Midwest
Kansas governor vetoes bill banning transgender treatment to minors, abortion restrictions
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday that would have banned transgender treatment for minors in the state, as well as two bills imposing abortion restrictions.
Substitute Bill for Senate Bill 233 sought to outlaw transgender treatment for minors and allow for causes of action against healthcare providers who provided such treatment. The bill would also have restricted the use of state funds for transgender treatment.
“This divisive legislation targets a small group of Kansans by placing government mandates on them and dictating to parents how to best raise and care for their children,” Kelly, a Democrat, said in a statement released. “I do not believe that is a conservative value, and it’s certainly not a Kansas value.”
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Kelly said the legislation “tramples parental rights,” saying she does not want to stand “between a parent and a child who needed medical care of any kind.”
“And yet, that is exactly what this legislation does,” Kelly said in the statement.
Kelly also vetoed two separate bills that would have imposed additional abortion restrictions throughout the state. HB 2749 would have required the reporting of abortions performed in the state “at a medical care facility or by a healthcare provider,” according to the bill text. The reasons behind the procedure would be required in the reporting as well.
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“House Bill 2749 is invasive and unnecessary. There is no valid medical reason to force a woman to disclose to the legislature if they have been a victim of abuse, rape, or incest prior to obtaining an abortion,” Kelly said in the statement released. “There is also no valid reason to force a woman to disclose to the legislature why she is seeking an abortion.”
Additionally, Kelly vetoed HB 2436 that would have criminalized coercion to obtain an abortion. Kelly cited the “vague language in this bill” and its potential privacy intrusion concerns as reasons for ultimately vetoing the legislation.
“This overly broad language risks criminalizing Kansans who are being confided in by their loved ones or simply sharing their expertise as a health care provider,” Kelly said in the statement.
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In 2022, Kansas residents voted against an amendment to the state’s constitution that would have given lawmakers in the state the ability to regulate abortion. The vote came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade in a decision that further split the nation on abortion.
Just this past week, Arizona made headlines regarding the issue after the state Supreme Court issued a ruling reverting the state back to a 160-year-old, pre-statehood law that outlaws abortions in nearly all circumstances and criminalizes abortions.
The law, which was codified in 1913 after Arizona became a state, includes an exception in cases where the mother’s life is at risk.
Fox News’ Jamie Joseph and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Michigan
Why I Blame the State of Michigan for My Cracked Windshield
It’s not my fault – I think Michigan is to blame for my broken windshield(s).
Now hear me out.
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I’ve been driving legally for decades at this point. Even spent a couple years as a professional over-the-road truck driver. Best guess? I’ve probably driven at least a million miles – no exaggeration.
All that time behind the wheel, and never so much as a chip or crack in a windshield.
That is, until I moved back to Michigan in 2022.
Since then it’s happened no less than four times. I think I’ve finally figured out why.
Why I Believe My Cracked Windshield Is Michigan’s Fault
Before US127 in Lansing became a construction nightmare, it used to be part of my daily commute for about five miles.
On the way to work one morning along 127 just a few weeks after moving to Lansing, a rock popped up and chipped my windshield. Thankfully my auto insurance offers windshield replacement without a deductible, so I got it taken care of pretty quickly.
I wasn’t prepared for a encore performance just three months later. Same road, same situation. BAM! Another chipped windshield. Aggravated, I got it fixed again.
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I kid you not. Mere weeks after that, I’m on southbound 127 between Trowbridge Road and the Jolly/Dunckel Road exit in Lansing, and yet another rock popped up from the road and sent a crack across this latest windshield I’d only had for two months.
I was livid. My driving habits were no different, but my results sure were. (It happened yet again I-96 near Portland, Michigan, a couple months after that third incident on US127.)
But get this – I’ve now gone six months with the same windshield again, and I believe I know why.
‘Authorized Vehicles Only’ Is the Bane of My Existence
Prior to US127 in Lansing becoming the afore-mentioned construction nightmare, there were a handful of gravel crossovers connecting the northbound and southbound lanes. These turnarounds are marked “Authorized Vehicles Only”, and are meant primarily for emergency vehicles – although some impatient motorists will use them to illegally reverse direction anyway.
Now that construction has temporarily eliminated those crossovers – guess what? I’m not getting broken windshields anymore!
Could it be that MDOT was the cause of those rocks in the road in the first place? Gravel gets dragged onto the main travel lanes by those using the crossovers, then the rocks get spun up into drivers’ windshields?
I can tell you this – having driven in several other states, I can vouch that many other states pave their crossovers. Does that potentially lead to increased illegal use of them? Perhaps. Does it lead to fewer broken windshields? Based on the fact that I’ve driven as much as I have and never encountered so many problems as I have on the highway in Michigan, I’d take that bet.
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Missouri
Arkansas belts 6 home runs to beat Southeast Missouri State at NCAA regionals
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Ben McLaughlin and Hudson White each hit two home runs and Arkansas beat Southeast Missouri State 17-9 on Friday in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional.
The Razorbacks (44-14) will move on to play Kansas State or Louisiana Tech in a winner’s bracket game. Southeast Missouri State (34-26) will face the Kansas State-Louisiana Tech loser in an elimination game.
McLaughlin’s three-run homer stretched Arkansas’ lead to 8-0 in the second. SEMO scored four runs in the third and fifth to tie it. The Razorbacks answered with homers from Wehiwa Aloy and Kendall Diggs in the bottom half of the fifth. McLaughlin hit a three-run home run in the seventh, and White homered to left center to score three runs in the eighth. He also went deep for one run in the first inning.
McLaughlin was 3 for 5 and finished with six RBI. White was 2 for 4 with 5 RBI and scored three runs.
Ben Palmer and Josh Cameron combined for seven RBIs for SEMO.
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