Lawrence Journal-World 10-20-2016

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Federal judge revives voting citizenship lawsuit By Roxana Hegeman Associated Press

Wichita — A federal judge revived on Wednesday a lawsuit challenging a Kansas law requiring prospective voters to prove they are U.S. citizens, say-

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ing the case is of constituThis case deserves to be decided on the merits and tional significance and pubnot through procedural default.” lic interest. “This case deserves to — U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson be decided on the merits and not through proceShe gave Kansas Secre- a timely response to the dural default,” wrote U.S. District Judge Ju- tary of State Kris Kobach lawsuit, saying his neglia pass for failing to file gence in missing the deadlie Robinson.

line was not willful. She set aside a court clerk’s default judgment issued last week against the state. At issue is a Kansas law that requires people who register to vote to provide

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Before Lied Center show, Clint Black dishes on latest album, state of the genre

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jhlavacek@ljworld.com Last fall, singer-songwriter Clint Black dropped his first studio album in a decade.

“On Purpose,” which has earned mostly positive reviews since its release, marked a return to the spotlight for the lauded country crooner (his many accolades include big wins from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association) and occasional actor who made a name for himself among genre peers Garth Brooks and

Clint Black will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. Tickets start at $35 for adults and $19 for students, and can be purchased at the Lied Center ticket office or at lied.ku.edu. Alan Jackson in the 1980s. On Saturday evening, he’ll perform under the bright lights of the Lied Center stage, 1600 Stewart Drive. In the weeks leading up to his Lawrence visit, Black shared his thoughts on the current state of country music, among other things, with the JournalWorld in an email exchange.

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Ex-Gov. Carlin, political experts foresee big changes for Legislature By Peter Hancock phancock@ljworld.com

Topeka — A group of political experts, including a former Kansas governor, told a gathering of public school officials Wednesday that moderate Republicans and Democrats may win a majority of seats in the Kansas Legislature Nov. 8, but they also warned of trouble ahead for the state. “I’m very confident there will be a moderate coalition

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I’m very confident there will be a moderate coalition that will be in the majority, but we need it to be as large a majority as possible.”

that will be in the majority, but we need it to be as large a majority as possible,” former Gov. John Carlin told a group of superintendents and school board members meeting at the Kansas Association

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A teacher at Lawrence’s South Middle School has been suspended with pay after allegedly making racist comments during class, the Lawrence school district announced Wednesday afternoon. According to a district-issued news release, the school received a complaint against the teacher on Monday from a family member of a South stu-

of School Boards in Topeka. Funding for public schools has been a dominant issue in many legislative races this year, and an unusually large

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dent, alleging that racist comments — the news release did not specify more than this — had been made in class. South administrators followed up with an investigation of the incident, including an interview with the teacher, before sharing information gathered in the investigation with the district’s human resources office on Tuesday. The HR office then began its own inquiry.

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