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      Abortion rights activists gather at the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana

      Kansas GOP Pushes Local Abortion Bans After Voters Rejected State Law

      "This is an attempt to blatantly disregard the will of the people."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 20, 2023

      Kansas voters left little room for interpretation when a sizable majority voted in August to reject a ballot measure that would have paved the way for a statewide abortion ban—but that isn't stopping Republicans from attempting to force residents to continue unwanted pregnancies by imposing city-by-city bans.

      State Sen. Chase Blasi on Thursday introduced Senate Bill 65, which would authorize cities and counties "to enact local laws more stringent than state law regarding regulation of abortion" and would repeal the state law which prohibits "political subdivisions" from enacting bans.

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      Keystone Pipeline spill Kansas 12/2022

      'Tragedy Unfolding' as Cleanup of Largest-Ever Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill Continues

      Around 600,000 gallons of crude tar sands oil spewed Wednesday from the pipeline into a northern Kansas creek that's part of a watershed providing drinking water for 800,000 people.

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 12, 2022

      Cleanup and assessment efforts continued Monday after a Canadian fossil fuel company's pipeline spilled nearly an Olympic-sized swimming pool's worth of crude tar sands oil into a northern Kansas creek that feeds a watershed providing drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.

      "The only safe way to transport tar sands oil is not to do it at all."

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      Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Oil Leaks Into Kansas Creek

      "Pipelines leak," said one climate campaigner. "Especially ones named Keystone."

      Julia Conley
      Dec 08, 2022

      This is a developing story. Please check back for updates...

      Climate campaigners on Thursday were outraged but unsurprised as TC Energy in Canada--the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline proposal defeated last year--announced the 22nd spill from its original pipeline.

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