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# Kansas daily brief
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-daily-brief-19/
- Published: 2026-01-19T13:34:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T02:34:22.000Z
- Description: Kansas and US news for busy people - Jan 19, 2026 edition
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: hcj, #brief, #fullemail

# 🌾Kansas

- [**Data centers and renewable energy projects halted**:](https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-counties-delay-action-on-data-centers-renewable-energy-projects/) Multiple Kansas counties are pausing or rejecting data centers, solar farms, and battery storage facilities over concerns about water/electricity use and safety, despite national polling showing 44% of Americans would welcome such projects.
- **Kansas migration stays balanced**: Kansas saw roughly equal inbound (48%) and outbound (52%) moves according to the latest Atlas Van Lines Migration Patterns Study
- **Federal SNAP work requirements cost Kansas $4 million**: Kansas must spend $4 million to comply with stricter federal food stamp work requirements included in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
- **Ground beef prices double from drought-driven cattle shortage**: Beef prices have surged dramatically—ground beef jumping from $2.50 to $5 per pound—as years of drought and economic pressures reduced Kansas cattle herds while protein demand remains strong.
- **Brief warm-up before Friday snow and Arctic cold**: Temperatures will climb to the 50s Tuesday before a second Arctic front brings statewide snow Friday-Saturday and sharply colder temps through the weekend.

[Top 5 Kansas news storiesJanuary 19 2026![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/icon/favicon-4267.ico)citizen journalGreg Loving![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/e6/f7e66a8b-8f27-493f-8b7e-664ecefd4c3d/content/images/thumbnail/Image-123-1-5.jpeg)](https://www.citizenjournal.us/top-5-kansas-news-stories-103/)

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# 🇺🇸 US

- **Trump imposes 10% tariffs on eight European nations** (escalating to 25% by June) to pressure Denmark into selling Greenland.
- **White House orders emergency power auction** as surging data center demand—projected to reach 6% of all nonresidential construction—outpaces power plant construction, risking blackouts.
- **Trump administration cut 220,000 federal jobs through November**, a 10% reduction reversing a decade of growth.
- **China hit 5% growth target driven by record exports** despite plummeting births (7.92M) and fourth straight year of population decline.
- **U.S. convenes allies February 4** to forge agreements breaking Chinese critical minerals dependence after Beijing imposed export restrictions.
- **DOJ launches criminal investigation** of Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor.

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# Weather

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# January 19 1999: First BlackBerry device hits the market

It wasn't a phone, but a two-way pager with email capability.

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