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The legalization measure puts in tight restrictions on what conditions cannabis could be used for, and which doctors can recommend it, in an effort to win over support from conservatives.
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In addition to threatening criminal penalties for blocking streets, the GOP-led bill would lower the gun conceal and carry age to 18, ban police chokeholds, and criminalize officers having sex with detainees.
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A year of school closures, quarantines and work from home underscored the importance of child care, even as providers in the Kansas City area struggled to keep their doors open.
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After a new policy deemed the district's Native American mascots to be offensive, Shawnee Mission North students officially voted in the bison as the new mascot.
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Absent statewide mandates, local communities should continue to use preventive measures to ensure safe working conditions, an expert said.
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Even though Johnson County no longer requires masks to be worn in public, local police departments maintain that reaching a peaceful resolution is preferable to arrests and charges.
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Irrigation practices are changing, partly because of economics and partly because of a cultural shift among farmers on the High Plains.
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What started as a tense debate over whether Rockwood’s schools should reopen in person last fall has descended into schoolyard bullying among the adults.
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Dr. Rex Archer announced his retirement Tuesday on the steps of City Hall, saying he was not entirely ready to go fishing but has plans to move into higher education.
