By Anna Kaminski | reporter
Good morning, and happy Friday.
Vice President JD Vance is paying another visit to Kansas on Monday. The Kansas Reflector team will be there to cover all you need to know as we quickly approach Election Day.
Have a good weekend.
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Kansas manufacturing business responds to candidates’ conflicting accounts of tariff effects
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The two major party candidates for U.S. Senate diverged in a debate Wednesday night on whether tariffs were helping or hurting a Salina manufacturing business they both visited.
A spokesperson for the business, however, denied U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall’s claim that tariffs were contributing to its growth.
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Kansas attorney general candidates question rivals on plea bargain, immigrant crime
TOPEKA — Kansas attorney general candidates Chris Mann and Kris Kobach took advantage of a televised debate to blast each other with prickly questions on holding influential people accountable for criminal conduct and the human cost of lax enforcement of immigration law.
Kobach, the state’s Republican attorney general and a former constitutional law professor, asked Mann during KTWU’s debate Wednesday night to explain criticism of immigration raids in the context of two women killed by men without authority to be in the United States.
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U.S. Court of Appeals finds due process violation in ICE incarceration of Iranian refugee in Kansas
TOPEKA — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit says a federal district court in Kansas misapplied legal standards in an immigration detention case and the federal government violated due-process regulations after incarcerating an Iranian national.
A 2-1 decision Wednesday rejected claims by the administration of President Donald Trump that a six-month detention clock that limited challenges to lawfulness of a detainee’s incarceration could be restarted each time a person was released and detained.
KANSAS REFLECTOR PODCAST
Long shot candidate connects with disaffected voters
Democratic U.S. House candidate Lauren Reinhold speaks with Kansas Reflector editor Sherman Smith about her campaign, affordability, immigration enforcement and her fondness for green bean soup.
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One man’s story of supporting the wrong side — and how it applies to the Kansas midterms
OPINION
By Eric Thomas
Manchester City’s monumental soccer deception contains a lesson in blind allegiance — my blind allegiance — but also a lesson about what happens when that irrational loyalty breaks.
Cost of employer-sponsored health insurance plans rises again, nonpartisan survey finds
WASHINGTON — The price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, as did the deductible many people must pay before those plans begin covering most healthcare costs, according to a survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF.
Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals
The current Trump administration claims its mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July of this year, but those include both voluntary returns and people turned around at the border, according to a new analysis by the former chief statistician for the Department of Homeland Security.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Kansas Reflector staff will participate in the following free public forums.
3 p.m. Oct. 25, Cox Communications Heritage Education Center in Topeka. Clay Wirestone speaks about his book. Host: Shawnee County Historical Society.
1o p.m. Nov. 14, Constitution Hall in Topeka. Clay Wirestone speaks with veteran journalist Jim McLean. Host: Kansas Oral History Project.
2 p.m. Nov. 15, Volland Foundation Alma. Clay Wirestone in conversation with editor Sherman Smith. Host: Volland, A Place for Art and Community.
6 p.m. Nov. 21, Flagship Books, Kansas City, Kansas. Clay Wirestone speaks and answers questions about his book.
6 p.m. Dec. 3, Prairie Star Restaurant in Manhattan. Host: League of Women Voters of Manhattan and Riley County.
If you're interested in having us talk in your town, email Sherman Smith at [email protected].
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