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McPherson Housing Conference builds momentum for community solutions

The McPherson Housing Coalition (MHC) will host its fifth annual Housing Conference later this month, bringing together developers, service providers, advocates, and residents for a day focused on solutions to housing challenges across McPherson County. The 2025 McPherson County Housing Conference is set for Thursday, September 25, from 8:00 a.m.

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Being reckless is not brave

Dear Readers, Since the 2025 Hurricane Season started, six named storms. The National Hurricane Center (NOAA) is watching a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa, which NOAA reports has “favorable conditions” to develop into Tropical Storm Gabrielle.

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Trump is proving no friend to labor

During the 2024 election campaign, the Republican Party’s historically fraught relationship with organized labor appeared to be changing. Several influential Republicans reached out to unions, seeking to cement the loyalties of the growing ranks of working-class Americans who have been backing Donald Trump’s presidential runs and voting for other members of his party.

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Suit against foreign contributions ban stalls

TOPEKA — Kansas officials brought clarity to a new law that bans financial contributions from foreign nationals to campaigns for or against state constitutional amendments, a law at the center of an ongoing lawsuit. The case in federal court has stagnated while parties waited for the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission, formerly known as the governmental ethics commission, to straighten out details of the law.

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Speaking the truth in love

Over the summer, folks across the Lindsborg community have been gathering at Messiah Lutheran Church to read Amanda Tyler’s “How to End Christian Nationalism.” This teaching and preaching series has invited us, in various ways, to wrestle with what belongs to God and what belongs to empire. In very practical and challenging ways, facing Christian Nationalism asks us to grow up in truth and love.

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