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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2025-06-19 ( 12 items ) |
2025 ABCA-Rawlings NAIA Gold Glove Team Revealed (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 18 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release:
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2025 ABCA-Rawlings NAIA Gold Glove Team Revealed
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), Rawlings, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) have named the nine members of the 2025 ABCA-Rawlings NAIA Gold Glove Team, selected by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association All-America Committee.
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Chiefs' Travis Kelce says returning for 2025 season 'wasn't that hard of a decision' (10)
CANTON, Ohio, June 18 [Category: Sports] -- The National Football League posted the following news:
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Chiefs' Travis Kelce says returning for 2025 season 'wasn't that hard of a decision'
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Travis Kelce 's illustrious playing career is headed toward Year 13 -- a decision the 35-year-old made this past March after a month of uncertainty.
But speaking with the Kansas City media for the first time since deciding he will play in 2025, the Chiefs tight end indicated to reporters that a possi more PR
Davids Announces New Federal Grant for University of Kansas Medical Center Head Start Program (10)
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release:
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Davids Announces New Federal Grant for University of Kansas Medical Center Head Start Program
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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the University of Kansas Medical Center's Project Eagle, a Head Start project, with a new federal grant (link is external). The $5.68 million will be used to continue providing early education op more PR
Davids Presses Trump Admin on Dangerous Weather Service Staffing Shortages in Wake of Severe Kansas Storms (10)
WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release:
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Davids Presses Trump Admin on Dangerous Weather Service Staffing Shortages in Wake of Severe Kansas Storms
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Today, Representative Sharice Davids demanded answers from United States Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on critical staffing shortages at the National Weather Service (NWS) that are putting Kansans at risk amid an increasingly severe storm season.
With Kansas already exper more PR
EPA Region 7 Hosts Agribusiness and Cooperative Associations at Regional Office (10)
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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EPA Region 7 Hosts Agribusiness and Cooperative Associations at Regional Office
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LENEXA, KAN. (JUNE 18, 2025) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted agribusiness and cooperative associations at the Regional Office in Lenexa, Kansas, to discuss topics at the intersection of agriculture and EPA regulations. Together, these groups represent thousands of agricultural busin more PR
Garmin and Zwift Announce Expanded Integration for Tacx NEO 2T and 3M (10)
OLATHE, Kansas, June 19 -- Garmin, a global positioning system technology developer for automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor and sport activities and utilities, issued the following news release:
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Garmin and Zwift announce expanded integration for Tacx NEO 2T and 3M
Tacx NEO smart trainers gain Zwift virtual shifting capability, will also receive new Race Mode and odometer features
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OLATHE, Kan./June 18, 2025 - Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced new compatibility updates and feature more PR
Kansas Hospitals Call for Increased Medicare Payments Amid Financial Struggles (10)
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The Kansas Hospital Association (KHA) has submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging the agency to increase payments to hospitals for the upcoming fiscal year. This plea comes as hospitals in Kansas continue to navigate severe financial challenges exacerbated by inflation, workforce shortages, and rising operational costs.
"Our 121 member hospitals are struggling under the financial pressures impacting healthcare today," said Shanna more ST
Kansas State University: From Pig Waste to Jet Fuel (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, June 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news:
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From pig waste to jet fuel
Prathap Parameswaran is developing a pathway to more easily biomanufacture ingredients for aviation fuel
By Grant Guggisberg
A Kansas State University engineer is evaluating the feasibility and efficiency of producing aviation fuel precursors from swine waste.
The project focuses on anaerobic membrane reactors, or AnMBRs, as a viable platform to recover and valorize swine waste more PR
KU Researchers Develop, Validate Tool to Identify Strengths in Students as Young as Preschool (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
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KU researchers develop, validate tool to identify strengths in students as young as preschool
The fields of education, psychology, social welfare and others have increasingly focused on a person's strengths to help them succeed. But the effort has overlooked the youngest students, as the literature on strengths has focused almost exclusively on older students and adults.
University of Kansas rese more PR
Senator Marshall Applauds Inclusion of SHORT Act in President Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
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Senator Marshall Applauds Inclusion of SHORT Act in President Trump's One Big, Beautiful Bill
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Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) applauded the inclusion of his Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act in the Senate reconciliation text. If signed into law, the legislation would remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of short more PR
Senator Marshall Introduces Legislation Mandating English Proficiency for Commercial Vehicle Operators (10)
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
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Senator Marshall Introduces Legislation Mandating English Proficiency for Commercial Vehicle Operators
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Washington - On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) introduced the Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) English Proficiency Act, which would require those applying to operate CMVs to be tested for English proficiency before receiving a CMV license.
"Common sense would tell us tha more PR
University of Kansas: Researcher Talks Nonsense to ChatGPT to Understand How It Processes Language (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news:
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Researcher talks nonsense to ChatGPT to understand how it processes language
A new study appearing in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One from a psycholinguist at the University of Kansas explores how ChatGPT, the popular artificial-intelligence chatbot, responded to nonwords.
Nonwords are meaningless letters and sounds used in cognitive psychology to explore how humans learn, remember and process more PR
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