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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (State) Newsletter for Friday August 16, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Attorney General Bird Sues to Stop Taxpayer Dollars From Supporting Political Campaign Goals
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 16 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined eight other states in suing the Biden-Harris administration for using taxpayer dollars to influence elections and achieve campaign goals. In 2021, the Biden-Harris administration ordered federal agencies, with no election-related responsibilities, to develop voter registration plans. The agencies have since created these plans in secr  more

Governor and First Lady Parson to Join Dolly Parton for Imagination Library Celebration Event
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 16 -- Gov. Michael Parson, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2024: Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson, in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), announced they are hosting a celebration event with Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library team on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 11 a.m. in Kansas City, Missouri. "We are thrilled to welcome Dolly to the Show-Me State and join her to celebrate  more

IU Studying 'Subconcussions' to Preserve Safety, Fun in Youth Sports
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- Indiana University issued the following news release: Indiana University is at the forefront of neuroscience research that could identify new ways to protect young athletes from risks associated with repeated, small blows to the head. Kei Kawata, a research scientist at IU and former athletic trainer for professional sports, is leading the country's largest study of subconcussive impacts in high school football players. "It used to be we didn't know a  more

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Aug. 15, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Aug. 16 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Aug. 15, 2024: * * * 25-CONS-3058-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - SH Oil Operations, LLC Date Filed: 08/15/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3059-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Brooks Range Corporation Date Filed: 08/15/2024 * * * 25-CONS-3060-CPEN Docket Type: CPEN - Penalty Docket Description: Penalty Order - Crypto Colo Cente  more

New Book Explores How Punk Virus Continues to Infect New Generations
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: Nearly 50 years after the musical form's first flowering, the show of the summer here was by a punk rock band. On July 30, Aussie quartet Amyl and the Sniffers sold out the Granada Theater as frontwoman Amy Taylor performed for a crowd of 900 sweaty, moshing fans. Four days earlier, Olivia Rodrigo sold out the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, stomping the stage in her Doc Marten boots before a cr  more