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Speech Governor Walz gave at the Kansas State Capitol!

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Painting I made as a demo after my guest lecture at Fort Hays State University yesterday.

It was such a fun experience getting to share tips & exercises on how to build your art style. I am going to try and make a condensed video version of it when I get back home! ❤️

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mom: i went to the university and then the votech

me: whatd you do at the university then

mom: failed.

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The Best News of Last Week - March 20, 2023

🌱 - Okra to the Rescue and Other News You Can't 'Lettuce' Miss This Week

1. 4 day work week being pushed in Congress

Progressive Democrats, led by Rep. Mark Takano of California, are pushing for a four-day workweek to give Americans more time for leisure outside of work. The proposed Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to require overtime pay for any employee working more than 32 hours in a week at a rate of time and a half.

More than 70 British companies have started to test a four-day workweek, and halfway through the six-month trial, most respondents reported there has been no loss in productivity.

2. Governor Walz signs universal school meals bill into Minnesota law

Minnesota just became the fourth state in the US to provide breakfasts and lunches at no charge to students at participating schools! The bill was signed into law by Governor Tim Walz on Friday, and it's set to ease the burden on parents who struggle to provide meals for their children.

The new legislation will cover the cost of meals for all students, regardless of household income. This means that families who don't qualify for free and reduced meals but who struggle to pay for food will also be covered. The bill is also meant to prevent "lunch shaming" practices, where children are denied food or given substitutes that indicate their family is struggling financially.

3. Texas Researchers Use Okra to Remove Microplastics from Wastewater

Researchers from Tarleton State University in Fort Worth, Texas discovered that food-grade plant extracts from okra have the power to remove microplastics from wastewater. Polysaccharide extracts from plants like fenugreek, cactus, aloe vera, tamarind, and okra were found to be effective non-toxic flocculant alternatives to remove microplastics from water.

Polysaccharides from okra and fenugreek were best for removing microplastics from ocean water, while a combination of okra and tamarind worked best for freshwater. Furthermore, plant-based flocculants can be easily implemented in existing water treatment facilities.

4. In the northern California snow, stranded cows are getting emergency hay drops

The recent wave of unprecedented snowfall in California has left cattle stranded and starving. When rancher Robert Puga ran out of hay, neighboring Humboldt County officials put together an emergency rescue operation called "Operation Hay Drop." State, federal, and local officials airdropped stranded cattle bales of hay to feed them.

Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal went to the Coast Guard with the idea of a helicopter rescue, and by midday Sunday, March 5, Operation Hay Drop was underway. So far, Operation Hay Drop has been a success, said rancher Puga. The mission covers about 2,500 head of cattle over several miles.

5. Make-A-Wish Foundation no longer considers Cystic Fibrosis to be automatically qualifying due to improvements in life outcomes for patients

Given the ongoing life-changing advances in cystic fibrosis, beginning in January 2024, cystic fibrosis will no longer automatically qualify for a wish.

6. 1st woman given stem cell transplant to cure HIV is still virus-free 5 years later

In 2017, a woman known as the "New York patient" underwent a stem cell transplant to treat both her cancer and HIV. Now, about 30 months later, she has been virus-free and off her HIV medication, leading some researchers to suggest that she may have been cured of HIV.

The New York patient, received stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood that also had the HIV-resistance genes. However, it's important to note that there is no official distinction between being cured and being in long-term remission, and the medical team is waiting for longer-term follow-up before making any definitive statements.

7. Cheetahs Back in Wild in India After Seven Decades

Namibian cheetahs have been successfully reintroduced to India after the world's fastest land animal was declared extinct in the South Asian country more than 70 years ago. Two cheetahs, Obaan and Asha, were released into the wild of Kuno National Park after being brought to India last September.

The species is being reintroduced on an experimental basis as part of a major prestige project for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India aims to bring in about 100 of the big cats over the next decade. The African cheetah is a different subspecies from the extinct Asiatic cheetah, which once roamed the sub-continent in great numbers.

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The annual Kansas Speaks survey from the Docking Institute at Fort Hays State University showed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris a mere five points behind Republican candidate Donald Trump. Given that the survey covers traditionally conservative Kansas, political pundits pounced.

“BREAKING: Trump only winning by 5 In KANSAS,” wrote legal commentator Tristan Snell.

“If Harris is only down 5 to Trump in Kansas – election night is going to be very good for Democrats,” added Obama campaign and administration alumnus Tim Fullerton.

“…holy sh*t?” exclaimed journalist and lawyer Seth Abramson.

Let’s step back from excited progressive reactions for a moment and actually talk about the poll, what it means and whether Harris has a shot in Kansas. (Spoiler alert, she almost certainly does not). We found a great person to help us break things down: Brett Zollinger, director of the Docking Institute. He sat down with Kansas Reflector staff on Tuesday afternoon to give background on those surprising results.

First off, we should understand that the data presented comes from a survey, not a poll. Kansas Speaks primarily tracks public opinion on issues rather than candidates. It gathers a representative panel of Kansans and collects information from them via a carefully designed online form.

“The presidential election is a very minor focus for us in Kansas Speaks,” he said. “We are far more focused on policies, issues that are going to be relevant to Kansans, likely to come up in the legislative session, that sort of thing. But every four years, we get this unique opportunity to see what our survey methodology bears out in terms of some actual voter decisions in the state in the presidential election. So in 2020, we were within 0.2% actually, in the spread between Trump and Biden with our survey panel methodology.”

For reference, in 2020 Trump finished at 56.2% in Kansas, while President Joe Biden reached 41.6%, a 14.6 percentage point gap. The 2020 Kansas Speaks survey found 52% support for Trump and 37.6% for Biden, a 14.4 percentage point gap.

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5 min read NASA-Funded Science Projects Tuning In to ‘Eclipse Radio’ On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross parts of the United States. For millions of people along the path of totality, where the Moon will completely cover the Sun, it may feel like an eerie daytime darkness has descended as temperatures drop and wind patterns change. But these changes are mild compared to what happens some 100 to 400 miles above our heads in an electrically conductive layer of our atmosphere known as the ionosphere, where the “false night” of an eclipse is amplified a hundredfold. Three NASA-funded experiments will investigate the eclipse’s effects on the ionosphere through the power of radio, a technology well suited to studying this enigmatic layer of our atmosphere.  The Aug. 21, 2017, total solar eclipse douses Umatilla National Forest in shadow, darkening the sky and rimming the horizon with a 360 degree sunset. NASA/Mara Johnson-Groh Whether you’ve heard of the ionosphere or not, you’ve likely taken advantage of its existence. This electric blanket of particles is critical for long-distance AM and shortwave radio. Radio operators aim their transmitters into the sky, “bouncing” signals off this layer and around the curvature of Earth to extend their broadcast by hundreds or even thousands of miles. The ionosphere is sustained by our Sun. The Sun’s rays separate negatively charged electrons from atoms, creating the positively charged ions that the ionosphere is named for. When night falls, over 60 miles of the ionosphere disappears as ions and electrons recombine into neutral atoms. Come dawn, the electrons are freed again and the ionosphere swells in the Sun’s illumination – a daily cycle of “breathing” in and out at a global scale. A total solar eclipse is a scientific goldmine – a rare chance to observe a natural experiment in action. On April 8 the three NASA-funded projects listed below are among those “tuning in” to the changes wrought by a blotted-out Sun. SuperDARN The Super Dual Auroral Radar Network, or SuperDARN, is a collection of radars located at sites around the world. They bounce radio waves off of the ionosphere and analyze the returning signal. Their data reveals changes in the ionosphere’s density, temperature, and location (i.e. movement). The 2024 eclipse will pass over three U.S.-based SuperDARN radars. A team of scientists led by Bharat Kunduri, a professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, have been busy preparing for it. An aerial view of a SuperDARN radar site outside Hays, Kansas. Credit: Fort Hays State University “The changes in solar radiation that occur during a total solar eclipse can result in a ’thinning’ of the ionosphere,” Kunduri said. “During the eclipse, SuperDARN will operate in special modes designed to monitor the changes in the ionosphere at finer spatiotemporal scales.” Kunduri’s team will compare SuperDARN’s measurements to predictions from computer models to answer questions about how the ionosphere responds to a solar eclipse. HamSCI While some experiments rely on massive radio telescopes, others depend more on people power. The Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation, or HamSCI, is a NASA citizen science project that involves amateur or “ham” radio operators. On April 8, ham radio operators across the country will attempt to send and receive signals to one another before, during, and after the eclipse. Led by Nathaniel Frissell, a professor of Physics and Engineering at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, HamSCI participants will share their radio data to catalog how the sudden loss of sunlight during totality affects their radio signals. Students work with Dr. Frissell in the ham radio lab on campus. Simal Sami ’24 (in orange), who is part of Scranton’s Magis Honors Program in STEM; Dr. Frissell; and Veronica Romanek ’23, a physics major. Photo by Byron Maldonado courtesy of The University of Scranton This experiment follows similar efforts completed during the 2017 total solar eclipse and the 2023 annular eclipse. “During the 2017 eclipse, we found that the ionosphere behaved very similar to nighttime,” Frissell said. Radio signals traveled farther, and frequencies that typically work best at night became usable. Frissell hopes to continue the comparison between eclipses and the day/night cycle, assessing how widespread the changes in the ionosphere are and comparing the results to computer models. RadioJOVE Some radio signals don’t bounce off of the ionosphere – instead, they pass right through it. Our Sun is constantly roiling with magnetic eruptions, some of which create radio bursts. These long-wavelength bursts of energy can be detected by radio receivers on Earth. But first they must pass through the ionosphere, whose ever-changing characteristics affect whether and how these signals make it to the receiver. This radio image of the Sun was made with a radio telescope by astronomer Stephen White (University of Maryland). The radio emission was detected with the Very Large Array radio telescope at a wavelength of 4.6 GHz. The image shows bright regions (red and yellow) of million-degree gas above sunspots. Credit: Courtesy NRAO / AUI / NSF The RadioJOVE project is a team of citizen scientists dedicated to documenting radio signals from space, especially Jupiter. During the total solar eclipse, RadioJOVE participants will focus on the Sun. Using radio antenna kits they set up themselves, they’ll record solar radio bursts before, during, and after the eclipse. During the 2017 eclipse, some participants recorded a reduced intensity of solar radio bursts. But more observations are needed to draw firm conclusions. “With better training and more observers, we’ll get better coverage to further study radio propagation through the ionosphere,” said Chuck Higgins, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University and founding member of RadioJOVE. “We hope to continue longer-term observations, through the Heliophysics Big Year and beyond.” Find out more about the April 8, 2024, solar eclipse on NASA’s eclipse page. By Miles HatfieldNASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

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Two Christian student organizations are facing backlash over their sponsorship of an LGBT Ash Wednesday event that claimed Christianity is “often a face of intolerance” and the Gospel endorses homosexuality.

The “Glitter + Ash” event, which was scheduled to be held on campus at Fort Hays State University (FHSU) in Kansas on Feb. 14, was sponsored by Us4U, a student-led interfaith group, and the United Methodist Campus Ministry (UMCM), according to university officials.

News of the event went viral after conservative influencer Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of the event announcement that...

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Reviewed by student produced news outlet at Fort Hays State University in Kansas

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Un grande numero di bambini sono nati con una frequenza più alta per aiutare il mondo a risvegliare la sua coscienza collettiva .Se ti ritrovi in 2 o più di queste caratteristiche sei sicuramente un essere di alta frequenza con lo scopo di risvegliare la frequenza del mondo:– Hai il profondo desiderio di incontrare il tuo partner spirituale, la tua famiglia spirituale, la tua casa spirituale; –Hai eccellenti qualità e un alto livello di intelligenza, ma ti sembra di non riuscire a raggiungere ciò che desideri; –Percepisci che ci sono entità e angeli intorno a te. A volte puoi addirittura sentire delle voci; –Il tuo umore cambia facilmente, così come le tue energie e le tue emozioni; –Hai dei momenti che ti senti strano dove ti sembra di comprendere tutto, ma non durano a lungo; –Hai sogni lucidi; –Vorresti costruire relazioni e responsabilità di forti radici ma ci sono anche momenti in cui vorresti lasciare tutto e andartene, come se nulla fosse; –Percepisci il tempo che passa molto più velocemente degli altri; –Credi che ogni cosa accada per un ragione, ma credi anche che sei tu a crearti il tuo destino con le tue proprie scelte; –Hai una forte intuizione; –Hai influenza su molte persone intorno a te. –Hai un forte senso di speranza e conoscenza universale, caratteristiche che la maggior parte delle persone solitamente ci mette una vita per apprenderle; –Il tuo stato naturale è allegria, divertimento, amorevolezza e positività;-Hai un sistema immunitario molto forte.In poche parole, se ti ritrovi nella maggior parte di queste caratteristiche sei libero dal dramma della pianeta terra. Sei qui per ricordare al mondo che c’è un piano più grande. E fai ciò a livello subconscio con le tue azioni, emozioni, pensieri, presenza e creazioni. Le persone percepiscono la tua aura quando sei attorno a loro. Per alcuni puoi essere strano, per altri una sorgente di energia positiva, ma tutti quanti sentono che il tuo essere è alto. Grazie per rendere il mondo un posto migliore!

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A large number of children have been born with a higher frequency to help the world awaken its collective consciousness.If you find yourself in 2 or more of these characteristics you are surely a high frequency being with the aim of awakening the frequency of the world:– You have a deep desire to meet your spiritual partner, your spiritual family, your spiritual home;  –You have excellent qualities and a high level of intelligence, but you seem to be unable to achieve what you want;  – Perceive that there are entities and angels around you. Sometimes you can even hear voices;  –Your mood changes easily, as do your energies and emotions;  –You have moments that feel strange where you seem to understand everything, but they don't last long;  –You have lucid dreams;  –You would like to build relationships and responsibilities with strong roots but there are also times when you would like to leave everything and go away, as if nothing had happened;  –You perceive time passing much faster than others;  –You believe that everything happens for a reason, but you also believe that you create your own destiny with your own choices;  –You have a strong intuition;  –You have influence over many people around you.  –You have a strong sense of hope and universal knowledge, characteristics that most people usually take a lifetime to learn;  –Your natural state is cheerfulness, fun, lovingness and positivity;-You have a very strong immune system.Simply put, if you find yourself in most of these characteristics you are free from the drama of planet earth.  You are here to remind the world that there is a bigger plan. And you do this on a subconscious level with your actions, emotions, thoughts, presence and creations.  People sense your aura when you are around them.  To some you may be strange, to others a source of positive energy, but all feel that your being is high.   Thanks for making the world a better place!

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Books of 2023

Book 36 of 2023

Title: Alone in the Valley: A Soldier's Journey in the Vietnam War Authors: George R. Lanigan ISBN: 9781518825378 Tags: AUS ADF AA Australian Army, AUS ADF AA SAS Special Air Service (ASAS), AUS ADF Australian Defence Force, AUS Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, Bolivia, Buddhism (Religion), C-119 Flying Box Car, C-123 Provider, Catholic, Che Guevara, Cold War (1946-1991), HUN Hungarian Revolution of 1956, HUN Hungary, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Army (Vietnam War), KHM Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975), KHM Dr Son Ngoc Thanh, KHM FANK Khmer Army / Forces Armees Nationals Khmeres (1970-1975) (Cambodian Civil War), KHM General Lon Nol, KHM Khmer Rouge, KHM Khmer Serei (Cambodia Civil War), KHM Prince Norodom Sihanouk, M-113 APC, Medevac helicopter, Nungs, OV-10 Bronco, PAN Chagres River, PAN Colon, PAN Panama, PAN USA Fort Sherman, PAN USA Fort Sherman - Jungle Operations Training Center, PAN USAF Howard Air Force Base, POW, Rangers, SpecOps, Tamara Bunker Bider (East German Guerilla/KGB), U-10 Helio Courier, US AK Alaska, US AK ALCAN highway, US AK Delta Junction, US AK Gulkana Glacier, US CIA Central Intelligence Agency, US George Peppard (Actor), US Lodge Act, US Martha Raye (Actress), US Medal Of Honor, US OH Kent State University, US OH Kent State University Shootings (1970) (Vietnam War), US OH Ohio, US President Richard M. 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Rowe, US USA NWTC Northern Warfare Training Center AK, US USA Sgt David Dolby (MOH), US USA SP4 Roy Burke (Ranger), US USA United States Army, US USA USSF 5th SFG, US USA USSF 6th SFG, US USA USSF 6th SFG - A Co, US USA USSF 7th SFG, US USA USSF Green Berets, US USA USSF Special Forces, US USA USSF Team ODA-442, US USA USSF Team ODB-36, US USA USSF Team ODB-43, US USAF Pope Air Force Base - NC, US USAF United States Air Force, US USN ASPB Assault Support Patrol Boat, US USN United States Navy, US USO United Service Organizations, VNM ADF AA 1st Australian Field Hospital - Vung Tau (Vietnam War), VNM ADF AA 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) (Vietnam War), VNM ADF AA AATF Australian Army Training Team (Vietnam War), VNM Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem (1963) (Vietnam War), VNM Ba Ria, VNM Bien Hoa, VNM Buddhist Crisis (1963) (Vietnam War), VNM Cam Ranh Bay, VNM Chi Lang, VNM CIA Air America (1950-1976) (Vietnam War), VNM DRV NVA North Vietnamese Army, VNM DRV VC Viet Cong, VNM Hill 282, VNM Hmong Meo Tribesmen, VNM Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam War), VNM I Corps (Vietnam War), VNM III Corps (Vietnam War), VNM IV Corps (Vietnam War), VNM Long Hai, VNM Long Hai Special Forces Camp (Vietnam War), VNM Minh Dam Secret Zone, VNM My Lai Massacre (1968), VNM Nha Trang Air Base, VNM Nui Dat, VNM Operation Arc Light (1965-1973) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Ivory Coast - Son Tay Raid (1970) (Vietnam War), VNM Operation Ranch Hand (1962-1971) (Vietnam War), VNM Parrots Beak, VNM Phuoc Hai, VNM Phuoc Tuy Province, VNM Quang Tri Province, VNM RVN ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam, VNM RVN ARVN CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group, VNM RVN ARVN LLDB Luc Luong Dac Biet Special Forces, VNM RVN ARVN RF/PF Regional Forces/Popular Forces (Vietnam War), VNM RVN ARVN Vietnamese Rangers - Biet Dong Quan, VNM RVN Ngo Dinh Diem, VNM RVN RVNP Can Sat National Police, VNM Tan Son Nhut Air Base, VNM Tay Ninh Province, VNM Tay Ninh West Air Base, VNM UITG Chi Lang Training Center (Vietnam War), VNM UITG Long Hai Training Center (Vietnam War), VNM US Agent Orange (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Advisory Teams (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV IV Corps Advisory Team (Vietnam War), VNM US MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM US USA USSF 3rd Mobile Strike Force (Vietnam War), VNM US USSF Mobile Strike Force (MIKE) (Vietnam War), VNM USA USARV UITG Individual Training Group (Vietnam War), VNM USA USARV United States Army Vietnam (Vietnam War), VNM USN MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM USN NATSB Ben Keo, VNM USN NATSB Go Dau Hau, VNM USN NATSB Naval Advanced Support Base, VNM USN TF 117 MRF Mobile Riverine Force (Vietnam War), VNM Vam Co Dong River, VNM Vietnam, VNM Vietnam War (1955-1975), VNM Vung Tau, VNM Xuyen Moc Rating: ★★★★ (4 Stars) Subject: Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.ARVN, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Australia, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Cambodian Civil War, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.Specops.Green Berets, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Asia.Vietnam War.US Army.Advisor

Description: In 1968, George Lanigan leaves the University of Maryland and sets off on the journey of his life. He volunteers to serve his country in the Vietnam War and enlists in the army where he becomes an elite Special Forces advisor in a top-secret program. The United States is clandestinely training the Cambodian Army, Forces Armees Nationales Khmeres, and Lanigan is at the heart of the mission. In this personal memoir, LTC George R. Lanigan, USA (Retired), adapts his forty-year-old letters and correspondence to his parents into an emotionally compelling and suspenseful narrative that relates his daily life of survival and political tension. It's an inside, firsthand look at a rare, and previously classified, Vietnam War experience. But its scope reaches beyond the war itself and illuminates the realities soldiers face returning home, building a life, and even visiting war zones four decades later. Its openness and honesty will resonate with war veterans, their friends and family members, those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, and people of all ages who are interested in American history. Readers will learn about war life, a volatile political environment, and how personal experiences weave together to create the person one eventually becomes.

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Saturday, August 31, 2024 - Tim Walz

Governors Walz and Laura spent the day campaigning in Kansas, while sporting Ralston High School (or Nebraska) gear due to a friendly bet from the Friday Night Football game up north. The schedule of 'official' events is below.

Topeka, KS Event Location: Kansas State Capitol Event Type: Policy Announcement Event Time: 9:00 - 10:00 CT *Full-text of the speech to follow shortly.

Salina, KS Event Location: Webster Conference Center Event Type: Lunch with Agriculture Industry Leaders Event Time: 12:00 - 15:00 CT *This event was focused on learning more from people we would like to welcome to the new agriculture initiative we want to bring to the state. Leaders from Cargill, Tyson, The Land Institute, American Topsoil, ADM, Syngenta and Nestle were invited to lead the corporate markets portion; Researchers from KSU, WSU, and FHSU who focus on engineering, agriculture, genetics, public health, and Native American history were invited to head up the academic side; Governor Laura Kelly and Congresswoman Sharice Davids were invited to head up the government entity side as were members of the Prairie Band Potawatomi and Kickapoo tribes. Additionally there were speeches, which took place after Governors Walz and Kelly left. These speeches were from special guests as follows; John Steenhuisen Minister of Agriculture from South Africa and Carlos Fávaro Minister of Agriculture and Livestock from Brazil. The event was very high energy and we believe this energy will propel the new initiative forward.

Hays, KS Event Location: Fort Hays State University Event Type: Get Out the Vote Event Time: 17:00 - 20:30 CT *A campaign of door knocking was kicked off on-campus by the Governors but they knocked on many doors off-campus as well. Mail-in ballots were a topic of many discussion and directions on how to apply for mail-in were supplied, but no forms were given out.

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Trump up only 5 points in Kansas. He won there in 2020 by about 14.5. I’m pretty sure that means something.

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TOPEKA — A statewide online survey of political and public policy issues reveals nearly half of registered voters in red-state Kansas who plan to cast a ballot in the presidential election support Republican Donald Trump and more than 43% favoring Democrat Kamala Harris.

The 48.2% for Trump and 43.2% for Harris suggested further narrowing of the Kansas advantage for Trump, who has been the GOP nominee for president in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

More than two-thirds of respondents said women were in a better position than politicians to make decisions about abortion. Sixty-one percent said it should be legal for women to travel outside the state for an abortion if the Kansas Supreme Court discarded constitutional protections for abortion rights and the Legislature banned “all or most abortions.”

Thirty-six percent of respondents said illegal immigrants should be arrested and placed in detention camps while awaiting deportation hearings, but 41.1% disagreed with that policy.

Fifty-five percent said they strongly or somewhat disagreed with a 2015 state law allowing adults to carry concealed handguns without a license or permit. And, 58.8% objected to state law allowing adults to carry concealed guns on college campuses.

The survey said 83.1% wanted to block sale of firearms to people reported as dangerous to law enforcement by mental health providers. Seventy-seven percent say a person convicted of violent misdemeanors shouldn’t be allowed to buy a firearm. Nearly three-fourths of Kansans in the survey want to require background checks for private and gun-show sales of firearms.

In 2016, Trump carried Kansas with 56.6% against 36% for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump won Kansas in 2020, but the gap closed modestly with Trump at 56.2% and Democrat Joe Biden at 41.5%.

On the national level, the November race between Trump and Harris was a toss-up with the outcome tied to voter preferences in a half dozen swing states.

The survey of 645 adult Kansans by the Docking Institute for Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University indicated 59% were dissatisfied with Biden and 28.5% satisfied with Biden’s work as president. On the other hand, 46.4% approved and 27.1% disapproved of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

In terms of the Kansas Legislature, 30.3% were dissatisfied and 29.1% were satisfied. And, 20.6% were dissatisfied and 26.8% satisfied with the Kansas Supreme Court. Fifty-five percent were disappointed and 15.9% were impressed with the U.S. Congress.

The Docking Institute says 60.5% were confident the reported winner of elections in Kansans accurately reflected the vote. While some Republicans in state and federal office argue elections were undermined by fraud, 52.3% of respondents in the FHSU survey said it wasn’t a problem in Kansas. In this year’s survey, 12.4% said Kansas elections were distorted by fraud.

Fifteen percent said undocumented immigrants were voting in Kansas elections “in large numbers,” but 37.2% disagreed with that unproven claim. By a two-to-one margin, the survey showed Kansans wanted to retain the option of advance voting and use of mail-in ballots.

Abortion, economics

More than two-thirds of respondents said women were in a better position than politicians to make decisions about abortion. Sixty-one percent said it should be legal for women to travel outside the state for an abortion if the Kansas Supreme Court discarded constitutional protections for abortion rights and the Legislature banned “all or most abortions.”

In the 2024 survey, the percentage who believed the Kansas economy was getting weaker moved from 43.7% in 2022 to 37.6% this year. Despite a declining inflation rate, half of those taking part in the survey said inflationary pressures had affected their family “a great deal.”

“Kansans’ rating of the Kansas economy has become more positive in the past three years,” said Jian Sun, co-author of the Docking Institute survey. “The percentage of Kansans rating the Kansas economy as excellent or very good increased from 16.1% in 2022 to 21.1% in 2024.”

Seventy-five percent of people answering the survey said expanding eligibility for Medicaid, and drawing down hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, would help rural Kansas hospitals remain in business. Only 4.5% disagreed with that view. Half of Kansans said expansion of Medicaid to lower-income Kansans was a “highly or extremely important” issue when deciding who to vote for in state House and Senate races.

Consistent with previous Docking Institute surveys, 65.2% of respondents supported legalizing recreational marijuana sales to individuals 21 or older. A higher percentage — 72.9% — wanted the Legislature to legalize consumption of cannabis for medical purposes.

Fifty-five percent said they strongly or somewhat disagreed with a 2015 state law allowing adults to carry concealed handguns without a license or permit. And, 58.8% objected to state law allowing adults to carry concealed guns on college campuses.

The survey said 83.1% wanted to block sale of firearms to people reported as dangerous to law enforcement by mental health providers. Seventy-seven percent say a person convicted of violent misdemeanors shouldn’t be allowed to buy a firearm. Nearly three-fourths of Kansans in the survey want to require background checks for private and gun-show sales of firearms. Fifty-four percent support a ban on assault-style weapons and ammunition clips holding more than 10 bullets.

In terms of immigration, 53.8% agreed legal immigrants enriched American culture and values. Just under half said legal immigrants were accepting jobs that U.S. citizens didn’t want, while 45.7% said too many immigrants were coming into the United States.

Thirty-six percent of respondents said illegal immigrants should be arrested and placed in detention camps while awaiting deportation hearings, but 41.1% disagreed with that policy. Forty-five percent said illegal immigrants were a threat to public safety, but 31.9% had the opposite view.

Housing, child care

On the issue of housing, 41.8% said they didn’t have savings to cover their monthly expenditures for housing. Almost 60% said lack of affordable houses to purchase or rent had negative impacts on their community.

“We’ve been tracking housing issues for three years now, as housing is not just important to a family’s quality of life but also to a community’s ability to attract and retain a workforce,” said Brett Zollinger, the survey’s co-author and the Docking Institute director.

Three-fourths of respondents in the 2024 survey said state government should pass laws expanding access to affordable child care and 71.2% said the federal government should do likewise. In addition, 67.7% want local government to use public resources to expand access to child care.

One-third of those answering the survey said local government wasn’t sufficiently invested in conserving water resources, while 36.8% said state government fell short in terms of water conservation. Half said they were concerned Kansas might be running out of water.

A copy of 2024 Kansas Speaks survey results, as well as results from previous years, can be found at https://www.fhsu.edu/docking/Kansas-Speaks/.

[stubobnumbers]

CFB Promotion and Relegation - The Big 8

Big 8 Tier One - The Big 8 (FBS).

Iowa State Nebraska Missouri Colorado Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State

Big 8 Tier Two - Missouri Valley Conference (FBS).

North Dakota North Dakota State South Dakota South Dakota State Northern Iowa Missouri State SE Missouri State Illinois State Southern Illinois Indiana State

Big 8 Tier Three - Pioneer Football League (FCS).

Chadron State Nebraska-Kearney Wayne State (NE.) NW Missouri State Drake Upper Iowa University Eastern Illinois Western Illinois Butler Valparaiso

Big 8 Tier Four - Middle America Athletics Association (FCS).

Minot State University of Mary (ND.) Black Hills State South Dakota Mines University of Sioux Falls Augustana (SD.) Emporia State Fort Hays State Pittsburg State (KS.) Washburn University

Big 8 Tier Five - Midwest Conference (D2).

Central Missouri Missouri Southern State Missouri Western State Lindenwood Missouri Tech Lincoln (MO.) Southwest Baptist Truman State William Jewell College Washington (MO.)

Big 8 Tier Six - Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (D2).

Northern State (SD.) Nebraska Wesleyan Buena Vista Central College (IA.) Coe College Cornell (IA.) University of Dubuque Grinnell College Loras College Wartburg College

Big 8 Tier Seven - American Rivers Conference (D3).

Dickinson State Jamestown (ND.) Mayville State Valley City State Dakota State Dakota Wesleyan Mount Marty Luther College Simpson College Westminster (MO.)

Big 8 Tier Eight - Great Plains Athletic Conference (D3).

North Dakota State College of Science Presentation College Concordia (NE.) Doane University Hastings College Midland University Peru State (NE.) Ellsworth CC Iowa Central CC Iowa Western CC

Big 8 Tier Nine - Plains Conference (D3).

Langston University Panhandle State (OK.) Kansas Wesleyan Friends University MidAmerica Nazarene Benedictine (KS.) Baker (KS.) Bethany (KS.) Bethel (KS.) McPherson College

Big 8 Tier Ten - Heart Of America (D3).

Ottawa University (KS.) Southwestern (KS.) Sterling College (KS.) Tabor College Saint Mary (KS.) Garden City CC Highland CC (KS.) Hutchinson CC Independence CC (KS.) Avila University

Big 8 Tier Eleven - Mississippi Valley Athletic Conference (D3).

Briar Cliff Clarke (IA.) Dordt (IA.) Graceland University Grand View Morningside (IA.) Northwestern (IA.) St. Ambrose Waldorf University William Penn

Big 8 Tier Twelve - Southern Midwest Conference (D3).

Central Methodist Culver-Stockton College Evangel (MO.) Fontbonne University Missouri Baptist Missouri Valley William Woods University Butler CC (KS.) Coffeyville CC Dodge City CC

[asianartsblog]

"Ida Gooday-Largo was born 1903, a Prisoner of War at Fort Sill Army Post in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her Apache name was Jeek’en Nant’an which means Chief Girl or, in her case, Bossy Girl.

Ida's Chiricahua Apache tribe, known as Warm Springs Apache, were imprisoned (1886-1914) by the United States Army for 27 years after the Apache Wars in the Southwest. When she was about 11 years old, she was sent to Chilacco Indian Boarding School and later to Phoenix Indian Boarding School. It was a policy that students were not allowed to go back to see their families for at least 3 years because the government felt it would be detrimental to their assimilation into the mainstream American ways."

-- Interview with Sisquoc, granddaughter of Ida Gooday-Largo

Exhibition

Dream Refuge for children imprisoned

February 7 – May 18 (closed March 17-24)

Monday – Saturday 11 am – 4 pm

Asian Arts Gallery, Center for the Arts, Towson University

1 Fine Arts Drive, Towson, MD 21204

Through personal stories and the universal images of sleeping children safely dreaming, I provide a healing space to experience compassion, empathy, and new understanding of the unjust incarceration of children then and now in America. I conducted interviews and collected writings of those incarcerated during their childhood. Exhibit attendees can hear their recorded voices expressing portions of their stories broadcasted in the installation space and read the complete writings with photographs in binders.

I began this installation process with “The Innocent Dreamer” the first sleeping child I drew in honor of the Japanese American children imprisoned at Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno after the Pearl Harbor attack. I stuffed the girl’s mattress with hay and was instantly transported to that time, experiencing the smell and itchiness, and the insult of having to make my bed to sleep in a horse stable. The life size child drawing elicited tearful memories of those who were children in American concentration camps. She touched all kinds of people’s hearts and souls. She brought home the horror of imprisoning children as terrorists in our country.

Then the shock of the treatment of Central American children at our borders bombarded me, and I did what I always do - express my activism through art.

I expanded the project to include more sleeping children to connect the US history of incarcerating children, including Native American boarding school children who were denied their culture and taken from their communities, and the atrocities happening to children being imprisoned and separated from their families today.

Visitors are invited to bring offerings and leave messages on an altar in the exhibit to honor the imprisoned children. The items will be used in future ceremonies and will not be returned. Some examples of past offerings origami, small toys, and paper flowers.

--Na Omi Judy Shintani, artist

[thatstormygeek]

When making their case to Dreiling, the students researched voting numbers and found that Fort Hays State students had lower levels of voter engagement compared with other Kansas universities. The average national voting rate for college students is around 66% engagement, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas. At the University of Kansas, which has a voting station on campus, voter engagement is at 71% for the population of about 28,000 students. At Fort Hays State, a campus of little more than 14,000 students, the average voter engagement is 62.4%, according to Albers and McCord. 

Look at those numbers. Voter engagement in the US is notoriously low, and here is a tried and true way to increase that - but the GOP will fight it tooth and nail because it involves making it easier for college students to vote.

According to the gov, "The 2020 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century, with 66.8% of citizens 18 years and older voting in the election." And again, the average national voting rate for college students: 66%. At KU? 71%.

Even more impressive? The comparison between that national average (66%) and KU (71%) with all 18-24 year olds:

"Voter turnout was highest among those ages 65 to 74 at 76.0%, while the percentage was lowest among those ages 18 to 24 at 51.4%."