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Kansas bill dangles cash to persuade K-12 school districts to hire a specific gun-detection vendor

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■ Districts contracting with Pennsylvania company qualify for state matching funds Firearm detection software company ZeroEyes hired lobbyists in Kansas and more than a dozen other states this year to improve prospects of cornering the market on multimillion-dollar school district security contracts by inserting restrictions in legislation to undermine the ability of rival venders to bid. In Kansas, the gambit may work.
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Gov. Laura Kelly affirms plan to veto bipartisan $2.3 billion, five-year tax reform bill

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■ Governor says bipartisan bill too costly, risks throwing state into financial turmoil Gov. Laura Kelly said there was “absolutely no way” to avoid vetoing the $2.3 billion tax reduction bill approved with bipartisan majorities in the Kansas Legislature, arguing the cumulative year-to-year result of a half-billion-dollar drop in revenue would crack the state’s financial foundation.
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Famed Ansel Adams photos of Yosemite, Golden Gate to be featured on new US stamps

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(TNS) For more than 150 years, visitors have taken hundreds of millions of photographs of Yosemite National Park. But many of the park’s most iconic images — timeless, internationally famous shots of Half Dome, Tunnel View, Mirror Lake and other wonders that strikingly depict America’s natural heritage — were made by Bay Area native Ansel Adams.
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Crews prepare explosives for controlled demolition of Key Bridge section atop Dali

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(TNS) BALTIMORE — Salvage crews have been preparing explosive charges that will be used in a controlled demolition of the section of the Key Bridge that landed atop the Dali container ship, officials said Thursday, which will allow the vessel to eventually return to the Port of Baltimore.
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Revolutionary War exhibit comes to IHMAC

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The Esther Lowrey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are bringing the DAR’s traveling Revolutionary War exhibit to the Independence Historical Museum and Art Center. The exhibit, which allows viewers to experience the Revolutionary War through the stories of the Patriots that lived it, will be open May 18-25 during regular business hours. The cost for entry is free for museum members and $5 for non-members.