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Two bills could reduce prison and probation sentences for many low-level drug crimes, like possession and intent to distribute small amounts.
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The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.
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The indictment is the latest in a series of criminal woes to befall Brian Douglas Smith, who owned the popular burger joint at 1611 Genessee St. and ran it for nearly five years.
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As the United States struggled with a crisis of addiction to opioids and other drugs over the past few years, scientists began to learn how addiction and…
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The story of the pugnacious Kansas sheriff and attorney general Vern Miller, whose antics seemed to be a throwback to the Wild West era but left a…
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Jackson County Executive Frank White Thursday blasted the audit of the COMBAT anti-crime tax commissioned by the prosecutor's office. "Unlike numerous…
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Over the last three years, millions of dollars generated by COMBAT, the anti-drug and anti-violence sales tax in Jackson County, has been spent with…
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Destini Hutson spent much of her childhood picturing what life would be like when her dad came home. Over time, her plans turned to the practical: teach...
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Segment 1: While the rest of the nation has seen a decrease in the number of drug overdose deaths, Missouri and Kansas have seen a rise.In 2018 death by…
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LAWRENCE — Before starting his CBD company, Chris Brunin researched the competition, the labs they used, the products they sold.He checked out ingredient…
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Segment 1: The changing culture of language-learning in professional baseball.About 25 percent of Major League Baseball players were from Spanish-speaking…
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Douglas rattles around a collection of glass jars in the storage closet of his Denver apartment. They’re filled with a small grain, like barley, and…