CNN —Approximately 100 letters containing a white powder have been received by state legislators and public officials across Kansas, officials said, setting off an investigation that includes state and federal agencies. Republican state Rep. Stephen Owens said he also received one of the letters and believes the others who received them are fellow Republicans. A copy of the letter received by Kansas Rep. Stephen Owens. “It was very deliberate, very intentional to get us to open the letters,” Owens said. Despite the letters, Owens says his resolve and that of his Republican colleagues will not waver.

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