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Racial justice panel in Kansas issues recommendations
By ANDY TSUBASA FIELDJuly 15, 2021 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas racial justice panel appointed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has recommended expanding Medicaid, adding another income tax bracket for top-income earners, restoring a food sales tax rebate and banning Native American mascots and team names in public schools.
The 15-member Commission on Racial Justice and Equity created the recommendations after meeting with Kansas Department of Commerce officials, Kansas Department of Health and Environment staff and others, according to the report. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly established the commission last year in response to the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Prosecution: Father killed son who wanted to cut him off
by Patty Nieberg, The Associated Press
Posted Jul 15, 2021 6:38 pm EDT
Last Updated Jul 15, 2021 at 6:41 pm EDT
DENVER (AP) A Colorado man killed his son almost a decade ago, after the 13-year-old boy learned things about his father that ultimately ruined their relationship, prosecutors told a jury in closing arguments Thursday.
Mark Redwine, 59, is on trial on charges of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in the death of Dylan Redwine. The boy was reported missing on Nov. 19, 2012, while on a court-ordered Thanksgiving visit to his home outside the small southwestern city of Durango.
For pregnant women, pandemic made hunt for drug rehab harder
SALLY HO and CAMILLE FASSETT, Associated Press
July 15, 2021
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1of8Megan Sims, second from right, along with daughter Aaliyah and son Christian, talks with Hendrée Jones, executive director of Horizons in Carrboro, N.C., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Sims couldn t stop using drugs during the pandemic, even as she discovered she was pregnant. Through word of mouth, Sims discovered Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program at the University of North Carolina s School of Medicine that is designed specifically for pregnant women and mothers.Gerry Broome/APShow MoreShow Less
2of8Megan Sims is shown with her children, 3 month-old Christian and Aaliyah, 7, in Carrboro, N.C., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Sims couldn t stop using drugs during the pandemic, even as she discovered she was pregnant. Through word of mouth, Sims discovered Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program at th
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Last Modified: 8:56 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021 Save to Read Later
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Farmers, environmentalists and small-town business owners gathered at the Hoover Dam on Thursday to call for a moratorium on pipelines and dams along the Colorado River that they said jeopardizes the 40 million people who rely on it as a water source.
Eric Bonner of Lansing Mich. visits the Hoover Dam in the Arizona side with his mother-in-law Zina Ibragimova, left, and his sister-in-law Gamar Ibragimovai, center, Thursday, July 15, 2021. A coalition of activists, conservationists, elected officials, and business and agricultural interests gather at Hoover Dam to call for a moratorium on what they call wasteful uses of Colorado River water including dam and diversion projects. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Jo