Jo Ella Hoye
@joellahoye
State Representative | Kansas House District 17 Kansas Smart. Kansas Heart! #ksleg
hard to surprise people with an article about pants in this news environment
The State Dept RIF included closing or eviscerating entire offices that promote democracy, combat genocide & violent extremism, help resolve armed conflicts, & supported women’s rights—Among them was the Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons, known as the TIP Office.
The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Two people were killed in a shooting this evening in Lawrence and a third person was taken to a hospital by helicopter, according to police. lawrenceks.news/4nVCuDq
Lawrence police are investigating a shooting that left two dead and one critically injured at 1600 Haskell Avenue shortly after 8pm. Responding officers found two people dead on scene, and one person was transported by helicopter to an area trauma center with critical injuries.…
The Epstein stuff is so bad they’re releasing information about Trump‘s health for the first time. Can’t even trust that either.
Dozens of Native American radio stations across the country vital to tribal communities will be at risk of going off the air if Congress cuts more than $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to industry leaders. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n…
Don’t tread on my carrot cake
Mehmet Oz on Medicaid: "We'll be there for you, the American people, when you need help, but you gotta stay healthy yourself ... don't eat carrot cake. Eat real food."
Reward offered after 5 dogs shot to death, 'discarded like trash' at Kansas river dam: kake.com/home/reward-of… #KAKEnews
The floods ripped through Texas on July 4. On July 5, FEMA received 3000 calls from survivors. 1% were unanswered. That night, Trump/Noem fired the people who answer the calls. On July 6, FEMA received 2,363 calls. 65% unanswered. July 7: 85%. Sick. nytimes.com/2025/07/11/cli…
A person in northern Arizona has died from a case of bubonic plague, local health officials say. nbcnews.com/health/health-…
A New Hampshire man is not being allowed to return home after taking a family trip to Canada. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n…
Kansas has 2 U.S. Senators, & they are both Republicans so they were not singled out. I hope that @JerryMoran will vote in support of the essential infrastructure that public broadcasting provides to keep our state connected—especially for weather emergencies. #ksleg
PBS station singles out GOP senators in contentious public broadcasting funding battle foxnews.com/media/pbs-stat…
Alligator Alcatraz detainees claim they are enduring inhumane conditions, including lack of access to water, inadequate food and denial of religious rights. cbsnews.com/miami/news/all…
Kansas education officials estimate roughly $50 million worth of payments previously authorized by Congress are being withheld pending federal review. kshb.com/news/local-new…
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…
Colombian representatives erupted in cheers after the country’s Senate approved a law prohibiting the marriage of minors on Wednesday, following a 17-year campaign to ban child marriage.
To avoid conflicts, I wouldn't even let Obama refinance his family home when I was his ethics czar Now Trump is hoovering in hundreds of millions in violation of the law! That's a threat to our national security as I discussed @MSNBC
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Blair and Brooke Harber were among the children who died due to ravaging floods that hit Kerr County on Friday morning. The bodies of the 13-year-old and 11-year-old girls were found about 12 hours after the heavy rain saturated the area, according to their aunt, Jennifer…
TEXAS FLOODING LATEST: Fifty-nine people are dead as a result of the flooding and torrential rains in Kerr County, Texas, including 21 children, authorities said. One counselor and 11 campers remained missing from Camp Mystic. Live updates: abcnews.link/I4sNTdq