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Kansas, Oklahoma approve religious veto on LGBT adoptions

By Mitchell Willetts, Associated Press

State lawmakers in Kansas and Oklahoma have approved legislation to grant protections to faith-based adoption agencies that cite their religious beliefs for not placing children in LGBT homes. Supporters of such measures argued that the core issue is protecting a…

Kansas voting rights trial has national implications

By Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press

A conservative Republican who has supported President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegal votes cost Trump the popular vote in 2016 will have to prove Kansas has a problem with voter fraud if he's to win a legal…

New Kansas governor to require annual sexual harassment training

By John Hanna, Associated Press

In his first executive order since taking office last week, Gov. Jeff Colyer announced Monday that all employees and interns working for Kansas executive branch agencies will be required to undergo annual sexual harassment training.

Do tax cuts spur growth? What we can learn from the Kansas budget crisis

By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson

Four years ago, businesses in Kansas went from paying over 6 percent taxes to paying nothing at all, as part of a Republican experiment to boost the limp state economy. But when the massive drop in tax revenue destabilized the…

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Drilling reawakens sleeping faults in Texas, leads to earthquakes

By Anna Kuchment, Scientific American

For 300 million years faults showed no activity, and then wastewater injections from oil and gas wells came along.

State laws will expand concealed guns to public facilities

By David A. Lieb, Associated Press

Starting Saturday, concealed guns will be permitted at college campuses in Georgia and Kansas, more public areas in Tennessee, and at the Iowa state Capitol.

Chelsea Manning to stay on active duty when released from prison tomorrow

By Robert Burns, Associated Press

The Army says that when transgender soldier Chelsea Manning is released from military prison on Wednesday she will remain on active duty in a special status, pending her final appellate review.

Republicans' narrow win for Kansas seat embolden Democrats

By Associated Press

Republicans escaped a special House election in Kansas with a single-digit victory in a district where they have romped in the past, an early warning sign for the GOP at the start of Donald Trump's presidency.