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What is ‘percent for art?’ About the public art funding program that Wichita arts advocates don’t want to lose
Editor’s note: This story is being re-published with permission from The SHOUT, a Wichita-based independent newsroom focused on arts and cultural coverage. An exchange during last week’s Wichita City Council meeting has prompted some Wichita arts advocates to speak out in favor of a relatively new and little-understood public art funding program.
Storm Track 3 Forecast: Extreme weekend heat, stormier and less hot next week
Another round of storms will fire near the Oklahoma state line to the southwest early this evening followed by another smattering of storms to the northwest by early tonight. A storm may try to reach severe status for damaging winds. Additional showers will fire overnight from central into eastern Kansas...
Kansas judge throws out machine gun possession charge, cites Second Amendment
A federal judge in Kansas has tossed out a machine gun possession charge and questioned if bans on the weapons violate the Second Amendment. If upheld on appeal, the ruling by U.S. District Judge John W. Broomes in Wichita could have a sweeping impact on the regulation of machine guns, including homemade automatic weapons that many police and prosecutors blame for fueling gun violence. Broomes, an appointee of President Donald Trump, on Wednesday dismissed two machine gun possession counts against Tamori Morgan, who was indicted last year. Morgan was accused of possessing a model AM-15 .300-caliber machine gun and a machine gun conversion device known as a “Glock switch” that can make a semi-automatic weapon fire like a machine gun. “The court finds that the Second Amendment applies to the weapons charged because they are ‘bearable arms’ within the original meaning of the amendment,” Broomes wrote. He added that the government “has the burden to show that the regulation is consistent with this nation’s historical firearm regulation tradition.”
PHOTO GALLERY: Blue Angels fly across Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Frontiers in Flight Air Show takes off Saturday, August 24, at McConnell Air Force Base. The show runs from 9 am. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. McConnell started moving its aircraft on Wednesday to make way for incoming aircraft that arrived on Thursday.
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1. Now that the DNC is a wrap, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have a little over 2 months to make their case for the White House. First, the debate, just like Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, Trump and Harris will meet on stage, Sept. 10, in Philadelphia for their first debate. Get your popcorn ready.
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