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Brief: KS LGBT Protections; Bogus Brownback; Winter Weather

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Two days after the election, Kansas Governor-Elect Laura Kelly makes policy moves.

Kelly also said that if it is possible, she will direct the state to require adoption agencies with state contracts to not discriminate against LGBT couples and individuals.

Earlier this year, the Legislature approved a bill that ensures ensures faith-based adoption agencies can turn away gay and lesbian couples based on religious beliefs. The bill says the Kansas Department for Children and Families cannot block any foster or adoption agency from participating in its programs solely because it refuses to adopt or place children with LGBT individuals.

 

Bogus Brownback revealed.

Expect an inch snow in St. Joe. Precipitation should end just after midnight.

 

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

Brief: Election Roundup; Snow Prep; Alligator in KC

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The results are in.

Kelly beat out self-described “full-throttled” conservative GOP nominee Kris Kobach, the secretary of state who’d forged a kinship with President Donald Trump while dabbling in anti-immigration and voter fraud crusades across the country.

He lost to a 68-year-old state senator from Topeka who ran as a moderate, banking on a reputation in the Legislature as someone willing to find compromise rather than as a charismatic force for change.

Six months ago, very few people in the Kansas 3rd Congressional District even knew Sharice Davids’ name. Now she has made history. Davids is the first openly gay representative in Kansas history. She joins Deb Haaland from New Mexico as the first Native American women in the House.

 

How large is your pet?

 

Prepping for snow:

 

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

Brief: Pre-K Fight Club in MO; Expect Long Lines; Soybeans Spoil Due to Tariffs?

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Expect long lines at the polls tomorrow. There are 1.84 million registered voters in Kansas.

Republicans remain the dominant party with 817,713 registered voters, while Democrats grew their ranks to 463,114. Unaffiliated voters totaled 543,403, while Libertarians totaled 17,618.

A comparison shows the state has added 40,825 people to voter rolls since September 2017.

 

The ballots are full of diversity in Kansas.

“I’ve had a communist write me a whole page saying that he supports me and I have anarchists who support me and I have everything in between,” Caldwell said.

The other independent in the governor’s race is Rick Kloos of Topeka, who serves as the director of God’s Storehouse, “a church that operates as a thrift store,” according to its website.

 

The first rule about Pre-K Fight Club: It’s illegal.

Charging documents say on Dec. 7, 2016, Guliford and Dailey were in charge of a class at the Adventure Learning Center at 5440 Gravois Avenue in St. Louis. They “encouraged and directed the children to engage in fistfights with each other,” charging documents say.

The fights lasted 35 minutes and involved at least six children, the charges say, equipped with a padded glove on one hand. The fights were captured on the center’s surveillance video and by one fighter’s 10-year-old brother. A video shows one child crying after a fight, and Guliford “jumping up and down with excitement.”

 

It’s a race against the clock on tariffs.

“I’m trying to follow and figure out who the winners are in this tariff war,” Mr. Gebeke said. “I know who one of the losers are and that’s us. And that’s painful.”

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China is by far the world’s largest importer of soybeans. The country consumed 110 million tons of soybeans in 2017, and 87 percent of those beans were imported — the vast majority from either Brazil or the United States. While soybeans are grown throughout the Midwest, the soybean fields of North Dakota are the part of soybean country that is closest to the Pacific Ocean, and so its beans are mostly sent to China.

 

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

Brief: Record Turnout; Record Rain; Record Keeping

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Will we see record turnout in Missouri?

Missouri election officials are expecting voter turnout in Tuesday’s midterm election to be the highest in more than two decades.

Estimates submitted to the state by local election officials project that nearly 2.3 million people will cast ballots. That would equal almost 55 percent of registered voters.

The last presidential midterm election to exceed that mark was in 1994, when 59 percent of registered voters cast ballots.

 

Will a mistake suppress turnout in Missouri?

The error was discovered several days ago, but the board has yet to contact voters to notify them of the mistake.

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Republican Election Director Rick Stream said the error came out of confusion by election workers processing voter registrations that came in after Missouri’s Oct. 10 registration deadline.

 

ACLU works to prevent disenfranchised voters.

Dodge City’s sole site was temporarily relocated outside the city because of a construction project. The ACLU alleges the move disenfranchises voters, especially those who are Hispanic. They were also concerned that the temporary site wasn’t along a public transportation route and drivers have to cross railroad tracks that may be blocked.

In Ford County’s response to the lawsuit, officials said there would be free door-to-door bus service to the temporary location and that there wasn’t any racial motivation behind relocating the polling place.

 

We just missed a near-record rainfall for October

 

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

Brief: Bannon 25-person Topeka Rally; Latest KS Gov Polls

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The race for Kansas Governor is statistically tied in two of the latest polls.

In the Emerson poll, Kobach has 44 percent support compared with 43 percent for Kelly. Orman stands at 8 percent, with 4 percent of respondents undecided.

 

The former White House Chief Strategist surprised a small group in Topeka yesterday.

“I tip my hat to the opposition,” Bannon said. “I like a good, fair fight. They have been aggressive. They’ve raised money. They’ve been on message, and it’s up to us, right? You get the Trump people out, you’re going to win.”

About 25 people attended the rally at the Holiday Inn Express on US-24 highway, including a small contingent of event organizers and individuals following Bannon for a documentary. People were notified midday by unsolicited texts that read: “Support Trump and MAGA! RED TIDE RISING RALLY with STEVE BANNON.”

 

Journalists from the KC Star, KCPT, and Fox 4 asked questions at the debate for Kansas’ 3rd district Tuesday. Topics included immigration, healthcare and Trump.

After the debate, Yoder said he didn’t want to eliminate the EPA, but he told KCUR the EPA needs a “better balancing act.” He said EPA regulations are increasing energy costs and hurting working-class families, pointing specifically to the Clean Power Plan, which the administration wants to toss out.

Davids cited the recently released U.N. Climate Report to argue there’s an “urgent” need to take action on climate change.

 

A new set of legal problems arrives.

The Johnson County District Attorney charged Henry on Oct. 23 with a felony count of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and possessing drug paraphernalia, as well as two misdemeanor counts of buying sex and illegally possessing Xanax, a prescription medication meant for treating anxiety.

 

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

Brief: Treasurer Switches Teams in KS Gov Race; Skeleton-Mask-Shotgun Man in KC

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Allegiances switch in the race for Kansas Governor.

“Effective today, I have resigned my position as treasurer for the Orman for Kansas campaign. It is time to unite behind Senator Laura Kelly and stop Kris Kobach,” Owen stated in the release, referring to the Republican candidate.

Kelly and Kobach have been locked in a virtual tie, according to recent polling, while Orman has been polling at around 10 percent.

 

Who has the campaign cash?

Democrat Laura Kelly has outraised Republican Kris Kobach by more than $900,000 since the end of July and has half a million dollars available to spend in the final week of the campaign. Kobach has $61,000 left.

Kelly’s fundraising advantage comes as polls indicate a tight race ahead of the Nov. 6 election. Kelly, a Topeka state senator, seeks to become the first Democrat elected Kansas governor since 2006.

 

Three men face life in prison following conviction.

Attorneys for three Kansas militia members who conspired to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali immigrants have asked the court to take into account what they called President Donald Trump’s rhetoric encouraging violence at their sentencing next month.

One attorney also asked the judge to consider the fact that all of them read and shared on their Facebook feed Russian propaganda designed to sow discord in the U.S. political system.

 

A haunting scene occurs on the streets of Kansas City.

He was allegedly carrying a loaded 12-gauge shotgun with a sawed-off barrel under his jacket, and several shotgun shells in his pockets.

He told police that he had found the guns in the woods shortly before he was arrested, according to the documents filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, where Robertson was charged Monday with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

 

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

Brief: Trump, Biden, Pence in MO; KS Vote Guide; How Your County Votes

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Campaign stops ramp up in Missouri.

 

Kansans will pick a Governor and fill House of Representative seats on election day.

 

How well does your county vote?

 

How cool and wet will your county be?

 

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

Brief: KC Jobs; No Brownback Endorsement; Giant Colon Disappears

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What’s the job situation in Kansas City?

Kansas City’s top industries are manufacturing, professional and technical services, healthcare and transportation. Cerner is growing in south Kansas City. Garmin is expanding in Olathe to accommodate more than 2,600 new jobs and Burns and McDonnell plans to hire hundreds of people in the next couple of years.

Still, Kansas City ranks 26 out of 31 peer metropolitan areas in economic growth, according to the report.

 

Every other former, living Kansas Governor has endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly in her campaign against Republican Kris Kobach.

“His shadow looms really large, both for the people who liked him and didn’t like him,” Beatty said. “This election is still in many ways a referendum on Sam Brownback.”

Kobach has worked to distance himself from Brownback, and Kelly has repeatedly tried to tie Kobach to the former governor.

 

Winter begins in two months.

 

A giant, $4000 colon has gone missing.

“Colorectal cancer screening is the most powerful weapon we have against colorectal cancer,” John Ashcraft, DO, surgical oncologist at The University of Kansas Cancer Center said in a press release Friday. “Colon cancer is a tough subject for many to talk about and the giant, 150-pound, ten-foot-long inflatable colon is a great conversation starter.”

 

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

Brief: KC-STL Hyperloop; Winter Outlook; Gov Endorsements

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A hyperloop would promise a 30-minute trip from Kansas City to St. Louis.

The study, released on Wednesday, was done by the Kansas City-based engineering, consulting and construction company Black & Veatch. It found the hyperloop would be an economic boon for the state, saving Missourians $410 million a year.

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The study found the hyperloop would reduce the number of accidents along the I-70 corridor. Virgin Hyperloop’s Head of Marketing and Communications, Ryan Kelly, said the reduction of accidents would put roughly $91 millions back in Missourians’ pockets per year and cut travel time by more than three hours between the state’s two biggest cities.

 

The election is less than three weeks away, and the endorsement scene remains active.

Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, who served from 1987 to 1991, announced on Thursday that he is endorsing Kelly’s run for governor. He becomes the latest major GOP official along with former Gov. Bill Graves and former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum to support the state senator from Topeka.

 

The Winter Outlook predicts no part of the country will have temperatures below normal.

In the U.S. Winter Outlook for December through February, above-average temperatures are most likely across the northern and western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.

Additionally, El Nino has a 70 to 75 percent chance of developing. “We expect El Nino to be in place in late fall to early winter,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “Although a weak El Nino is expected, it may still influence the winter season by bringing wetter conditions across the southern United States, and warmer, drier conditions to parts of the North.”

 

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

Brief: Rain, Flood, Drought Updates

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A wet start to October:

 

Flood and drought updates:

River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

 

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

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