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State Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Husch Blackwell Presents 2024 Pro Bono Impact Award to Cormac Connor
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 29 -- Husch Blackwell, a law firm, issued the following news release: National law firm Husch Blackwell presented its annual Pro Bono Impact Award to Washington, DC-based partner Cormac Connor as part of National Pro Bono Week observances. Connor leads the firm's pro bono partnership with the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation (LBHF), advancing critical mental health advocacy for healthcare workers. The foundation honors Dr. Lorna Breen, a New York City emergency ph  more

Kan. A.G. Kobach Leads 27-State Coalition Asking Supreme Court to Expedite Virginia Voter Registration Case
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Virginia's law provides mechanisms to protect election integrity, while ensuring only U.S. citizens remain on voter rolls. * * * Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach lead a coalition of attorneys general from 26 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. "It has always been against the law f  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Oct. 28, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 29 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * 25-TRAM-5030-TRA Docket Type: TRA - Transportation Order Docket Description: Transportation Orders Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * 25-TRAM-200-PEN Docket Type: PEN - Penalty Orders Docket Description: In the Matter of the Investigation of Epic Excavating LLC Date Filed: 10/28/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Oct. 29, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 30 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3165-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Thresher Energy, Inc. Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-201-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenience Docket Description: FreeState Electric Cooperative Application Date Filed: 10/29/2024 * * * 25-FSEE-202-COC Docket Type: COC - Certificate of Convenie  more

University of Kansas: Study Finds Influential Textbooks Labeled American Actions as Imperialist, Contradicting American Exceptionalism
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Oct. 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The ideology of American exceptionalism has long held that the United States is and has been exceptional throughout its history, not making the same mistakes or perpetuating the same evils of other world powers. Yet a new study from the University of Kansas has found that influential history textbooks have long argued that America acted as an empire, especially in the late 19th century. Stephen Jackson,   more