Kelly Says Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Could Bring Relief to Kansas Farmers

Kansas Lawmaker Asks for Three-Year Pause on Sedgwick County Data Centers

Early Voting Begins for Hutchinson Sales Tax Election

Salina Voters Weigh In on 22-Year-Old Pit Bull Ban in Special Election

White Scores 23 as No. 14 Kansas Rebounds With 69-56 Win Over No. 5 Houston

Kelly Says Supreme Court Tariff Ruling Could Bring Relief to Kansas Farmers

WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday as part of a bipartisan panel of governors, saying she is "hopeful" that the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 decision striking down President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs will bring relief to Kansas farmers who "have been hit very, very hard" by depressed commodity prices and disrupted export markets for grain sorghum, wheat and soybeans, while also calling for better coordination between ICE and local law enforcement on immigration and emphasizing her record of bipartisan governing in a state with a Republican-controlled Legislature.

Kelly says Supreme Court tariff ruling could bring relief to Kansas farmers

Kansas governor joins bipartisan panel of governors on CBS, calls for ‘more thoughtful’ trade policy and coordinated immigration enforcement

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Kansas Lawmaker Asks for Three-Year Pause on Sedgwick County Data Centers

WICHITA, Kan. — Kansas Senate Majority Leader Chase Blasi is asking the Sedgwick County Commission to adopt a three-year moratorium on data center development, saying community trust has been broken by out-of-state companies that have failed to communicate with residents about the resources the facilities would consume in the densely populated county, and warning he is prepared to introduce state-level legislation if the commission does not act, while Sedgwick County Farm Bureau Executive Director Anthony Seiler said the organization backs the American Farm Bureau's policy on responsible data center development and wants answers about impacts to the electrical grid, roads, drainage and emergency management before any projects move forward. The commission, which put a 90-day permit suspension in place in January, declined to comment.

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Early Voting Begins for Hutchinson Sales Tax Election

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — 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 from 0.75% to 1.5% and raise the combined sales tax to 9%, with the city saying revenue would fund streets, parks, stormwater improvements, police and fire services and help close a roughly $3 million structural budget gap that has drawn down reserves, while also eliminating a $4.75 monthly stormwater utility fee on residents' bills. The Hutchinson City Council placed the measure on the ballot in December after staff warned that current revenue cannot cover rising costs. If approved, the tax would take effect Oct. 1 and remain in place for 10 years.

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Salina Voters Weigh In on 22-Year-Old Pit Bull Ban in Special Election

SALINA, Kan. — Salina voters are deciding Tuesday whether to repeal the city's 22-year-old ordinance banning pit bulls, with mail-in ballots due by noon in a special election triggered by a citizen petition that gathered enough signatures to force the question before voters, and the outcome — which cannot be revisited for at least 10 years — will determine whether all dogs in the city are regulated equally regardless of breed, after residents heard perspectives from both sides at a public forum earlier this month.

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White Scores 23 as No. 14 Kansas Rebounds With 69-56 Win Over No. 5 Houston

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Tre White scored a season-high 23 points and No. 14 Kansas bounced back from a surprising loss to unranked Cincinnati with a 69-56 victory over No. 5 Houston on Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse, as Darryn Peterson added 14 points, Bryson Tiller posted 11 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, and the Jayhawks held the Cougars to 32% shooting to hand Houston its third consecutive defeat — the program's longest losing streak since 2017.

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Sources

1. KWCH — Kansas Lawmaker Asks for Three-Year Pause on Sedgwick County Data Centers
2. KWCH — Early Voting Begins for Hutchinson Sales Tax Election
3. KWCH — Special Election on Salina Ordinance Banning Pit Bulls
4. KWCH / Associated Press — White Scores 23 as No. 14 Kansas Rebounds With 69-56 Win Over No. 5 Houston

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