The Smoky Valley Public School District’s tech team proposed that students keep their Apple iPads and MacBook Airs another year to save up to about $50,000 a year. This result was the core of a long, complex explanation Monday night to the Board of Education about how a computer is provided to every student and cycles through the district.
TOPEKA — Members of the Kansas Legislature gathered with family and friends Monday to convene the 2025 session and welcome three dozen new lawmakers and test the influence of expanded Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
On the first Thursday of this frosty new year, Joe Biden named 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, an honor for those “who have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”
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I brush aside the curled pink tangle Of last year's bluestem leaves And pull hard against the flat rock's edge, but it won't budge. I see another and tip it up, A limestone mold of ancient seas, Lift its always-impressive weight Up to balance on my hip, Sidestep and lay it on a bare place In the "D" of the town rock sign.
It was cold and snowy last week, but the average temperatures across the contiguous U.S. and the world in 2024 were the warmest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Friday.
The small town of Abilene was the center of a fight over fluoride in drinking water last year, and a preview of battles that could play out in cities across the country as the next presidential administration puts a spotlight on the issue.
All across the state, Kansans have been enjoying or perhaps dealing with the snow for more than a week. I have heard countless people remark that there's been more snow than we have had in years.