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*Kansas Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Tuesday November 05, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Kan. Corporation Commission Announces Dockets for Nov. 4, 2024
TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 5 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * 25-UTDT-206-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Brightspeed Application Date Filed: 11/04/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/portal.aspx  more

Marshall and Bipartisan Colleagues Call on Mark Zuckerberg to Remove and Prevent Ads for Illicit Drugs on Meta Platforms
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Overland Park, Kansas U.S. Roger Marshall, M.D. led a bipartisan letter with U.S. Senators Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) calling on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to take action to remove and prevent advertisements for illicit drugs on all Meta platforms. The letter builds on Marshall and Shaheen's bipartisan Cooper Davis Act, named after a Kansas teen who tra  more

N.Y. U.S. Attorney: Two National MS-13 Gang Leaders and Other MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted for Murders in Queens and Long Island
BROOKLYN, New York, Nov. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release: A 49-count superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn that includes new charges relating to murders allegedly ordered and committed by national leaders, members and associates of the violent transnational criminal organization La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. To date, multiple MS-13 members and associates have been charged in   more

Sen. Moran Issues Statement on VA Latest Budgeting Debacle
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today released the following statement after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) revealed that none of the supplemental funding for the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in FY2024 was actually needed, and a projected shortfall for the Veterans Heal  more