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Kan. official seeks citizenship proof 01/10/12 - 8:39pm

The top elections official in Kansas said Tuesday he will push for a change in state law to start requiring some potential voters to provide proof of their U.S. citizenship beginning June 15, six months earlier than expected.

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Study: Kansas voting 'racially and ethnically polarized' 01/10/12 - 6:26pm

According to a study presented to the House Redistricting Committee, voting in Kansas in 2008 and 2010 was racially and ethnically polarized, something legislators will have to consider as they redraw district maps.

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Lenexa Sonic robbed at gunpoint 01/11/12 - 12:35am

LENEXA - A man held two employees of Sonic at gunpoint Sunday night and fled the business with an undisclosed amount of cash, police officials said Tuesday.

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Kan. juvenile inmates lack vocational training 01/10/12 - 5:33pm

A joint legislative committee recommended Tuesday expansion of vocational training for juveniles in state custody and action to prevent mixing violent and nonviolent offenders in community residential facilities.

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Eisenhowers ask to delay D.C. memorial 01/10/12 - 4:17pm

WASHINGTON - President Dwight D. Eisenhower's family wants a memorial in the nation's capital redesigned, saying the current plans overemphasize his humble Kansas roots and neglect his accomplishments in World War II and the White House.

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Thousands expected at service for ranger 01/10/12 - 1:54pm

TACOMA, Wash. - Thousands of people were expected Tuesday at a memorial service for Margaret Anderson, the Mount Rainier National Park ranger with Kansas ties who was fatally shot on New Year's Day.

Kansans elevate recycling activity 01/10/12 - 6:27pm

A survey by state environmental regulators Tuesday offered evidence Kansans are increasingly active in recycling household waste.

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Brownback sends $16M to Bombardier 01/10/12 - 4:28pm

Gov. Sam Brownback revealed Tuesday a $16 million incentive package to support expansion of Bombardier's Learjet site in Wichita based on the possibility of creating 450 jobs over a decade.

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State Fair improving grandstand experience 01/10/12 - 11:11am

HUTCHINSON - Kansas State Fair officials are working to improve the experience for people watching a concert from the fair's grandstand. The work is difficult because the 85-year-old grandstand is nearly 450 feet long.

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Group launches bid to protect Red Hills 01/10/12 - 11:12am

MEDICINE LODGE - An environmental group is launching a $1 million campaign to obtain conservation easements in the Red Hills of Kansas to prevent development that could endanger vulnerable animals like the lesser prairie chicken.

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