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Walmart opens beef packaging facility in Kansas, hires 600 workers
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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June 27, 2025
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. Walmart opened its first owned and operated case-ready beef packaging facility in Olathe, Kan., on Friday, creating more than 600 jobs in the area. Workers at the...
2026 NBA Mock Draft: Kansas’ Darryn Peterson Ahead of BYU’s AJ Dybantsa
BVM Sports
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June 27, 2025
The 2026 NBA Draft is shaping up to be one of the strongest classes in recent memory, featuring top prospects like Darryn Peterson from Kansas, who stands out as the top-ranked high school player. Peterson is recognized for his scoring ability and...
Western Kansas has a lot of land but few outdoor activities. New trails are helping
High Plains Public Radio - Kansas
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June 27, 2025
Western Kansas towns are surrounded by land. Yet some communities have very few spaces to safely exercise and explore the outdoors. While most of the land in this region is used for agriculture, residents of the area want designated spaces to...
One Kansas town that is stuck on barbed wire
KMUW - Kansas
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LA CROSSE -- Go anywhere in Kansas and you’re bound to see barbed wire … the prickly fencing that rips clothing, keeps livestock from wandering off and may even make for good neighbors. Much of the history of La Crosse -- the county seat of Rush...
CCP Climate Lawfare Against U.S. Energy Exposed Before Senate Judiciary Committee
Breitbart
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June 26, 2025
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is financially backing left-wing climate lawfare in the United States, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, and dark money expert Scott Walter revealed the shady details while testifying...
KDHE reports one new measles case in Kansas
The Hutchinson News - Kansas
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Kansas reported one new measles case in Morton County, an unvaccinated child under four, reactivating a previously resolved outbreak. Statewide, Kansas has 80 total measles cases, 77 linked to a southwest Kansas outbreak, with three...
Cruz: China using Climate activism to undermine US energy independence
Must Read Alaska
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June 26, 2025
By MORGAN SWEENEY China coordinates with the “radical left” and uses climate activism as a cover to undermine American energy independence, Republicans said at a U.S. Senate committee hearing Wednesday. Chair of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee...
A $1.2B project to widen K-10 to six lanes near De Soto wins key federal environmental approvals
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World Traffic travels westward on Kansas Highway 10 near the Douglas-Johnson County line on April 19, 2024. Anybody who remembers the approximately 20-year effort to win approval for the South Lawrence Trafficway...
Hays Public Library hosts Humanities Kansas presentation on upcycling history
Tiger Media Network - Kansas
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June 26, 2025
By LAURA DANIEL Tiger Media Network On Tuesday, the Hays Public Library welcomed community members to a special Humanities Kansas presentation focused on the history of upcycling. Led by presenter Maria Day, the talk explored the creative reuse of...
Senate Hearing Explores China’s Role In Funding U.S. Climate Groups
Forbes
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Senator Ted Cruz, R-TX, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / ... More POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)POOL/AFP via Getty Images Alleging that foreign money from entities tied to the...
AAA forecasts busy roadways across Kansas for July 4th
KNSS - Kentucky
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June 26, 2025
AAA is projecting strong travel volume for the upcoming Independence Day holiday. Shawn Steward, public affairs manager for AAA Kansas spoke with KNSS News on Steve and Ted in the Morning. "Travelers are gearing up for a busy Fourth of July travel...
Community Development At The Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Governor Michael S. Barr, At The Policy Summit 2025: Building Strong And Sustainable Communities, Hosted By The Federal Reserve Bank Of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
Mondovisione
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Thank you, Eric, thank you to the conference organizers for asking me to speak today, and thank you, especially, to the practitioners here for the work you do in building stronger communities.1 Your mission has also been at the center of my career...
How tracking towers are helping save Canada’s at-risk wildlife
Canada's National Observer
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June 24, 2025
Each year, Canadian conservationists release dozens of young Eastern loggerhead shrikes into the wild, hoping to reverse the decline of one of the country’s most endangered songbirds. Once common across eastern Canada — in Ontario, Quebec and part...
Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
Royals Review - Missouri
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June 25, 2025
The Tampa Bay baseball club named for sunshine (NOT marine wildlife) will take on the Kansas City baseball club named for a livestock festival (NOT monarchy) this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City will look to snap an ongoing eight-game...
Senate GOP scrutinizes China's role in climate lawsuits, which Dems call a 'conspiracy theory'
Just the News
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June 26, 2025
A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the role of Chinese funding in climate litigation became a debate between Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who argued Chinese influence is undermining American energy, and Senate Democrats who want oil...
Nebius Group (NBIS): Is $84 Wishful Thinking or a Future Reality
24/7 Wall St.
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July 19, 2025
Investing Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock.com Key Points in This Article: Nebius Group’s (NBIS) 90% YTD stock surge and Nvidia partnership fuel optimism for a $84 price target, driven by 385% revenue growth and a projected $1 billion ARR this year....
These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future
Corporate Knights
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June 25, 2025
If there’s one big takeaway from the results of Corporate Knights’ annual survey of Canada’s Best 50 Corporate Citizens, it’s that there’s no such thing as “business as usual” anymore. The Best 50 ranking was first developed back in 2002 to track...
What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
Canada's National Observer
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June 24, 2025
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration When Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma, Washington. The young Gary Ridgway, the future...
Local church volunteers give Kansas City Public Schools facilities a makeover
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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June 25, 2025
Volunteers with a local Methodist church spent the past week giving a Kansas City Public Schools preschool a makeover. Members of Resurrection, a United Methodist Church, took some time to help brighten classrooms and school spaces for students in...
Molly McGrath’s ‘SportsCenter’ assignment from the Cape Cod League is a homecoming
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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She has made the summer pilgrimage to the Cape many times, including as a BC student. Even before she knew she was receiving this assignment, her family, including her California-based parents, already was planning a vacation next week in...