Receptionist wants some co-worker courtesy
Dear Amy: I am a receptionist. I love my job, and my co-workers are great.
January 2022
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Coleman case in limbo
Kansas state Rep. Aaron Coleman hasn’t been charged with a crime a month after his arrest by state troopers along I-70 near Lawrence, which could help him get diversion in a separate domestic battery case.
Winter storm to sweep through Kansas
A blast of cold air bringing dangerously low wind chills, and accompanied in some areas by light snow, is expected to sweep into Kansas as residents usher in the new year. That storm system should affect the state from late Friday through Sunday, according to the website of the National Weather Service's Topeka office.
Hypocrisy? Rep. Jake LaTurner voted against infrastructure he ‘supports’
I subscribe to Rep. Jake LaTurner’s weekly newsletter as one of my sources to know what is going on. I find it often full of hyperbole and maybe a little gray in its assertions and often just a reprint of GOP leadership talking points.
President Biden and Vice President Harris: End or change filibuster
I am no stranger to the workings of the Congress. My father was a U.S. senator back in the 1960s and 1970s. I grew up walking the halls of the Congress and the Capitol building. So you might understand the effect the Jan. 6 insurrection had on me.
Gratitude to Salina-area residents for witnessing Sen. Dole’s journey
I want to thank the wonderful people of Salina who showed up on a brutally cold and windy night to honor Sen. Bob Dole’s final journey to Kansas.
Dems find there’s ‘not a one-size-fits-all approach’ to invoking Trump in midterms
WASHINGTON – Nick Ahamed has seen both the potential and the challenge Democrats will face next year when they invoke former President Donald Trump’s name on the campaign trail. The deputy executive director of Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC, was conducting research on Americans who had never cast a ballot before voting for President Joe Biden in 2020.
Last known slave ship to reach America may contain human DNA
Researchers studying Clotilda, the last known slave ship to reach America in 1860, have discovered most of the ship is still intact – down to an unventilated pen for captives. Two-thirds of the ship remain protected by freshwater and mud in a river near Mobile, Alabama, including the entire lower deck where 108 enslaved Africans were kept.
Why isn’t vaccination proof required for domestic flights?
To go into restaurants, visit gyms, go on a cruise or see the new “Spider-Man” movie in theaters, you need to show proof of vaccination in many parts of the country. But you don’t need proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to board a commercial flight within the U.S.
Federal program offers cash to cover COVID-19 funeral costs
BOSTON – When Wanda Olson’s son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to grapple with more than just their sudden grief. They had to come up with money for a cremation.