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Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Saturday, Jun. 21. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Immigration-Transportation Funds Judge rules Trump administration can’t require states to help on immigration to get transport money SUMMARY: A federal judge has blocked the

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–MARINERS-TWINS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Seattle plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Patrick Donnelly. 300 words, photos. UPCOMING:

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Jun. 20. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US HEAT WAVE DESCRIPTION: Monitoring extreme heat forecast for U.S. states across the Midwest starting Friday. On

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Climate-Heat Wave-Humidity Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest SUMMARY: Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US HEAT WAVE DESCRIPTION: Monitoring extreme heat forecast for U.S. states across the Midwest starting Friday. On

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Jun. 19. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-REDS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

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Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions. The heat will be particularly worrisome this weekend across wide stretches of Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, where forecasters are warning of extreme temperature impacts.

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Trump-Minnesota-Lawmakers Shot Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’ SUMMARY: A spokesperson for Minnesota Gov.

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-REDS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Wednesday, Jun. 18. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-REDS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–UA-President Peter Mohler named new University of Alabama president SUMMARY: Peter J. Mohler has been named the next president of the University of Alabama.

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-REDS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Tuesday, Jun. 17. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— ABORTION DESCRIPTION: The abortion funding system across the country is battered three years after the U.S. Supreme

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Great Plains News Digest

To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Immigration-New Detention Centers ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds SUMMARY: No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-REDS DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Cincinnati at Great American Ball Park. 150 words, more on merit. UPCOMING: By

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LOCALIZE IT: Shuttered private prisons reopen amid mass deportation push. How to cover the effects

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Private prisons operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts. When Trump took office, politically connected private-prison giants CoreCivic and Geo had around 20 idle facilities, partially

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Takeaways from AP’s reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and JOHN HANNA Associated Press LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some facilities nabbing lucrative no-bid contracts. When Trump, a Republican, took office, politically connected private-prison giants CoreCivic Inc. and The Geo Group

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