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# Kansas daily brief
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/kansas-daily-brief-4/
- Published: 2025-12-29T11:56:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-04T02:34:12.000Z
- Description: Kansas and US news for busy people - Dec 29, 2025 edition
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: hcj, email, #summary

## 🌾Kansas

- **Olathe Chamber of Secrets**: The Kansas City Chiefs will relocate their headquarters and practice facility to Olathe following a two-year secret pursuit led by the city's Chamber of Commerce CEO under multiple NDAs.
- **Kelly's Final Session**: Gov. Laura Kelly's last legislative priorities include passing a balanced budget, supporting the Chiefs deal, finalizing water strategy, and launching an Office of Early Childhood amid expected federal cuts affecting 90,000 Kansans on Medicaid.
- **Taiwanese Battery Plant**: Apogee Power will open its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Liberal, initially creating 20-30 jobs with plans to expand to 70 positions for battery energy storage systems.
- **Marion Raid Documentary**: "Seized," a documentary about the controversial 2023 police raid on the Marion County Record newspaper, will premiere at Sundance Film Festival as one of 10 U.S. documentary competition selections.
- **Salina Burglaries**: Police are investigating three break-ins on Dec. 19 at two businesses and one residence, with combined losses exceeding $7,100 in electronics, jewelry, gift cards and other items.

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## 🇺🇸 US

- **Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Confesses**: Virginia man Brian J. Cole Jr. admitted to planting pipe bombs at RNC and DNC headquarters after FBI showed him surveillance footage placing him at the scene; he claimed he acted because he suspected the 2020 election was "tampered with."
- **DOJ Targets DEI Programs as Fraud**: Trump's Justice Department is investigating major companies including Google and Verizon under the False Claims Act, arguing that federal contractors considering diversity in hiring constitutes fraud against the government.
- **ICE Street Arrests Surge Under Trump**: Immigration arrests in communities have skyrocketed to over 17,500 in September—exceeding any month since 2011—as ICE shifts from jail-based pickups to street enforcement, making four times more at-large arrests weekly than Trump's first term.
- **Phones at Age 12 Linked to Health Risks**: UPenn study of 10,500+ children found that receiving smartphones at age 12 versus 13 increased teens' risk of poor sleep by 60% and obesity by 40%.
- **Trump-Zelensky Discuss 20-Point Peace Plan**: Trump and Zelensky met at Mar-a-Lago to advance a revised peace framework to end the Ukraine war, with Trump claiming they're "maybe very close" to a deal, though significant obstacles remain including Putin's willingness to sign on.

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## Weather

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### December 29 1851: first YMCA in the US opens at the Old South Church in Boston

Today, there are almost 2,700 locations nationwide.