Blaise Mesa
Social Services and Criminal Justice Reporter at Kansas News Service
News REporter at KMUW-FM (Wichita, KS)
Kansas Statehouse Reporter at The Beacon Media
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
audacy.com | Blaise Mesa
Kansas is the only state or local government to pass a plan to fund a Kansas City Chiefs or Royals stadium project. Dysfunction in the Missouri General Assembly might also mean the Show Me State has nothing to offer. A last-minute plan by Gov. Mike Kehoe to help finance stadium projects for the Royals and Chiefs derailed in the state Senate. Missouri lawmakers return Monday for a special session to, among other things, pass a stadium proposal.
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4 weeks ago |
thebeaconnews.org | Blaise Mesa
Kansas is the only state or local government to pass a plan to fund a Kansas City Chiefs or Royals stadium project. Dysfunction in the Missouri General Assembly might also mean the Show Me State has nothing to offer. A last-minute plan by Gov. Mike Kehoe to help finance stadium projects for the Royals and Chiefs wasn’t even debated in the Senate. Missouri lawmakers return June 2 for a special session to, among other things, pass a stadium proposal.
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1 month ago |
derbyinformer.com | Blaise Mesa
Sen. Kenny Titus believes the Kansas Legislature recently expanded police surveillance without doing enough to protect Kansans from unreasonable searches. He is eyeing potential changes to state law to rein that power back in. Titus’ concerns come from a new state law that protects utility companies from lawsuits if they allow police to put surveillance equipment on utility poles. The law did not expand law enforcement’s ability to add the cameras, but it shielded pole owners from lawsuits.
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1 month ago |
thebeaconnews.org | Blaise Mesa
Sen. Tory Marie Blew, a Great Bend Republican, signed up for a child care waiting list in 2020. Blew wasn’t even pregnant at the time. But she knew how hard it was to find child care. Four years later, the child care spot finally came open. Thankfully for Blew, it took her longer to have a child than she suspected. But not every family can linger four years on a waitlist.
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1 month ago |
hppr.org | Blaise Mesa
Sen. Kenny Titus believes the Kansas Legislature recently expanded police surveillance without doing enough to protect Kansans from unreasonable searches. He is eyeing potential changes to state law to rein that power back in. Titus' concerns come from a new state law that protects utility companies from lawsuits if they allow police to put surveillance equipment on utility poles. The law did not expand law enforcement's ability to add the cameras, but it shielded pole owners from lawsuits.
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