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# Kansas daily brief
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-daily-brief-35/
- Published: 2026-02-11T12:45:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T02:34:35.000Z
- Description: Kansas and US news for busy people - Feb 11, 2026 edition
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: hcj, #brief, #fullemail

# 🌾Kansas

- **Kansas faces a severe rural attorney shortage** with 80% of lawyers concentrated in five urban counties while 45% of the population lives in rural areas, prompting the Supreme Court to launch the Rural Justice Initiative after judges reported difficulty appointing constitutionally-required criminal defense counsel.
- **House advances social media child safety bill and immigration enforcement mandate** requiring platforms to limit compulsive use features for minors while forcing sheriffs to comply with federal immigration detainers and preventing sanctuary-style policies.
- **State seizes local water control authority** as House passes bill 116-6 shifting transfer approval power to the state's chief engineer, overriding county-level zoning and moratoriums despite concerns about undermining community input on industrial water usage.
- **Voter registration website restrictions pass along party lines** with an 86-36 House vote imposing new requirements on third-party registration platforms that Republicans say protect election integrity but Democrats argue will suppress registration among young voters.
- **Pharmacists protest unsustainable middleman pricing** as data shows 83% of prescriptions at independent pharmacies are filled at or below cost due to pharmacy benefit manager reimbursement rates, forcing drugstores to rely on vaccines and retail sales to survive.

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# 🇺🇸 US

• **FAA grounds all El Paso flights for 10 days** citing unspecified "special security reasons" with authorization to use deadly force against threats—the most sweeping U.S. airport closure since Reagan National was shut for 23 days after 9/11.

• **Netanyahu makes urgent White House visit** as Iran nuclear talks stall and Trump oscillates between threatening military strikes and pursuing diplomatic deals amid regional tensions.

• **Grand jury refuses to indict Democratic senators** (including Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin) who told troops they could disobey illegal orders, delivering a rare rebuke to DOJ prosecutors.

• **First social media addiction trial begins** with a 20-year-old plaintiff accusing Meta and YouTube of deliberately hooking children through "slot machine" features like infinite scroll and autoplay.

• **Gunman kills nine at remote Canadian school** in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, leaving seven dead inside the school (including the shooter) and two at a nearby residence, reigniting Canada's gun control debate.

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# February 11 1751: America's first hospital opens its doors "to care for the sick-poor and insane...wandering the streets of Philadelphia." It is co-founded by Ben Franklin.

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