Miss ULM 2023 Leslie Hobgood finished in the top 3 of the Miss Louisiana competition held in June. Hobgood won the Preliminary Alpha Talent Award, the Preliminary Alpha Evening Gown Award, and the Women in the Arts Award on her way to finishing as 2nd Runner-Up in the field of 27 contestants from across the state.
Representative Ford Carr said he would not vote for the proposed budget. Speaker Pro-Tem Blake Carpenter gaveled down Carr after making remarks in the speech he deemed out of line.
An overwhelming majority of the Kansas Legislature approved a budget bill allocating more than $120 million to raise salaries of state employees and delivering $220 million to assist cities and counties eager to qualify for federal infrastructure aid during the next four years.
As Kansas lawmakers get ready to try to set a new record for veto overrides this week and fight to settle on a K-12 education budget, Kansans themselves are doing their best to make their opinions on