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The floundering Kansas Department of Labor is set to finally have permanent leadership, with Gov. Laura Kelly announcing she will tap Amber Shultz, a top official in Lawrence city government, to right the ship at an agency under fire amid a historic volume of unemployment claims. The move comes as tensions over the agencys performance have reached a boiling point, with KDOL spokesperson Gerald Grasso confirming "credible threats of acts of violence against the agency itself, staff members and...

When Berkeley, Calif., in 2019 became the first city in the nation to ban natural gas infrastructure in new buildings, worried industry advocates sprang into action. States like Tennessee, Arizona and Oklahoma have since approved legislation that would essentially prohibit municipalities from banning natural gas. Kansas may be next. State lawmakers this past week have been hearing and discussing a bill, named the Energy Choice Act, that would do such. In short, local government cannot "impos...

The Manitoba government wants to ensure the Centennial Concert Hall survives for another 30 years....

When the doors of the province’s largest multipurpose performing arts hall reopen to the public, prepare to kick up your heels.

During the first week of the Kansas legislative session, the No. 1 priority for the Legislature is to extend the states COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration before it expires Jan. 26. The urgency has been underscored by the speed lawmakers are moving with to pass two bills  ― for some, maybe a bit too fast. "Ive not seen, and I dont think weve seen before, a bill that moved with such expediency," said Sen. David Haley, D-Kansas City. "I daresay it is abnormal and it lends a certain qu...

Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later Martin Kull, general manager of the Centennial Concert Hall, is looking forward to the return of live performances. The concert hall is undergoing extensive renovations during the pandemic shutdown. (Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press) When the doors of the province’s largest multipurpose performing arts hall reopen to the public, prepare to kick up your heels. Winnipeg Free Press When the doors of the province’s largest multipurpose performing ...

Al Kurth, 56, and Bert Olson, 79, both died on Jan. 2 and Jan. 5, respectively. Written By: Enterprise staff | × Alan Kurth, 56, an owner of Stacked High Deli, died Jan. 2. According to a video posted to Facebook on Monday by his son and business partner, Jerry Kurth, Al had a medical emergency while out ice fishing and died on the lake. A memorial event will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at Park Rapids Assembly of God Church. Jerry told his video audience that the deli, which is t...

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Thats why i got a subaru impreza. love. its what makes a subaru, a subaru. welcome to half past the hour, and this is breaking news. dozens of people have been injured after a car drove into the crowd of a university state of oklahoma homecoming parade. they say they have received more than 20 patients with severe injuries and others are taken by helicopters to oklahoma city and tulsa. joining me from the scene is dr. robert olson who was an alumnus who was at that parade, and what did you see...

hey, there, everyone. it is high noon in the east and 8:00 a.m. out in the west, and im alex witt and we are following the breaking news. trsh patricia is now a tropical depressi depression, and moving across central mexico, and no fatalities have been reported and damage was less than expected, but before coming ashore friday, patricia was medz sured category 5 hillary clinur winds measuring 250-miles-per-hour, and now in texas, rains have inundated north and central texas, and over 1...