery conservative from Johnson County, as the new head of the state party. Spurred on by frustrations over losing high-profile races to Democrats, Kansas Republicans on Saturday picked an aggressive conservative to lead the party into the 2024 election cycle.

After Keystone oil spill, Kansas Democrats want to cancel tax exemptions when pipelines leak

The Keystone is Washington County’s biggest source of property taxes for schools and other local government, but the company didn’t pay for 10 years. After the Keystone spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil onto native prairie and cropland and into a creek, some Kansas lawmakers want oil companies to forfeit their tax exemptions when pipelines burst.

From the Statehouse to Your House

Feb. 11 Dear Friends … The pace of activity on the Senate side picked up ever so slightly during Week 5 of the 2023 Legislative Session, as we got around to confirming eight nominations and passing 10 mostly technical bills and resolutions.

The life of Jim Sherer

This person was leader of Dodge City’s premier attraction and worked hard to uphold Dodge City’s history. Jim Sherer was born on April 15, 1942, in Canton, Ohio to John H.

Sook named member of the Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee

Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of Pre-Law/Legal Studies at Fort Hays State University, Wendy Rohleder-Sook, was named a member of the Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee. This committee was created by Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Marla Luckert on December 1st, 2022, to address the issue of lack of attorney representation in rural counties in Kansas. Today, there are counties in Kansas, Wichita and Hodgeman, that have zero attorneys and others that only have one. With her knowledge and experience, Professor Rohleder-Sook will engage with the 35 members of the committee to collaborate on possible solutions to this issue.