In Kansas News
Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the Kansas Statehouse on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and a military parade for the Army’s 250th anniversary.It was one of hundreds of “No Kings” protests planned across the country. Protesters criticized Trump’s proposed government cuts and his deployment of ICE agents in various U.S. cities.Lenora Scroggins says she’s glad the protest in Topeka remained nonviolent.
“It was peaceful, and that’s how we do this. Trump and his buddies – they want war.”
A website for the protests shows at least 15 were planned across Kansas.The parade in Washington, D.C. cost an estimated $40 million and also fell on Trump’s birthday.
Baker University has finalized a covenant with the Douglas County Register of Deeds to permanently protect the Baker Wetlands (south of Lawrence).Last year a developer wanted to buy 16 acres, but was rejected.Andrew Rutter is the wetlands director.
“Wetlands and prairies are some of the most imperiled ecosystems – both globally and on the North American continent. Stewarding those ecosystems to ensure they persist in the future provides super important habitat for declining species that rely on those habitats.”
Baker also started a partnership with two conservation groups last year – Ducks Unlimited and the Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams.Those groups bring more resources to maintain habitat critical for migrating birds and other animals.
And in Missouri News,
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt is defending President Trump’s decision to send in the California National Guard in response to protests over immigration enforcement. St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum has more from the Missouri Republican senator.
Trump sparked a firestorm after he dispatched thousands of California National Guard to protests in Los Angeles over his administration’s immigration enforcement actions. The GOP president took that action over the objections of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
But Schmitt says Trump’s decision was justified to prevent protesters from interfering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carrying out their duties.
'When that happens, the President of the United States has the ability to protect those assets and people, and that's what's at stake here.”
Newsom is challenging Trump’s action in court. I’m Jason Rosenbaum, STLPR.
Protestors on Saturday filled the sidewalks of one of Joplin's busiest intersections as a part of the nationwide No Kings protest. This demonstration was in response to Saturday's military parade in Washington, D.C, organized by the Trump Administration. The national non-partisan organization Indivisible orchestrated the event. Joplin's Indivisible event planner, Bradley Bos, emphasized that the goal of this event was a peaceful protest.
"Even if you don't agree, just let's not focus more on the right and the wrong instead of just community dialog and realize that we're all neighbors, and we need to treat each other like neighbors."
Joplin's protest was one of roughly thirty in Missouri on Saturday. There was no police intervention or de-escalation and few counter-protestors.
