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# Kansas daily brief
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-daily-brief-23/
- Published: 2026-01-23T13:16:26.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T02:34:24.000Z
- Description: Kansas and US news for busy people - Jan 23, 2026 edition
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: hcj, #brief, #fullemail

# 🌾Kansas

- **Winter Storm:** Kansas faces a dangerous winter storm Friday-Sunday with 6-10 inches of snow and life-threatening wind chills of 10-21 below zero through Monday, making travel highly discouraged.
- **Convention Measures:** Kansas House passed two bills 79-43 and 80-42 establishing rules for a constitutional convention to limit federal power, including criminal penalties for delegates who vote outside their scope.
- **Property Tax Cap:** A Senate committee advanced a constitutional amendment capping annual property value increases at 3% and rolling assessments back to 2022 levels, though critics warn it could shift tax burdens and limit local services.
- [**Hays Recognition:**](https://www.citizenjournal.us/hays-named-2025-community-of-the-year-by-national-media-platform/) Hays was named 2025 Community of the Year by Community Playmaker for civic innovations including water conservation, a new high school partnership, and childcare/senior community center.
- **Chiefs Stadium:** The Chiefs' $3 billion stadium STAR bonds are projected to pay off 10-15 years early, with the project expected to create 20,000 construction jobs and 4,000 permanent positions.

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# 🇺🇸 US

- **Winter Storm**: A dangerous winter storm threatens 160M+ Americans with snow from the Plains to Northeast and catastrophic ice accumulation across the South, triggering a 63% natural gas price surge and fears of widespread power outages.
- **Violent Crime**: U.S. violent crime fell to its lowest rate in 125 years in 2025, with homicides down 25% and all seven violent crime categories dropping below pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
- [**ICE Warrants**:](https://www.citizenjournal.us/ice-warrant-policy-sparks-constitutional-debate/) A controversial ICE policy now allows agents to forcibly enter homes using administrative warrants signed by ICE officials rather than judges, sparking constitutional debates over Fourth Amendment protections.
- **TikTok Deal**: TikTok secured U.S. operations through a joint venture with Oracle overseeing data management, resolving years of national security concerns after Trump delayed a ban to allow negotiations.
- **Maduro Capture**: Despite Latin America's historical resentment of U.S. intervention, majorities across the region (63-74% in most countries polled) supported the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

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# Weather

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# January 23 1907: Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American elected to the U.S. Senate

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