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McPherson

• County officials are developing zoning regulations for data centers and battery energy storage systems, with public hearings expected this spring. →
• Sheriff Jerry Montagne reported the county jail is currently housing 57 inmates, nearly reaching its maximum capacity of 60 detainees. →
• Farmers Alliance completed an employee-driven redesign of its 1122 N. Main headquarters, featuring modern collaborative workspaces and streaming technology. →
• Newly launched membership-based care program allows seniors to age in their own homes with guaranteed access to care and a dedicated personal wellness navigator. →
• The Cook's Nook is offering guided cooking lessons using fresh ingredients for participants ranging from beginners to seasoned home chefs. →
• Eight wrestlers from McPherson High School qualified for the KSHSAA 4A State Tournament in Salina following strong regional performances by both the girls and boys teams. →
• Ad Astra Radio announcer Lane Gillespie received the KSHSAA Oscar Stauffer award for his work covering McPherson High School and College athletics. →
• The Citizen Journal has established guidelines for letters to the editor, requiring submissions to be 800 words or fewer and including the author's full name and location. →
• Expect Partly Sunny skies today with a mild high of 68, though it'll be breezy with southwesterly gusts reaching 21 mph.

🌾 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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