#Kansas moves towards restricting DEI in public universities

#Kansas moves towards restricting DEI in public universities

The Kansas House on Thursday passed a bill to restrict diversity-oriented hiring practices at Kansas universities, making the Sunflower State the latest to try to limit DEI initiatives in educational settings.  The bill passed in the Kansas House of Representatives in an 81-39 vote on Thursday, with five lawmakers absent from the vote. The bill would prevent the…

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#Kansas enacts sweeping transgender ‘bathroom bill’

#Kansas enacts sweeping transgender ‘bathroom bill’

Republican legislators in Kansas on Thursday enacted what LGBTQ rights groups have characterized as one of the most sweeping and restrictive transgender bathroom bills in U.S. history, overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the measure. The Kansas House voted 84-40 Thursday to override Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 180, which defines sex in state law…

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#Kansas cops pardon turkey from charges after breaking into home

#Kansas cops pardon turkey from charges after breaking into home

“Kansas cops pardon turkey from charges after breaking into home” President Biden wasn’t the only one to pardon a turkey this Thanksgiving. A Kansas sheriff pardoned “Tom” Wednesday “from any criminal damage charges” after two officers removed it from a home it broke into earlier this month, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said. Tom the turkey…

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#University of Oklahoma meteorology students chasing tornado killed in crash traveling home

#University of Oklahoma meteorology students chasing tornado killed in crash traveling home

“University of Oklahoma meteorology students chasing tornado killed in crash traveling home” Three University of Oklahoma meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas died in a crash Friday evening. Nicholas Nair, 20, of Denton, Texas; Gavin Short, 19, of Grayslake, Illinois; and Drake Brooks, 22, of Evansville, Indiana, died in the crash shortly…

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