Kan.
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Growing up in Kansas City, Kan. Clark was hooked on golf from the moment he played his first round in 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Walton State Bank has served 200-person Walton, Kan., since 1907, when the state granted Guy Hawk a charter to start a local bank.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Born April 15, 1962, in Overland Park, Kan., Kane began his voice acting career at age 15 doing commercials in his hometown of Kansas City, according to IMDb.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
“The study highlights a real and important challenge facing local governments nationwide,” said Spencer Duncan, mayor of Topeka, Kan. “Like nearly all cities, Topeka faces a fundamental challenge: infrastructure needs exceed available funding.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
Low, with smaller leaves and broad conspicuous stipules; racemes short, few-flowered; pods broadly linear, spreading, usually strongly curved.—Sask. to E. Col., near or in the mountains, reported from central Kan. 3.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
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