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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2025-11-11 ( 10 items )  
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Reaches Tentative Collective Agreements in U.S. (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), Calgary, Canada, announced it has reached 13 tentative collective agreements with several labor unions in the U.S. These agreements address employees representing carmen, hostlers, laborers, clerks, maintenance workers, along with mechanical and engineering supervisor staff. The agreements, all with five-year terms, affect hundreds of railroad workers across the U.S. and span multiple properties now under the CPKC umbrella. Six tentat more PR

Kansas State University: People With Purpose - Laura Miller (10)
MANHATTAN, Kansas, Nov. 11 -- Kansas State University issued the following Q&A on Nov. 10, 2025, by Mary Adeyemo with Laura Miller, associate professor of veterinary virology, immunology and genetics in the College of Veterinary Medicine: * * * People with purpose: Laura Miller Meet the researcher who's finding a more agile approach to biosecurity * With an urgent sense of the need to create a more agile approach to preventing infectious diseases, the heart of Laura Miller's passion lies in more PR

Passed: Sens. Moran, Blumenthal Bipartisan Legislation to Deliver Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Nov. 9, 2025: * * * PASSED: Sens. Moran, Blumenthal Bipartisan Legislation to Deliver Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans Today, the U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - asked for unanimous consent on the Senate floor to pass legislation he introduced with Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) - ranking member o more PR

Researcher seeks to understand delays in language development (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 10 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Researcher seeks to understand delays in language development * LAWRENCE A tool that University of Kansas researcher Nancy Brady and colleagues pioneered over a decade ago to measure the growth of infants' pre-speech communication skills has been translated into several languages and referenced in more than 100 research papers, including a new one published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing R more PR

Season's Second-to-Last Poll Sees Campbellsville (Ky.) Back in Top 10, Grand View (Iowa) No. 1 (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 10 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Season's Second-to-Last Poll Sees Campbellsville (Ky.) Back in Top 10, Grand View (Iowa) No. 1 * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Campbellsville (Ky.) re-entered the Top 10 at No. 10 and Montana Tech picked up a point on Friends (Kan.) to create a tie at No. 4, while Grand View (Iowa) earned one more first-place vote over last week to remain where the Vikings more PR

Senator Marshall: I Came to Congress to Fix the Cost of Health Care (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: I Came to Congress to Fix the Cost of Health Care * Senator Marshall Joins Pete Mundo on KCMO to Discuss the Schumer Shutdown & America's Healthcare Crisis Washington - On Monday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Pete Mundo on Mundo in the Morning on KCMO radio to discuss the path forward to the Schumer Shutdown and Republican solutions to Democrats' failed h more PR

Study finds Kansas City fare-free bus policy attracted new riders, increased overall use (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 10 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Study finds Kansas City fare-free bus policy attracted new riders, increased overall use * LAWRENCE Every campaign season, politicians debate the potential benefits and drawbacks of making public transit free. New research from the University of Kansas has found that when Kansas City made its bus service fare-free in 2020, it not only attracted new riders but also increased overall bus use for many. These  more PR

Veterans Day reminds KU ROTC students why they chose a military career (10)
LAWRENCE, Kansas, Nov. 10 -- The University of Kansas posted the following news: * * * Veterans Day reminds KU ROTC students why they chose a military career * Honor. Legacy. Sacrifice. Freedom. Those are the words University of Kansas ROTC students use when reflecting on Veterans Day. They also talk of their desire to carry on the tradition of serving and defending the country, and their appreciation for those who came before them. High school and college ROTC programs were the pathway to more PR

VIDEO: Sen. Moran Speaks on Senate Floor on Harmful Impacts of Government Shutdown on U.S. Aviation (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: Sen. Moran Speaks on Senate Floor on Harmful Impacts of Government Shutdown on U.S. Aviation * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee - spoke on the Senate floor tonight on the harmful impacts of the government shutdown on U.S. aviation and to urge the passage of a clean  more PR

Women's Cross Country Final Conference Ratings (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 10 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Women's Cross Country Final Conference Ratings * American Midwest Conference 1. Columbia (Mo.) 2. Cottey (Mo.) 3. Williams Baptist (Ark.) 4. Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 5. UHSP (Mo.) 6. Crowley's Ridge (Ark.) Appalachian Athletic Conference 1. Milligan (Tenn.) 2. Montreat (N.C.) 3. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 4. Reinhardt (Ga.) more PR