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The news of her brother’s death wasn’t unexpected. But mid-March 2020 would prove to be an extremely unusual time for Margaret, an African American woman in her 70s living in Wichita, and for her family to bury a loved one.
The novel coronavirus was beginning to reach Kansas. Just hours after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly issued an emergency declaration in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas recorded its first death linked to the disease.
In about a week, Margaret would learn just how close to home the pandemic would hit, when she became Sedgwick County’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. The Journal is withholding her real name at her request to protect her privacy but has verified details of her account through hospital discharge papers and interviews with friends and family members.
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The medical marijuana bill passed 78-42 on an initial vote in the Kansas House Thursday, May 6, 2021.
TOPEKA, Kansas Kansas took its first major step toward legalizing medical marijuana Thursday when the conservative Republicans who dominate the state House passed a bill that tracks a national trend and bucks federal law.
Kansas-style legalization would regulate everything from patient access to cannabis advertising.
The historic floor debate stretched on for nearly five hours, laying bare divisions among Republicans. The bill passed 79-42 and now heads to the Kansas Senate.
Some lawmakers argued that legalizing medical marijuana fell in line with small-government philosophies.
Originally published on May 6, 2021 3:38 pm
TOPEKA, Kansas Kansas took its first major step toward legalizing medical marijuana Thursday when the conservative Republicans who dominate the state House passed a bill that tracks a national trend and bucks federal law.
Kansas-style legalization would regulate everything from patient access to cannabis advertising.
The historic floor debate stretched on for nearly five hours, laying bare divisions among Republicans. The bill passed 79-42 and heads to the Kansas Senate. Some lawmakers argued that legalizing medical marijuana fell in line with small-government philosophies.
“It’s time,” Bunker Hill Republican Rep. Troy Waymaster said. “It is the right move forward for the state of Kansas.”