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The American Civil Liberties Union plans to testify before a Kansas legislative committee against a bill designed to protect religious groups on public college campuses. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee was having a hearing Monday on the bill. The Senate approved the measure earlier this month. The bill would prohibit state universities, community colleges and ...

10 years ago
State records show Rep. Virgil Peck of Montgomery County used a state plane to fly from western Kansas to Topeka and back to vote on school finance bill. Peck was the only passenger on the plane from Coffeyville to Topeka on March 13 so he could vote on implementing block grant funding for the state's schools. ...

10 years ago
Gov. Sam Brownback's former chief of staff is lobbying against a proposed tax increase on tobacco, one of the governor's primary proposals to balance the state's budget. Kansas secretary of state's records show David Kensinger registered as a lobbyist for Reynolds American on Feb. 6. That is six weeks after Kensinger was asked by Budget ...

10 years ago
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback hopes the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature wraps up several key budget issues this week. Lawmakers must erase a projected shortfall of nearly $600 million for the next fiscal year. The Senate has approved a $15.5 billion budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that won't balance without tax increases. The House's Republican leaders ...

10 years ago
A police officer sustained a minor injury in a fire that damaged a north Salina vacant home early Sunday morning. First responders were called at 7:54 in the morning to the report of a fire at 155 North Broadway. The Salina Fire Department told KSAL News at the scene that heavy smoke and flames were coming ...

10 years ago
Two teens, including one from Salina, were involved in a single-vehicle rollover injury accident on a rural road near Concordia Saturday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am driven by 18-year-old Marcus Alexander Dice of Onaga was headed south on 130th Road. He lost control of the car and it rolled ...

10 years ago
First responders from across Kansas are headed to the Salina area this week to a large downtown gas explosion. According to the Kansas Adjutant General's Office, scores of participants from state, local and private organizations across Kansas will take part in a two-day emergency response exercise at the Crisis City training facility west of Salina. ...

10 years ago
A jury duty phone scam is going around the Salina area. Multiple people reported receiving a phone call on Saturday claiming to be from the Saline County Sheriff's Office. The caller says that jury duty has been missed, and an arrest warrant has been issued. The caller goes on to say that the warrant can be ...

10 years ago
GOP legislators are weighing the political risks of voting on legislation allowing supermarkets to sell stronger alcohol. Republican Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce said in a Wednesday meeting of the GOP Senate caucus that the chamber needs to debate the issue as it looks ahead to the 2016 campaign. That's because the topic has been the ...

10 years ago
The father of an Iraq war veteran who died after he was struck over the head with a beer bottle is seeking $1.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that a jury trial is scheduled for Oct. 13 in the case filed by Joseph Sardina. He blames 23-year-old Justin Gonzalez and Whitney ...

10 years ago
Police have arrested a man in the killing of a Liberal woman whose death initially appeared to be a suicide. The High Plains Daily Leader reports that no charges have been filed against the suspect. He was arrested Friday in the death of 31-year-old Andrea Garrison. Liberal Police Capt. Pat McClurg said in a news release that ...