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Posts Tagged ‘Kansas Reflector’

On Top of $1 Billion Fallout from February Cold Snap, Natural Gas Prices Expected to Climb this Winter

By | November 2, 2021 | 0
The Calista Compressor Station serves the Kansas Gas Service’s network in Kansas.

After a historic cold snap depleted natural gas reserves in February, prices for heating could be as much as 30% higher this winter, prompting concerns about increasing bills for Kansas and Missouri customers.

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For-profit Kansas Prison an Understaffed ‘Hell Hole’ of Violence, Death and Drugs

By | October 7, 2021 | 0
Melody Brannon, federal public defender in Kansas, said her clients who are detained at CoreCivic’s Leavenworth Detention Center are terrified.

Attorneys and former guards describe CoreCivic’s pre-trial detention facility in Leavenworth as out of control,

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Two-thirds of Kansas’ 25 Largest Public School Districts Adopt Mask Mandates

By | August 25, 2021 | 0
Heather King, a nurse and mother of a 9-year-old daughter, supported the Johnson County Commissions public health order requiring children from pre-K to sixth grade to wear masks indoor at school.

Two-thirds of elected school boards responsible for the 25 largest public school districts in Kansas imposed some form of an indoor masking mandate in response to the spread of COVID-19.

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‘Big and Bold’ Infrastructure Bill Falls Short on Helping States Fight Climate Change

By | August 9, 2021 | 0
Electric vehicles are displayed before a news conference with White House climate adviser Gina McCarthy and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to highlight electric vehicles on April 22, 2021, at Union Station near Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Critics who wanted to see a greater focus on advancing climate action and equity for disadvantaged communities say the infrastructure spending bill comes up short, or even worsens, progress toward those goals.

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Report: Residents in Kansas, Missouri Get Drinking Water From Lead Pipes at High Rates

By | July 16, 2021 | 0
Girl getting water at a sink.

People in Missouri and Kansas risk lead exposure from drinking water at greater rates than almost any other state, a new report found.

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