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Someone sent Republican lawmakers in Montana letters containing an unknown white powder. Republican officials in Tennessee and Kansas also received similar letters over the last week. Several Tennessee Republicans got similar letters the day before, according to the Tennessee Star. And on June 18, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation reported that more than 100 Republican lawmakers and officials from across Kansas received similar letters, which also included the suspicious powder. The letters contained cryptic messages and details designed to get recipients to open them, lawmakers told CNN.
Persons: , Greg Gianforte, baruch, Stephen Owens, Owens Organizations: Service, CNN, Tennessee Republicans, Tennessee Star, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Republican, Kansas, FBI, Kansas State Rep Locations: Montana, Tennessee, Kansas
Reuters reported on March 9 (here) that the Kansas Republican legislature passed a bill banning transgender athletes from competing in female school sports if they were born male. The bill banned transgender girls and women from female sports teams in public elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and colleges, and from private school teams that compete against public schools. Bill HB 2238 (here) restricts “participation on women’s teams to female students” and provides a basis for legal action if the act is violated. Nothing in the bill specifies how the biological sex of the students is to be determined. The Kansas bill HB 2238 does not contain any reference to genital inspections of student athletes, nor does it specify how state education groups should implement the new law restricting participation in girls’ sports teams.
And while the city of Washington, Kansas, is small with just over 1,000 residents, it is surrounded by farms where wheat, corn, soybeans are planted and cattle are raised. The once-quiet valley is currently a construction site buzzing with some 400 contractors, staff from pipeline operator TC Energy, and federal, state and local officials. The valley has become almost a small town, with several Quonset-style huts erected for workers. WIDER GROUP AFFECTEDLiving in rural Kansas, the Pannbackers are used to preparing for harsh weather, but not an oil spill. “How many people have experienced an oil spill?
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