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Brown vs. Board: Topeka’s first Black female superintendent talks about equity, leadership

Published May 14, 2024 01:18AM

Brown vs. Board: Topeka’s first Black female superintendent talks about equity, leadership

In 1950, the NAACP asked third-grader Linda Brown’s father to be one of a handful of plaintiffs in what would become Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

In 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled in the plaintiffs’ favor, ending the legalized segregation of Black and white children in public schools.

In 2016, Brown met Tiffany Anderson, the first black female superintendent for Topeka Public Schools, home of the once-all-Black school Brown first attended — and the same Kansas district that Brown’s grandchi ... Read more

Dallas Assistant City Manager Robert Perez Hired to Lead Top

Dallas Interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert will have one more change to make on her new organizational chart. Assistant City Manager Robert Perez is leaving for Topeka, Kansas.

Perez has been chosen as the lone finalist for Topek ... Read more

Hill’s profits up 9% in Q1 2024, equals 22% of Colgate gro

Hill's Pet Nutrition made up 22% of parent company Colgate-Palmolive’s sales growth in the first quarter of 2024. Colgate’s pet segment made up 3.9% of the company’s net sales.

For the three months ended March 31, Colgate reported ... Read more

KDOT announces approved April bids

The Kansas Department of Transportation announces approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place April 17, 2024, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on ... Read more

Kansas’ governor vetoes a bill for extending child support to fetuses

Published May 10, 2024 10:30PM

photo by: Evert Nelson/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP, File

TOPEKA — Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed a bill aimed at ensuring that child support payments cover fetuses, a measure critics saw as a move by anti-abortion groups toward giving them the same rights as the mothers-to-be carrying them.

The measure scuttled by Gov. Laura Kelly was similar to a Georgia law and measures introduced in at least five other states, according to an Associated Press analysis using the bill-tracking software Plural. ... Read more

Kansas lawmakers add obstacle to placing regulations on busi

TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers have restricted the government’s ability to impose regulations on corporations without their approval, citing the need to “stand up for Kansas taxpayers.”

House Bill 2648, now enrolled as law, prohibits ... Read more

Paranormal Cirque to bring R-rated fun to Kansas with a horr

The circus is coming to a nearby town, but Paranormal Cirque is not your typical family circus with clowns, cotton candy and petting zoos.

Instead, the show — which opens in Topeka, Kansas, next month — features mysterious creatures, ... Read more

Kansas Establishes Alzheimer’s Disease Coalition

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Work Group and Task Force Combine to Establish Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Coalition

TOPEKA – Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Ser ... Read more

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Naveen Sharma

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Mayor Pauly believes that all elected officials are servant leaders for the community they represent. As electeds, it is most important that we connect with our community, work to understand the values, goals and priorities of this special community, and reflect that in all the work that we do.

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