Manhattan

• Property valuation notices will be mailed on Feb. 25, and owners wishing to appeal their valuations must file a request by the March 26 deadline. →
• County officials are opposing Senate Bill 329, arguing that shifting from mass appraisals to a single-fee system would create a significant financial and operational burden for the county. →
• The Riley County Commission is considering a recommendation to create a county administrator role to centralize human resources, finance, and counseling functions as the current County Clerk prepares to retire. →
• Authorities are urging residents to secure their cars following a trend of firearms being stolen from unlocked vehicles and used in subsequent crimes. →
• Police arrested 27-year-old Tyrea Stewart in Manhattan on probation violation warrants stemming from prior charges of DUI and child endangerment. Stewart is currently being held without bond in Riley County. →
• The transfer station will close from March 2 to April 10 for the construction of a new tipping floor, with a temporary dump site available for customers during the project. →
• County staff are developing new protocols and signage for public facilities to comply with Senate Bill 244, which is expected to take effect following a legislative override of the governor's veto. →
• Expect a partly sunny day with a high of 65, though things will turn breezy as southwest winds gust up to 25 mph before a chilly overnight drop to 30.

🌾 Kansas

• Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday, saying she is hopeful the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision striking down President Trump's sweeping tariffs will bring relief to Kansas farmers hit hard by depressed commodity prices and disrupted export markets. →

• Kansas Senate Majority Leader Chase Blasi is asking the Sedgwick County Commission to adopt a three-year moratorium on data center development, warning he is prepared to introduce state-level legislation if the commission does not act. →

• Early in-person voting began Monday for a special election in Hutchinson on a proposed 0.75% sales tax increase that would double the city's local rate and raise the combined sales tax to 9% to fund streets, parks, police and fire services. →

• Salina voters are deciding Tuesday whether to repeal the city's 22-year-old ordinance banning pit bulls in a special election triggered by a citizen petition. →

• Tre White scored a season-high 23 points as No. 14 Kansas bounced back from a loss to Cincinnati with a 69-56 victory over No. 5 Houston on Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Trump will use his State of the Union address tonight to sell the public on the economy and unveil new cost-lowering measures as Republicans scramble to address voter anxiety over affordability ahead of November's midterm elections. →

• A 7,000-word hypothetical scenario published by Citrini Research helped fuel an 800-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, underscoring how sensitive a tech-heavy, AI-anxious market has become. →

• Apple will begin manufacturing its Mac Mini desktop computer at a Foxconn facility in north Houston later this year, shifting production from Asia as part of a $600 billion U.S. investment pledge made under Trump administration pressure. →

• IBM shares plunged 13% on Monday after Anthropic published a blog post detailing how its AI tools can help modernize COBOL, the legacy programming language that still underpins critical systems running on IBM mainframes. →

• Meta Platforms agreed to purchase $100 billion worth of AI computing power from AMD over five years, marking the largest chip deal in tech history while doing nothing to reduce U.S. dependence on Taiwan for manufacturing the processors. →

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February 24 1803: Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review

Marbury v. Madison is important because it gave the Supreme Court the power to say when a law violates the Constitution. This power, called judicial review, means even Congress and the President can be checked if they overstep their authority. It helps protect people’s rights by making sure the government follows the Constitution as the highest law of the land.

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