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Brief: Pregnant with Heroin; Sporting KC Aims for Championship; Pot for the Poor?

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The state of Missouri hasn’t made a decision about whether it should prohibit medical marijuana users from certain state jobs.

Under the TANF program, which provides cash benefits to an average of about 25,000 recipients each month, the state requires officials to ask applicants about illegal drug use.

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Recipients may be then required to take a drug test. If they do not show up for the appointment or do not complete the drug test, they will not receive benefits for themselves for three years.

 

A new way to traffic drugs?

Officers discovered the bundles she was carrying in front of her abdomen, along with some pillow stuffing, according to the allegations.

Murillo told the officers that she had agreed to carry the bundles from Denver to New York for a man named “Freddy” she had met in Mexico. Freddy had packed the drugs to make it look like she was pregnant, she said.

 

Sporting Kansas City won the MLS championship in 2013. Will it do it again this year?

The conference finals are a two-game series, and the team that scores the most points over those two moves on to the MLS Cup. Neither Sporting nor the Timbers scored in Sunday’s game. The winner of match will take on either the New York Red Bulls or Atlanta United; that game is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Its amped-up practices during the summer proved to be the key to Sporting’s run through the MLS playoffs, which continues against the Portland Timbers at 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Children’s Mercy Park.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Gas Price Trends; Lawrence Scientist Deportation; New Phone Scam

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Missouri has the lowest gas prices in the country. Voters declined a gas tax on election day.

“Trends are indicating that the month of December may bring some of the cheapest gas prices of the year,” said Jeanette Casselano, AAA spokesperson. “Currently, 19 states already have gas price averages less expensive than a year ago so as U.S. gasoline demand remains low and supply plentiful, motorists can expect to save at the pump as long as the price of crude oil doesn’t spike.”

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The nation’s top 10 least expensive markets are: Missouri ($2.18), Oklahoma ($2.21), South Carolina ($2.23), Texas ($2.24), Delaware ($2.24), Louisiana ($2.26), Mississippi ($2.27), Alabama ($2.27), Kentucky ($2.27) and Ohio ($2.28).

 

A high-profile immigration case continues, and it will take awhile.

Between now and the 2022 court date, Jamal said he plans to stay in Lawrence and continue with what he’s been doing: teaching, researching and taking care of his children. He said he will continue to apply for renewals of his work permit.

Jamal was nearly deported earlier this year related to an overstay of a previous visa, and his case has attracted international attention. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Jamal on Jan. 24 as he was taking his children to school and he was subsequently held in ICE custody about two months.

 

Stay vigilant when answering calls, even if the number is familiar.

Spoofing a phone number is common practice for criminals, he said.

“These attempts are nearly impossible to investigate due to the anonymity provided by the technology used to commit the spoofing,” Becchina said.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Climate Change vs Midwest Ag; Urban-Rural Divide in Elections

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How will climate change affect midwest agriculture?

“Any change in the climate poses a major challenge to agriculture through increased rates of crop failure, reduced livestock productivity and altered rates of pressure from pests, weeds and diseases,” according to the report’s chapter on agriculture. “Rural communities, where economies are more tightly interconnected with agriculture than with other sectors, are particularly vulnerable to the agricultural volatility related to climate.”

But the report, vetted by 13 government agencies, holds out hope that agriculture can adapt to climate change with “planting decisions, farming practices and the use of technology.”

 

Kansas follows a national trend. Governor-elect Laura Kelly’s map is a striking example.

Kelly won nine Kansas counties, but none west of Wichita and only one in southeast Kansas. Kansas House and Senate maps show vast swaths of red in western and central Kansas, too.

“Kansas is paralleling the United States as a whole and this election we see it starkly,” said Bob Beatty, a political scientist at Washburn University.

 

The National Weather Service predicts highs in the forties starting Thursday, but more cold temps look to return soon after.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Blizzard Warning, Multiple Snow Records

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From Sunday:

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Coldest November Yet; Winter Temp Outlook; Kansas Bellwether State?

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Kansas bucks the trend in all recent elections.

 

Will it be a record-cold November?

 

It looks to be a slightly warmer winter for the region.

 

At last check, expect sunny skies Wednesday and Thanskgiving Day with highs at about 55 degrees.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Topeka Tiger Cub Pics; KS Dem on Investigating Trump; Nov Weather Trends

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How will the new U.S. House of Representative members act toward Trump?

“I feel like that’s a pretty in the weeds question,” the Kansas Democrat said.

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Davids said she believes she got “elected because I’m willing to work in a bipartisan way to actually get things done and that when Congress needs to be a check on the executive branch that will happen.”

 

Former Missouri Governor Eric Greteins barred concealed firearms two years ago.

Parson’s administration has proposed a rule change that would make it clear that guns are allowed, as long as they are not brought into the House or Senate chambers or into committee meetings.

The issue has been in limbo since the 2017 transition from former Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, to Greitens, a Republican.

 

Who is responsible for Kansas voters’ data loss?

Schmidt’s office argues that the U.S. Supreme Court “has never held that there is a constitutional right to prevent government disclosure of private information” and that Kobach is legally immune from a lawsuit. The ACLU is suing Kobach as an individual and in his official capacity as the state’s top elections official.

Lauren Bonds, the legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said even if sensitive information isn’t constitutionally protected from disclosure, its release “was still reckless and extremely harmful to the voters who have had their information exposed.”

 

A bad joke?

“I don’t want you to think I’m picking on you, because, we’re part of the master race,” Klemp told Penelton, as he brought his fingers to his own teeth. “You know you got a gap in your teeth, you’re the masters, don’t ever forget that.”

Klemp told KSHB-TV off camera that his comment was a joke.

 

Weather stays on the cool side.

 

Cute cats, specifically, Sumatran tiger cubs:

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Drought Map; Roberts on Farm Bill; Valuable Junk Mail

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What is the fate of the Farm Bill?

 

Teams, fans, and broadcasters scramble to move Monday Night Football to a different country.

Cruz Azul, the Liga MX soccer club that shares the stadium with Club America, played a tournament game on the field last Saturday in noticeably poor conditions. Coach Pedro Caixinha expressed concern, and the NFL continued working with groundskeepers to improve the field.

“The long and unusual rain season, as well as the calendar of events with third parties in Estadio Azteca, might be a factor for the grass to be far from optimal conditions,” Azteca Stadium authorities said in a press release.

 

Junk Mail or Not?

“We have a backpack, a notebook, a CD player, perfume, a watch here that’s very nice.”

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The scam is likely something called “brushing.” An online seller purchases their own products using fake accounts. Those packages are shipped to a real address, so the seller can write a positive review.

 

Winter roundup:

 

California’s drought stands in stark contrast to the rest of the country, while wildfires continue fatal destruction in the state.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Record Snow; Deer vs Car Violence Peaks; Parson Appoints New AG

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Missouri Governor Mike Parson appoints State Treasure Eric Schmidt to replace Josh Hawley as Attorney General. Hawley defeated Claire McCaskill to become the latest U.S. Senator from Missouri, leaving the state with an interesting stat.

 

With medical pot on the way in Missouri, new policies arrive.

“Voters spoke very clearly and overwhelmingly,” Baker said. “But we need to keep the drug – like any drug – away from the kids, and driving while high is a serious crime that puts us all at risk.”

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Three in four voters in Jackson County favored passage of the state medical marijuana amendment, Baker noted.

 

Watch out for that deer.

 

Christmas hits the road.

Speaking of winter wonderlands…

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: MO Weed Timeline; MO Roads Solution; St. Joe Escapes KC Snow

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Will Missouri find a solution to address roads?

Meanwhile, Kehoe and Schatz said they oppose toll roads, an idea that’s been raised on and off for decades — especially for rebuilding and widening Interstate 70 between the outer edges of metro St. Louis and the Kansas City area.

Kehoe said 60 percent of the state’s population lives within 30 miles north or south of I-70 and “before you get to the letter L in toll, they start freaking out.” Moreover, the Legislature last year went on record against the idea.

 

Don’t expect to get your medical pot tomorrow.

Missouri Medical Marijuana, headquartered in Columbia, was founded the day after the election, with the goal of creating an online directory of doctors and dispensaries — or “a Yelp! for the legal medical marijuana industry in Missouri.”

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It will be probably a year before the state health department has finished writing rules and Missourians can walk into a dispensary in Missouri and buy medical marijuana.

 

The Kansas City Health Department runs into issues with food for the homeless.

“Everybody was ready to stand up for themselves,” she said. “We’re prepared to face the law.”

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The city had shut down last week’s gatherings, trashing and bleaching much of the food, because the food was not prepared in licensed or approved kitchens and was considered a public safety risk, the city’s director of health, Rex Archer, said last week.

 

St. Joe avoided a snowfall that slowed traffic in Kansas City this morning.

 

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Brief: Gas Prices Take a Turn; Inside Kobach Loss; January Weather Arrives

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In July, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a driver for Lyft and Uber streamed more than 700 rides.

 

Laura Kelly defeated Kris Kobach 48 percent to 43 percent in the race for Kansas Governor.

Kobach’s campaign was marked by his parade appearances on a jeep with a mounted replica machine gun, a rally with rocker Ted Nugent and his fiery debate performances where he derisively compared suburban public school buildings to the Taj Mahal.

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Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, struggled to pay his campaign staff on time and at one point lacked a working phone system at his Johnson County campaign office, according to GOP sources familiar with the campaign. And people who offered to volunteer were never contacted.

 

Gas prices drop ahead of the holiday season.

The nation’s top 10 largest weekly decreases are: Ohio (-12 cents), Michigan (-9 cents), Indiana (-9 cents), Delaware (-8 cents), Oklahoma (-8 cents), Texas (-7 cents), Maryland (-7 cents), Missouri (-7 cents), Florida (-7 cents) and Georgia (-7 cents).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive markets are: Delaware ($2.44), Missouri ($2.46), South Carolina ($2.46), Oklahoma ($2.47), Texas ($2.48), Louisiana ($2.49), Mississippi ($2.49), Alabama ($2.49), Arkansas ($2.51) and Virginia ($2.52).

 

Today’s weather conditions mirror those we typically see in January.

 

Brief is a roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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