Kansas

Independence, Kansas

The Kansas Forest Service (KFS) issued a press release on Wednesday, May 14, calling on the state’s residents to support the agency as it faces dire straits. The source of the KFS’s anxiety comes from the federal Fiscal Year 2026 proposal, which contains a big change that could seriously impact some of its critical services.

The KFS said the Trump Administration’s budget proposal would eliminate all Forest Service State, Private and Tribal Forestry (SPTF) programs. These programs help the KFS with wildfire prevention, support local fire departments, assist private landowners with management of forests or windbreaks, community tree planting and care, along with habitat restoration.

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/27061311

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28861747

Summary

When Rosmery Alvarado, 42, arrived in Kansas City on Wednesday with her husband and daughter to attend a spousal interview for her green card application, “everyone had a bad feeling.”

They had received unusual short notice for the interview and saw warning signs. 40 minutes later, Alvarado was on her way to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center.

“We didn’t get any kind of warning. They didn’t let us say goodbye.”

“My mom is not a criminal,” Carina Moran said. “She’s just my mom.” “She told us that she was scared and that she probably cried to herself throughout the whole night, that it was cold.”

We should reach out to Senators Moran and Marshall to encourage them on this. Trump must be reigned in.

Thank you, Governor Kelly!

Reporting is that only Goddard is confirmed so far. Not sure how this will fair with the 50501 protests going on at the same time.

Good to see KC standing up.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Three federal civil lawsuits filed after the raid on the Marion County Record will proceed. This development follows a federal judge’s decision to reject efforts to fully dismiss the cases on Friday. The lawsuits were brought by Eric Meyer, publisher and editor of the Marion County Record; reporter Phyllis Zorn; and office manager Cheri Bentz.

Good to see that justice is proceeding on this. Silencing the news is not a good plan.

Adam wanted to make a difference when he came back. His mission? To end school lunch debt for students in the district that he attended.

This is certainly alarming

A Trumper Karen trespasses onto their kids school to take pictures of a innocuous Gay-Straight alliance flyer and post online. They were banned from the premises but now they’re allowed back because the district caved in. This same lady has caused some books to be banned in the same district.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/34953824

A measles outbreak in Kansas more than doubled Wednesday to 23 cases, and an outbreak in Ohio grew to 10

DOWNS, Kan. (KWCH) - A Kyle Railroad train derailed Thursday morning on a highway in northeast Osborne County, causing seven railcars carrying corn to leave the tracks.

RIP

TOPEKA — Sen. Virgil Peck wants to raise the rent of reporters who write “inaccurate” things about him from their Statehouse offices.

The war between the Kansas GOP and Kansas' media organizations and government transparency laws continues...

TOPEKA — Sen. Virgil Peck wants to raise the rent of reporters who write “inaccurate” things about him from their Statehouse offices.

The war between the Kansas GOP and Kansas' media organizations and government transparency laws continues...