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A person walks across the Statehouse grounds in Topeka, Kan., Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
TOPEKA Members of a Kansas House panel have heard testimony from Democratic lawmakers pushing for Kansas to join a handful of states observing a day honoring Native Americans instead of Christopher Columbus, but a chief proponent said he doubted that the bill would get a vote.
The House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Tuesday listened to remarks from three lawmakers who said Kansas needed to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day to acknowledge how the understanding of Columbus’ legacy has changed over the years.
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Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday extended a statewide mask order into March as the state continues to face high numbers of coronavirus cases. The order, which has been in place since July, requires face masks in public when interacting within 6 feet with people from another household. The extension pushes the order until 5 p.m. March 5. The Republican governor said wearing a mask is one thing people can do to help slow the spread of the virus. She thanked the people of the state for taking precautions and being willing to take the vaccine. “We’ll get through this thing together,” Ivey said. More than 6,370 people have died from COVID-19 in Alabama, and about 430,000 have tested positive since the pandemic began. State case numbers hit record levels in the wake of winter holidays, but the state has seen recent improvements
Messenger
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 17: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim invited the MPs and government to the ordinary parliamentary sessions slated for Jan 19-20, 2021.
The agenda of these sessions include approval of the minutes of the previous session, complaints and petitions, incoming letters, and grilling motion filed by MPs Badr Al-Dahoum, Khalid Al-Otaibi and Thamer Al-Suwait against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid.
The grilling motion consists of three points – violation of the Constitution due to lack of commitment to the parliamentary election results in forming the government, government’s domination over the formation of parliamentary committees and Assembly Office, and violation of Article 98 of the Constitution. This article states that “upon formation, every ministry shall submit its program to the Assembly and the Assembly may express whatever comments it deems appropriate thereon.”