WASHINGTON (AP) — President&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump’s</a>&nbsp;power to unilaterally impose far-reaching&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tariffs">tariffs</a>&nbsp;is coming before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a pivotal test of executive power with trillion-dollar implications for the global economy.

<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx">Click here to listen to the live oral argument&nbsp;</a>

The Republican administration is trying to defend the tariffs central to Trump’s economic agenda after lower courts ruled the emergency law he invoked doesn’t give him near-limitless power to set and change duties on imports.

The Constitution says Congress has the power to levy tariffs. But the Trump administration argues that in emergency situations the president can regulate importation taxes like tariffs. Trump has called the case one of the most important in the country’s history and said a ruling against him would be “catastrophic” for the economy.

The challengers argue the 1977 emergency-powers law Trump used doesn’t even mention tariffs, and no president before has used it to impose them. A collection of small businesses say the uncertainty is driving them to the brink of bankruptcy.

The case centers on two sets of tariffs. The first came in February on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/carney-canada-trump-tariff-ad-81450969892ac525d4ce21942f3fe973">imports from Canada</a>, China and Mexico after Trump declared a national emergency over drug trafficking. The second involves the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on most countries that Trump announced in April.

Multiple lawsuits have been filed over the tariffs, and the court will hear suits filed by Democratic-leaning states and small businesses focused on everything from plumbing supplies to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-terry-cycling-lawsui-supreme-court-b3215d8ca2edfb40b58ad374bd580d1f">women’s cycling apparel.</a>

Lower courts have struck down the bulk of his tariffs as an illegal use of emergency power, but the nation’s highest court may see it differently.

Trump helped shape the conservative-majority court, naming three of the justices in his first term. The justices have so far been reluctant to check his extraordinary flex of executive power, handing him a series of wins on its emergency docket.

Still, those have been short-term orders — little of Trump’s wide-ranging conservative agenda has been fully argued before the nation’s highest court. That means the outcome could set the tone for wider legal pushback against his policies.

The justices have been skeptical of executive power claims before, such as when&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-tariffs-7c44eedbf32bec35fc638e9953db2aeb">then-President Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;tried to forgive $400 billion in student loans under a different law dealing with national emergencies. The Supreme Court found the law didn’t clearly give him the power to enact a program with such a big economic impact, a legal principle known as the major questions doctrine.

The challengers say Trump’s tariffs should get the same treatment, since they’ll have a much greater economic effect, raising some $3 trillion over the next decade. The government, on the other hand, says the tariffs are different because they’re a major part of his&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-foreign-policy-21337d2c11e629da3f187cdeb381d58b">approach to foreign affairs</a>, an area where the courts should not be second-guessing the president.

The challengers are also trying to channel the conservative justices’ skepticism about whether the Constitution allows other parts of the government to use powers reserved for Congress, a concept known as the nondelegation doctrine. Trump’s interpretation of the law could mean anyone who can “regulate” can also impose taxes, they say.

The Justice Department counters that legal principle is for governmental agencies, not for the president.

If he eventually loses at the high court, Trump could impose tariffs under other laws, but those have more limitations on the speed and severity with which he could act. The aftermath of a ruling against him also could be complicated, if the government must issue refunds for the tariffs that had collected $195 billion in revenue as of September.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/4/1743626000304.png" alt="White House photo" />
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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — President&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump">Donald Trump’s</a>&nbsp;power to unilaterally impose far-reaching&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/tariffs">tariffs</a>&nbsp;is coming before the Supreme Court on Wednesday in a pivotal test of executive power with trillion-dollar implications for the global economy.<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx">Click here to listen to the live oral argument&nbsp;</a>The Republican administration is trying to defend the tariffs central to Trump’s economic agenda after lower courts ruled the emergency law he invoked doesn’t give him near-limitless power to set and change duties on imports.The Constitution says Congress has the power to levy tariffs. But the Trump administration argues that in emergency situations the president can regulate importation taxes like tariffs. Trump has called the case one of the most important in the country’s history and said a ruling against him would be “catastrophic” for the economy.The challengers argue the 1977 emergency-powers law Trump used doesn’t even mention tariffs, and no president before has used it to impose them. A collection of small businesses say the uncertainty is driving them to the brink of bankruptcy.The case centers on two sets of tariffs. The first came in February on&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/carney-canada-trump-tariff-ad-81450969892ac525d4ce21942f3fe973">imports from Canada</a>, China and Mexico after Trump declared a national emergency over drug trafficking. The second involves the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on most countries that Trump announced in April.Multiple lawsuits have been filed over the tariffs, and the court will hear suits filed by Democratic-leaning states and small businesses focused on everything from plumbing supplies to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-terry-cycling-lawsui-supreme-court-b3215d8ca2edfb40b58ad374bd580d1f">women’s cycling apparel.</a>Lower courts have struck down the bulk of his tariffs as an illegal use of emergency power, but the nation’s highest court may see it differently.Trump helped shape the conservative-majority court, naming three of the justices in his first term. The justices have so far been reluctant to check his extraordinary flex of executive power, handing him a series of wins on its emergency docket.Still, those have been short-term orders — little of Trump’s wide-ranging conservative agenda has been fully argued before the nation’s highest court. That means the outcome could set the tone for wider legal pushback against his policies.The justices have been skeptical of executive power claims before, such as when&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-tariffs-7c44eedbf32bec35fc638e9953db2aeb">then-President Joe Biden</a>&nbsp;tried to forgive $400 billion in student loans under a different law dealing with national emergencies. The Supreme Court found the law didn’t clearly give him the power to enact a program with such a big economic impact, a legal principle known as the major questions doctrine.The challengers say Trump’s tariffs should get the same treatment, since they’ll have a much greater economic effect, raising some $3 trillion over the next decade. The government, on the other hand, says the tariffs are different because they’re a major part of his&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-foreign-policy-21337d2c11e629da3f187cdeb381d58b">approach to foreign affairs</a>, an area where the courts should not be second-guessing the president.The challengers are also trying to channel the conservative justices’ skepticism about whether the Constitution allows other parts of the government to use powers reserved for Congress, a concept known as the nondelegation doctrine. Trump’s interpretation of the law could mean anyone who can “regulate” can also impose taxes, they say.The Justice Department counters that legal principle is for governmental agencies, not for the president.If he eventually loses at the high court, Trump could impose tariffs under other laws, but those have more limitations on the speed and severity with which he could act. The aftermath of a ruling against him also could be complicated, if the government must issue refunds for the tariffs that had collected $195 billion in revenue as of September.

🎧History: Supreme Court oral arguments on Trump tariffs

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Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.

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 </figure><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Salina&amp;state=KS&amp;site=ICT&amp;lat=38.8158&amp;lon=-97.6178">For a full look at the weather forecast, click here.</a>Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

Three day weather forecast Salina, November 5 - November 7

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 </figure>Listen for remote times to come by Hog Wild and register to see Eric Church in Kansas City and in Omaha!First shot is 11 to 1p this Friday!

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 <figcaption>Three day weather forecast Salina, November 3 - November 5. Courtesy of US National Weather Service</figcaption>
 </figure><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Salina&amp;state=KS&amp;site=ICT&amp;lat=38.8158&amp;lon=-97.6178">For a full look at the weather forecast, click here.</a>Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

Three day weather forecast Salina, November 3 - November 5

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761920099530.png" alt="Three day weather forecast Salina, October 31 - November 2. Courtesy of US National Weather Service" />
 <figcaption>Three day weather forecast Salina, October 31 - November 2. Courtesy of US National Weather Service</figcaption>
 </figure><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Salina&amp;state=KS&amp;site=ICT&amp;lat=38.8158&amp;lon=-97.6178">For a full look at the weather forecast, click here.</a>Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

Three day weather forecast Salina, October 31 - November 2

This edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/category/salina-sees-you">Salina Sees You</a>, brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud) presents:

Dr. Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, a Dickinson County trailblazing surgeon, who tells her story about defying the odds on becoming Kansas' first female board-certified general surgeon.

Dr. Marilee’s McBoyle-Wiesner’s fascinating journey started in 1959 when she underwent tonsillectomy surgery at age 7, performed by a woman, Dr. Ruth Montgomery-Short, which was uncommon at the time.&nbsp;

“She would tell me about three daughters she had at home and I was 7, but I remember thinking I have never known a lady like this, she takes tonsils out during the day and she goes to her daughters at home at night,” she said. “That made an impression on me.”

A couple years later, she read a book “Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor” which impressed her as well.

“I read that, and oh my the hardships she went through and the discrimination, I mean it was big league and I remember being so impressed by her on how she pressed on,” she said.

At the time, McBoyle-Wiesner then told her mother she wanted become a doctor.

Born and raised on a farm 10 - 11 miles south of Abilene, Marilee commended and appreciated her parents for their unconditional love and support they expressed to her when she was pursuing her medical career.

“As I got older, I appreciated them in ways that I did not when I was younger,” she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Marilee is the oldest of 2 sisters, as her father raised cattle and her mother being an elementary school teacher. Both her parents were successful in their ways, as they graduated from the University of Kansas. Her father receiving a political science degree and her mother earning a business degree. However, they both decided to put aside their goals and decided to return back to rural Abilene to help save the McBoyle farm.

“I have greater appreciation for them on that, because I was able to fulfill my dream of becoming a doctor,” McBoyle-Wiesner said. “They never tried to push me in any direction, and the goal of going to medical school was mine. For whatever I was going to go into, it was very life affirming.”

She attended Kansas State Teachers college, now Emporia State Univeristy from 1970-1974.

Marilee started medical school in Kansas City, where she completed 1 1/2 years. She then transferred to Wichita in January 1976, for the last 1 1/2 years of her medical school journey.

After graduating in 1977, she attended a 5-year general surgery residency at St. Francis Hospital, which was under the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita (KUSM-Wichita). This is where McBoyle-Wiesner, became the first woman accepted into the surgery residency.

After her 5 years there, she then went to the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM to do a 1-year fellowship in burn and trauma surgery.&nbsp;

Following her time there, McBoyle-Wiesner had the opportunity to return back to Wichita, which she did in the summer of 1983 and became part of the Wichita Surgical Group (now, Wichita Surgical Specialist). 

Marilee was the first ever female to practice in the group.

This edition of Salina Sees You is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud). Call&nbsp;(785) 823-6391&nbsp;or visit today, to make an appointment.

Going back to her medical school days, McBoyle-Wiesner said she thought about going into family medicine.

“I though surgery was going to be the worst months of my life,” she said.

However, she did not let this discourage her as she became fascinated with patients coming in with a problem and surgeons having a thoughtful process of trying to diagnose the issue.

“It was a wonderful sequence of events and little by little, I could not believe that I was starting to have a change in heart from thinking this was going to be worst time in my life, to this is kind of fascinating,” McBoyle-Wiesner said.

McBoyle-Wiesner said word went around that there has never been a female surgical resident at St. Francis and “forbid that there would ever be one."

“That was just the consensus everywhere you went around the hospital,” she said. “I thought well I have a choice, I can take the hearsay from every other place in the hospital or I can go to the Chairman of the Department myself, and prepare to hear it directly from him.”

She then went to speak to the Chairman of the Department and told him how much she loved surgery. The Chair told her they would consider in having her apply to the school and she walked away feeling “euphoric.”&nbsp;

“What I would tell anybody, is just because the first interview goes well, don’t expect the same thing in the second,” she said.

At the time of the second interview, the Chair of Department gave her a series of questions that she was going against the odds.

“They were starting to pepper me with questions. Do you know there has never been anybody that has done this? Do you know how lonely it will be for you? Do you know how you will be looked upon? Do you know that patients won’t want to come to you because you are a female? I mean just one after the other,” she said. “So I sat there, listened and told them, I realize patients may not want to come to me and that is fine, that is their right, but for anybody that might want to come to me, I will give them the best care I know to give.”

When she officially started her residency, she did not expect the hospital to change how they operated. For example, Marilee said due to St. Francis never having a female resident, meant they did not have a women’s changing room and no call room for female resident surgeons.

“I did not make a big deal about some of those things, because I realize I needed all my energy to try to learn what I needed to learn and I could not go around always having a chip on my shoulder, that something maybe was not fair for me,” she said.

Throughout her perseverance, McBoyle-Wiesner said she started to see a change around St. Francis. Overtime, she started seeing the hospital implement a call room for women and a women’s changing room. She added, that now when she goes back to St. Francis, she “smiles inwardly.”

“I just smile inwardly, because it was progress that was made,” she said. "I think it served me well to realize, this was new for the hospital, but to not expect them to send out an alert that we have to make big changes because Marilee has arrived. No, I arrived, just adapted and little by little I think they saw things that could&nbsp;be better.”

Marilee added that she was treated well throughout her residency years. Toward the end of her residency, the Chairman of the Department admired her work. The Chairman asked if she would work for the hospital, but advised she should go away for a year, so she can get the proper training she needs before she returned.

This is where she did her 1-year fellowship at UNM and later became Kansas' first female board-certified general surgeon.

She married her husband, Tim Wiesner in 1988 and had three sons Tim Jr., Tom and Thaddeus from 1990-1994.&nbsp;

McBoyle-Wiesner retired from her surgical practice in 2000 with the Wichita Surgical Group, and started teaching medical students.

In October 2023, she was&nbsp;<a href="https://kumc.info/school-of-medicine/campuses/wichita/about/news/news-archive/marilee-mcboyle-m.d.-inducted-into-american-college-of-surgeons-academy-of-master-surgeon-educators%C2%AE.html">inducted as a full member</a>&nbsp;of the American College of Surgeons’ Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®.

She retired from teaching at KUSM-Wichita last year in December. The skills lab at KUSM-Wichita officially named their surgical skills lab in her honor.&nbsp;

Now retired in Wichita, she still supports future physicians through the Marilee McBoyle Pre-Medical Scholarship and has served on the Emporia State University Alumni Association Board of Directors.

"I am indebted to the Lord and to so many that have contributed along the way," McBoyle-Wiesner said. "My heart is overflowing with gratitude and for so many that have played a role in my life."

Salina sees you, Marilee-McBoyle Wiesner.

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 </figure>This edition of&nbsp;<a href="https://salinapost.com/category/salina-sees-you">Salina Sees You</a>, brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud) presents:Dr. Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, a Dickinson County trailblazing surgeon, who tells her story about defying the odds on becoming Kansas' first female board-certified general surgeon.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761330374896.jpeg" alt="Dr. Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Dr. Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>By: NICOLAS FIERROSalina PostDr. Marilee’s McBoyle-Wiesner’s fascinating journey started in 1959 when she underwent tonsillectomy surgery at age 7, performed by a woman, Dr. Ruth Montgomery-Short, which was uncommon at the time.&nbsp;“She would tell me about three daughters she had at home and I was 7, but I remember thinking I have never known a lady like this, she takes tonsils out during the day and she goes to her daughters at home at night,” she said. “That made an impression on me.”A couple years later, she read a book “Elizabeth Blackwell: The First Woman Doctor” which impressed her as well.“I read that, and oh my the hardships she went through and the discrimination, I mean it was big league and I remember being so impressed by her on how she pressed on,” she said.At the time, McBoyle-Wiesner then told her mother she wanted become a doctor.<h2>Unconditional support</h2>Born and raised on a farm 10 - 11 miles south of Abilene, Marilee commended and appreciated her parents for their unconditional love and support they expressed to her when she was pursuing her medical career.“As I got older, I appreciated them in ways that I did not when I was younger,” she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;Marilee is the oldest of 2 sisters, as her father raised cattle and her mother being an elementary school teacher. Both her parents were successful in their ways, as they graduated from the University of Kansas. Her father receiving a political science degree and her mother earning a business degree. However, they both decided to put aside their goals and decided to return back to rural Abilene to help save the McBoyle farm.“I have greater appreciation for them on that, because I was able to fulfill my dream of becoming a doctor,” McBoyle-Wiesner said. “They never tried to push me in any direction, and the goal of going to medical school was mine. For whatever I was going to go into, it was very life affirming.”She attended Kansas State Teachers college, now Emporia State Univeristy from 1970-1974.Marilee started medical school in Kansas City, where she completed 1 1/2 years. She then transferred to Wichita in January 1976, for the last 1 1/2 years of her medical school journey.After graduating in 1977, she attended a 5-year general surgery residency at St. Francis Hospital, which was under the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita (KUSM-Wichita). This is where McBoyle-Wiesner, became the first woman accepted into the surgery residency.After her 5 years there, she then went to the University of New Mexico (UNM) in Albuquerque, NM to do a 1-year fellowship in burn and trauma surgery.&nbsp;Following her time there, McBoyle-Wiesner had the opportunity to return back to Wichita, which she did in the summer of 1983 and became part of the Wichita Surgical Group (now, Wichita Surgical Specialist). Marilee was the first ever female to practice in the group.<h2>SPONSORED:</h2><figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/9/1758048745467.png" alt="Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC. Family Vision Care (1000 E. Cloud), (785) 823-6391" />
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 </figure>This edition of Salina Sees You is brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="https://local.demandforce.com/b/visionsource-drscoleandcooper">Drs. Cooper &amp; Banninger, LLC Family Vision Care</a>&nbsp;(1000 E. Cloud). Call&nbsp;(785) 823-6391&nbsp;or visit today, to make an appointment.<h2>Never being discouraged</h2>Going back to her medical school days, McBoyle-Wiesner said she thought about going into family medicine.“I though surgery was going to be the worst months of my life,” she said.However, she did not let this discourage her as she became fascinated with patients coming in with a problem and surgeons having a thoughtful process of trying to diagnose the issue.“It was a wonderful sequence of events and little by little, I could not believe that I was starting to have a change in heart from thinking this was going to be worst time in my life, to this is kind of fascinating,” McBoyle-Wiesner said.McBoyle-Wiesner said word went around that there has never been a female surgical resident at St. Francis and “forbid that there would ever be one."“That was just the consensus everywhere you went around the hospital,” she said. “I thought well I have a choice, I can take the hearsay from every other place in the hospital or I can go to the Chairman of the Department myself, and prepare to hear it directly from him.”She then went to speak to the Chairman of the Department and told him how much she loved surgery. The Chair told her they would consider in having her apply to the school and she walked away feeling “euphoric.”&nbsp;“What I would tell anybody, is just because the first interview goes well, don’t expect the same thing in the second,” she said.At the time of the second interview, the Chair of Department gave her a series of questions that she was going against the odds.“They were starting to pepper me with questions. Do you know there has never been anybody that has done this? Do you know how lonely it will be for you? Do you know how you will be looked upon? Do you know that patients won’t want to come to you because you are a female? I mean just one after the other,” she said. “So I sat there, listened and told them, I realize patients may not want to come to me and that is fine, that is their right, but for anybody that might want to come to me, I will give them the best care I know to give.”When she officially started her residency, she did not expect the hospital to change how they operated. For example, Marilee said due to St. Francis never having a female resident, meant they did not have a women’s changing room and no call room for female resident surgeons.“I did not make a big deal about some of those things, because I realize I needed all my energy to try to learn what I needed to learn and I could not go around always having a chip on my shoulder, that something maybe was not fair for me,” she said.Throughout her perseverance, McBoyle-Wiesner said she started to see a change around St. Francis. Overtime, she started seeing the hospital implement a call room for women and a women’s changing room. She added, that now when she goes back to St. Francis, she “smiles inwardly.”“I just smile inwardly, because it was progress that was made,” she said. "I think it served me well to realize, this was new for the hospital, but to not expect them to send out an alert that we have to make big changes because Marilee has arrived. No, I arrived, just adapted and little by little I think they saw things that could&nbsp;be better.”Marilee added that she was treated well throughout her residency years. Toward the end of her residency, the Chairman of the Department admired her work. The Chairman asked if she would work for the hospital, but advised she should go away for a year, so she can get the proper training she needs before she returned.This is where she did her 1-year fellowship at UNM and later became Kansas' first female board-certified general surgeon.She married her husband, Tim Wiesner in 1988 and had three sons Tim Jr., Tom and Thaddeus from 1990-1994.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761772153405.jpeg" alt="Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, M.D., stands with her family. From left to right- sons Tom and Thaddaeus, husband Tim and son Tim Jr. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, M.D., stands with her family. From left to right- sons Tom and Thaddaeus, husband Tim and son Tim Jr. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>McBoyle-Wiesner retired from her surgical practice in 2000 with the Wichita Surgical Group, and started teaching medical students.In October 2023, she was&nbsp;<a href="https://kumc.info/school-of-medicine/campuses/wichita/about/news/news-archive/marilee-mcboyle-m.d.-inducted-into-american-college-of-surgeons-academy-of-master-surgeon-educators%C2%AE.html">inducted as a full member</a>&nbsp;of the American College of Surgeons’ Academy of Master Surgeon Educators®.She retired from teaching at KUSM-Wichita last year in December. The skills lab at KUSM-Wichita officially named their surgical skills lab in her honor.&nbsp;Now retired in Wichita, she still supports future physicians through the Marilee McBoyle Pre-Medical Scholarship and has served on the Emporia State University Alumni Association Board of Directors."I am indebted to the Lord and to so many that have contributed along the way," McBoyle-Wiesner said. "My heart is overflowing with gratitude and for so many that have played a role in my life."<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761772028430.jpeg" alt="Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, M.D., holds a plaque in the Surgery Skills Lab named in her honor after her more than 45 years as a surgeon and educator, including professor in the Department of Surgery at KU School of Medicine-Wichita. Courtesy photo" />
 <figcaption>Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner, M.D., holds a plaque in the Surgery Skills Lab named in her honor after her more than 45 years as a surgeon and educator, including professor in the Department of Surgery at KU School of Medicine-Wichita. Courtesy photo</figcaption>
 </figure>Salina sees you, Marilee-McBoyle Wiesner.If you would like to share your personal story or know anyone who may have a story that will inspire each reader, please email Salina Post News Director, Nicolas Fierro:&nbsp;nicolas.fierro@eaglemedia.com&nbsp;or&nbsp;newstips@salinapost.com&nbsp;(during regular business hours).You can also contact:&nbsp;(785) 656-9856&nbsp;(during regular business hours).

Salina Sees You: Dr. Marilee McBoyle-Wiesner

BY&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/mchilson/">MORGAN CHILSON</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>

TOPEKA — Kansans who receive food assistance or are furloughed from federal jobs are scrambling to pay bills and feed their families as the federal government shutdown drags on.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Tuesday was the deadline for the federal government to reopen so that November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments could go out to beneficiaries. It takes 72 hours for the payments to process, according to the Kansas Department for Children and Families.

More than 93,000 Kansas households — nearly 188,000 Kansans — use SNAP benefits to put food on their tables, DCF said in a press release. The bulk of those using SNAP are children.

As politicians on both sides exchange barbs on social media and in news releases about who is at fault for shutting down the government, Kansans like Daniel Scharpenburg, of Overland Park, are carefully tracking their bank account balances. He’s worried about a teenage son with a big appetite and the possibility of empty kitchen cabinets.

Scharpenburg, 45, is furloughed from the Internal Revenue Service office in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked the first five days of the shutdown, leaving Oct. 8 and receiving a paycheck in mid-October for those days of work.&nbsp;

“I have to be very careful with my bills, because I have now missed a paycheck,” he said. “I’m having to rely on food banks and things like that to make sure I have food. If I start thinking about my car payment and my phone bill and my rent, I’m gonna go crazy. I really do have to focus on the next bill that’s due and hope for the best.”

Scharpenburg is applying for jobs in the Kansas City area but isn’t having much luck. He said all furloughed workers in the area are competing for jobs.

The IRS location employs about 6,000 people, and reports from the federal government indicate about half of IRS workers have been furloughed, he said. Housing and Urban Development also has a Kansas City office, and those employees are affected by the shutdown too, Scharpenburg said.

Scharpenburg’s ex-wife is also a furloughed IRS employee, and he worries that his 15-year-old son at home will eventually be affected by the situation.

“I really thought it would be over before now,” Scharpenburg said. “In another week, it’s going to break the record for longest shutdown if it keeps going, and that’s not a record I want to see broken. So, yeah, I am worried that it will go on longer.”

Scharpenburg is first vice president in the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 66, which covers Kansas City, Missouri. In that role, he’s hearing daily from furloughed employees who are scared and frustrated.

The union put together lists of food banks and other local resources, he said.&nbsp;

“But you know, it’s hard times for a lot of people, so it seems like the resources we lean on to help us are being stretched thin, just like just like our dollars are,” he said.

Scharpenburg said union members tell him that landlords and bankers have been willing to work with furloughed employees, knowing that eventually they’ll get back pay. The idea floated in Washington of withholding back pay was like a “slap in the face,” he said.

“When a politician says something like that, it feels like, oh, they don’t respect our work at all,” he said. “I am nervous. The law is clear that we will get paid at the end of this, but that being said, if Congress could pass something to change that … I don’t know what will happen if the executive branch were to decide just to not pay us. They’d have to go to court, but I don’t know if that would be resolved quickly.”

Many pantries statewide are stretching to meet community needs generated by rising prices and furloughed employees. Now, missing SNAP payments are expected to intensify the situation, said Debbie Johns, director of the Geary County Food Pantry.

Located in Junction City, the food pantry has been adding 12 to 15 new families each time it has a food distribution, Johns said. Typically, the organization sees just three to five new families each time it opens its doors, she said.

“It’s a little scary,” Johns said. “We’ve got a pretty good stock but you just see it go each time. If they clear the shelves, how long are we going to be able to keep up with this?”

Johns said the food pantry adapted its guidelines to make sure they are able to serve furloughed federal employees. Many of them work at Fort Riley and would exceed income guidelines.

Johns is grateful many in the Geary County area are donating food and holding food drives to help out. The county has the highest child food insecurity rate in Kansas, she said, so all of the challenges this year have made the problem worse.

Gov. Laura Kelly added food drives to the remaining stops on her statewide&nbsp;<a href="https://www.governor.ks.gov/Home/Components/News/News/796/55#!/" target="_blank">“The People’s Budget” listening tour</a>&nbsp;because of the widespread need. Working in partnership with the Kansas Food Bank and Harvesters — The Community Food Network, she encouraged anyone attending the town hall events to bring nonperishable, nonglass food items.

“As the federal government shutdown continues to drag on, Kansans who are furloughed, and especially those who receive SNAP and WIC benefits, are caught in the crossfire,” Kelly said.&nbsp;

Kelly also announced this week that she joined a coalition of 22 states and two governors in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins for “unlawfully suspending” SNAP funds during the government shutdown.&nbsp;

“States cannot, and should not, take on the federal government’s responsibility to fund SNAP,” Kelly said in a news release. “Cutting off SNAP payments is an unprecedented choice made by the Trump Administration and Congress that will harm millions of families across the country. I joined this lawsuit to protect Kansans, because the federal government has a legal and moral responsibility to fund this program, not to take food out of the mouths of Kansas children.”

Grocery stores are planning for changed buying patterns as SNAP funding cuts off, said Jon McCormick, president and CEO at Retail Grocers Association, Kansas and Missouri.

SNAP benefits put nearly $33 million each month into the Kansas economy, according to the USDA.&nbsp;

The effect on grocery stores of missing SNAP payments will be “immediate,” McCormick said, although multiple factors determine the effect in specific stores.

“A store in Lenexa is going to have minimal SNAP recipients shopping,” he said. “A store in the urban core of Wichita is totally different.That could be 40% of the business. It certainly is going to affect the urban core stores and the very small rural stores.”

McCormick serves on the National Grocers Association government relations committee, and he visited Washington, D.C., last week to discuss resolutions to continue SNAP funding.

“For us as an industry, including all food manufacturers and providers, it is disruptive for the customer. It’s disruptive for the supply chain. It’s disruptive for the retailer,” he said, adding that he’s confident retailers will be able to manage through this challenge.

“The independent retailer is rather resilient and creative when it comes to adversity,” McCormick said.

Grocery store owners and managers across the state are unsure exactly how they will be affected when SNAP payments stop. Some, like Pam Budenbender, owner of Onaga Country Market, don’t expect to see many changes because her store doesn’t serve many people using SNAP.&nbsp;

However, she said she’s worried about a customer who is deaf and needs the benefit to buy food. Budenbender already helps her out as much as she can.&nbsp;

Scott Bird, co-owner of Family Market in Quinter, said his store definitely will be affected, as it participates in eWIC, part of the Women, Infant and Children’s program that offers supplemental nutrition for mothers and infants.

“It definitely will have an effect on small-town stores and people who need those services,” he said.

He isn’t yet adapting inventory but is in a “wait-and-see” mode, Bird added.

Others affected by the federal government shutdown include banks, mortgage companies and property management companies that rent apartments.

“Kansas banks and bankers stand ready to work with and support their customers who may be facing any hardships due to the current federal government shutdown,” said Doug Wareham, president and CEO of the Kansas Bankers Association.&nbsp;

In a statement, he encouraged federal employees to reach out to their banks as soon as possible to discuss their personal situation and see what help may be available, including potential fee waivers, payment deadline extensions, or other accommodations.

“The banking industry will continue to support Kansans through major challenges such as this shutdown just as we did during the pandemic and previous interruptions in government operations,” Wareham said.

Gary Olds, with the Geary County Landlords Association, said it is early in the shutdown to determine how landlords will manage missed rental payments. The Junction City area is military-dependent, he said.&nbsp;

“I think in general, landlords are going to try to work with military with regards to the rent, but that’s a broadbrush statement on my part,” he said. “Most landlords can probably weather about 30 days because they have the security deposit. Hopefully at least some of the tenants that are military have some level of savings that can make a payment or make a partial payment.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761760838341.png" alt=" Julia Loper works at the Geary County Food Pantry in Junction City, stocking shelves and helping customers. Like many food pantries across Kansas, the organization is struggling to meet community needs. (Submitted)" />
 <figcaption> Julia Loper works at the Geary County Food Pantry in Junction City, stocking shelves and helping customers. Like many food pantries across Kansas, the organization is struggling to meet community needs. (Submitted)</figcaption>
 </figure>BY&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/mchilson/">MORGAN CHILSON</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>TOPEKA — Kansans who receive food assistance or are furloughed from federal jobs are scrambling to pay bills and feed their families as the federal government shutdown drags on.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tuesday was the deadline for the federal government to reopen so that November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments could go out to beneficiaries. It takes 72 hours for the payments to process, according to the Kansas Department for Children and Families.More than 93,000 Kansas households — nearly 188,000 Kansans — use SNAP benefits to put food on their tables, DCF said in a press release. The bulk of those using SNAP are children.As politicians on both sides exchange barbs on social media and in news releases about who is at fault for shutting down the government, Kansans like Daniel Scharpenburg, of Overland Park, are carefully tracking their bank account balances. He’s worried about a teenage son with a big appetite and the possibility of empty kitchen cabinets.Scharpenburg, 45, is furloughed from the Internal Revenue Service office in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked the first five days of the shutdown, leaving Oct. 8 and receiving a paycheck in mid-October for those days of work.&nbsp;“I have to be very careful with my bills, because I have now missed a paycheck,” he said. “I’m having to rely on food banks and things like that to make sure I have food. If I start thinking about my car payment and my phone bill and my rent, I’m gonna go crazy. I really do have to focus on the next bill that’s due and hope for the best.”Scharpenburg is applying for jobs in the Kansas City area but isn’t having much luck. He said all furloughed workers in the area are competing for jobs.The IRS location employs about 6,000 people, and reports from the federal government indicate about half of IRS workers have been furloughed, he said. Housing and Urban Development also has a Kansas City office, and those employees are affected by the shutdown too, Scharpenburg said.Scharpenburg’s ex-wife is also a furloughed IRS employee, and he worries that his 15-year-old son at home will eventually be affected by the situation.“I really thought it would be over before now,” Scharpenburg said. “In another week, it’s going to break the record for longest shutdown if it keeps going, and that’s not a record I want to see broken. So, yeah, I am worried that it will go on longer.”Scharpenburg is first vice president in the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 66, which covers Kansas City, Missouri. In that role, he’s hearing daily from furloughed employees who are scared and frustrated.The union put together lists of food banks and other local resources, he said.&nbsp;“But you know, it’s hard times for a lot of people, so it seems like the resources we lean on to help us are being stretched thin, just like just like our dollars are,” he said.Scharpenburg said union members tell him that landlords and bankers have been willing to work with furloughed employees, knowing that eventually they’ll get back pay. The idea floated in Washington of withholding back pay was like a “slap in the face,” he said.“When a politician says something like that, it feels like, oh, they don’t respect our work at all,” he said. “I am nervous. The law is clear that we will get paid at the end of this, but that being said, if Congress could pass something to change that … I don’t know what will happen if the executive branch were to decide just to not pay us. They’d have to go to court, but I don’t know if that would be resolved quickly.”<h2>Food pantries struggling</h2>Many pantries statewide are stretching to meet community needs generated by rising prices and furloughed employees. Now, missing SNAP payments are expected to intensify the situation, said Debbie Johns, director of the Geary County Food Pantry.Located in Junction City, the food pantry has been adding 12 to 15 new families each time it has a food distribution, Johns said. Typically, the organization sees just three to five new families each time it opens its doors, she said.“It’s a little scary,” Johns said. “We’ve got a pretty good stock but you just see it go each time. If they clear the shelves, how long are we going to be able to keep up with this?”Johns said the food pantry adapted its guidelines to make sure they are able to serve furloughed federal employees. Many of them work at Fort Riley and would exceed income guidelines.Johns is grateful many in the Geary County area are donating food and holding food drives to help out. The county has the highest child food insecurity rate in Kansas, she said, so all of the challenges this year have made the problem worse.Gov. Laura Kelly added food drives to the remaining stops on her statewide&nbsp;<a href="https://www.governor.ks.gov/Home/Components/News/News/796/55#!/" target="_blank">“The People’s Budget” listening tour</a>&nbsp;because of the widespread need. Working in partnership with the Kansas Food Bank and Harvesters — The Community Food Network, she encouraged anyone attending the town hall events to bring nonperishable, nonglass food items.“As the federal government shutdown continues to drag on, Kansans who are furloughed, and especially those who receive SNAP and WIC benefits, are caught in the crossfire,” Kelly said.&nbsp;Kelly also announced this week that she joined a coalition of 22 states and two governors in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins for “unlawfully suspending” SNAP funds during the government shutdown.&nbsp;“States cannot, and should not, take on the federal government’s responsibility to fund SNAP,” Kelly said in a news release. “Cutting off SNAP payments is an unprecedented choice made by the Trump Administration and Congress that will harm millions of families across the country. I joined this lawsuit to protect Kansans, because the federal government has a legal and moral responsibility to fund this program, not to take food out of the mouths of Kansas children.”<h2>Economic challenges</h2>Grocery stores are planning for changed buying patterns as SNAP funding cuts off, said Jon McCormick, president and CEO at Retail Grocers Association, Kansas and Missouri.SNAP benefits put nearly $33 million each month into the Kansas economy, according to the USDA.&nbsp;The effect on grocery stores of missing SNAP payments will be “immediate,” McCormick said, although multiple factors determine the effect in specific stores.“A store in Lenexa is going to have minimal SNAP recipients shopping,” he said. “A store in the urban core of Wichita is totally different.That could be 40% of the business. It certainly is going to affect the urban core stores and the very small rural stores.”McCormick serves on the National Grocers Association government relations committee, and he visited Washington, D.C., last week to discuss resolutions to continue SNAP funding.“For us as an industry, including all food manufacturers and providers, it is disruptive for the customer. It’s disruptive for the supply chain. It’s disruptive for the retailer,” he said, adding that he’s confident retailers will be able to manage through this challenge.“The independent retailer is rather resilient and creative when it comes to adversity,” McCormick said.Grocery store owners and managers across the state are unsure exactly how they will be affected when SNAP payments stop. Some, like Pam Budenbender, owner of Onaga Country Market, don’t expect to see many changes because her store doesn’t serve many people using SNAP.&nbsp;However, she said she’s worried about a customer who is deaf and needs the benefit to buy food. Budenbender already helps her out as much as she can.&nbsp;Scott Bird, co-owner of Family Market in Quinter, said his store definitely will be affected, as it participates in eWIC, part of the Women, Infant and Children’s program that offers supplemental nutrition for mothers and infants.“It definitely will have an effect on small-town stores and people who need those services,” he said.He isn’t yet adapting inventory but is in a “wait-and-see” mode, Bird added.Others affected by the federal government shutdown include banks, mortgage companies and property management companies that rent apartments.“Kansas banks and bankers stand ready to work with and support their customers who may be facing any hardships due to the current federal government shutdown,” said Doug Wareham, president and CEO of the Kansas Bankers Association.&nbsp;In a statement, he encouraged federal employees to reach out to their banks as soon as possible to discuss their personal situation and see what help may be available, including potential fee waivers, payment deadline extensions, or other accommodations.“The banking industry will continue to support Kansans through major challenges such as this shutdown just as we did during the pandemic and previous interruptions in government operations,” Wareham said.Gary Olds, with the Geary County Landlords Association, said it is early in the shutdown to determine how landlords will manage missed rental payments. The Junction City area is military-dependent, he said.&nbsp;“I think in general, landlords are going to try to work with military with regards to the rent, but that’s a broadbrush statement on my part,” he said. “Most landlords can probably weather about 30 days because they have the security deposit. Hopefully at least some of the tenants that are military have some level of savings that can make a payment or make a partial payment.”

‘Hope for the best’: Government shutdown strains Kansas food resources, local businesses

The first freeze for the fall 2025 season is expected to occur tonight as sub-freezing temperatures are anticipated.

According to the US National Weather Service, freezing temperatures are expected for Salina and portions throughout Central Kansas.

Salina is recorded to have a low of 32 degrees Wednesday evening. Russell is reported to have the lowest temperature of 30 degrees.

Moreover, a Freeze Watch is in effect after midnight.

Following the Freeze Watch, low&nbsp;temperatures will be in the 30s, with Russell reaching as low as 26 throughout the rest of the week (Thursday, October 30 - Sunday, November 2).

<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNWSWichita%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0PnzMsfsGyZ3LqJyeWVitfGNtxHxDAeyoohqSopw75MFn6q9NwacgZwWMsARkcvqKl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="392" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div>Salina PostThe first freeze for the fall 2025 season is expected to occur tonight as sub-freezing temperatures are anticipated.According to the US National Weather Service, freezing temperatures are expected for Salina and portions throughout Central Kansas.Salina is recorded to have a low of 32 degrees Wednesday evening. Russell is reported to have the lowest temperature of 30 degrees.Moreover, a Freeze Watch is in effect after midnight.Following the Freeze Watch, low&nbsp;temperatures will be in the 30s, with Russell reaching as low as 26 throughout the rest of the week (Thursday, October 30 - Sunday, November 2).<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761749988990.png" alt="Salina Weather Forecast | Wednesday, October 29 - Saturday, November 1. Courtesy of US National Weather Service" />
 <figcaption>Salina Weather Forecast | Wednesday, October 29 - Saturday, November 1. Courtesy of US National Weather Service</figcaption>
 </figure>Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

Salina under Freeze Watch as freezing temperatures return 

By:<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/ariana-figueroa/">Ariana Figueroa</a>

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government until Nov. 21 and end the nearly one-month government shutdown.

Tuesday was also the day when air traffic controllers, who are working without pay, missed their first full paychecks. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today" target="_blank">FlightAware delays tracker</a>&nbsp;reported 7,404 delays within, into or out of the United States on Monday and 161 cancellations within the U.S. A temporary ground stop&nbsp;<a href="https://abc7.com/post/ground-stop-issued-lax-due-staffing-issues-faa-reports/18073981/" target="_blank">was issued&nbsp;</a>at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning due to staffing issues.

In the nation’s capital, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00590.htm" target="_blank">54-45&nbsp;vote</a>&nbsp;was nearly identical to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shutdown-day-22-sets-record-second-longest-us-history-no-sign-deal" target="_blank">previous 12 votes,</a>&nbsp;as Republicans and Democrats stuck to their positions. The legislation needed at least 60 votes to advance, under the Senate’s legislative filibuster.&nbsp;

Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and&nbsp;Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, both Democrats,&nbsp;and Maine independent Sen. Angus King voted with Republicans to advance the legislation. Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul voted no.

Democrats are under increasing pressure to pass the House-passed GOP stopgap measure, with 42 million Americans&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/upcoming-federal-food-assistance-pause-intensifies-shutdown-fight" target="_blank">at risk of losing food assistance</a>&nbsp;for November, many federal workers beginning to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pay-trump-and-congress-continues-shutdown-unless-they-ask-it-be-held" target="_blank">miss their paychecks&nbsp;</a>and one of the largest unions representing federal workers calling for an end to the government shutdown, now at day 28.&nbsp;

Amid the government shutdown, the Trump administration&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-tried-lay-more-2000-interior-staff-shutdown-plan-now-hold" target="_blank">has moved to lay off federal workers,</a>&nbsp;and a federal judge is holding a Tuesday hearing to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/federal-judge-broadens-order-blocking-trump-administration-layoffs-during-shutdown" target="_blank">consider a preliminary injunction</a>&nbsp;to block the mass Reductions in Force, or RIFs.

As President Donald Trump continues his overseas travel throughout Asia meeting with foreign leaders, Vice President JD Vance&nbsp;joined&nbsp;Senate Republicans during their Tuesday caucus lunch meeting.&nbsp;

Vance defended USDA’s decision to not tap into its contingency fund provided by Congress to continue food assistance benefits amid a funding lapse.

“We’re exploring all options,” Vance said.&nbsp;

Congress provided USDA with the multi-year contingency fund, which totals about $6 billion — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of SNAP benefits. USDA would have to reshuffle funds to provide November payments.&nbsp;

“We are trying as much as possible to ensure that critical food benefits get paid,” Vance said.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/democratic-ags-governors-sue-trump-over-snap-benefits-shutdown-hits-day-28" target="_blank">A coalition of Democratic state officials Tuesday sued</a>&nbsp;the Trump administration and urged a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release SNAP benefits for 42 million people.

Vance called on five Democrats to join Senate Republicans in approving a short-term funding bill.

“If the Democrats just opened up the government, then we wouldn’t have to play this game where … we’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with the budget,” Vance said.&nbsp;

Democrats have continued to vote against the House’s GOP short-term spending bill to draw attention to and force negotiations on tax credits that will expire at the end of the year for people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. Republicans maintain the government must reopen before they begin any talks.

Republicans are also weighing whether to pass a stand-alone bill by GOP Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to approve funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.&nbsp;

Ten Senate Republicans have joined to sponsor the bill, including&nbsp;Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins of Maine.&nbsp;One Democratic senator also cosponsored the bill, Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont.&nbsp;

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats would also introduce their own separate bill to provide funding for not only SNAP, but for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC.

During a Tuesday press conference, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., did not seem receptive to scheduling a Senate vote on a stand-alone bill to address SNAP.&nbsp;

“I mean, this piecemeal approach where you do one off here, one off there, to make it seem more politically palatable to somebody…that is just a wrong way to do this,” Thune said.&nbsp;

Instead, he argued that Democrats should just support the stopgap spending bill.&nbsp;

Another critical deadline is approaching. Active-duty military members will miss their paychecks by Friday if the government is still in a funding lapse. The Trump administration already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pentagon-shift-research-dollars-pay-troops-during-shutdown" target="_blank">reprogrammed $8 billion&nbsp;</a>earlier this month from multi-year research funds from the Defense Department in order to pay the troops.&nbsp;

However, Vance said the Trump administration expects to be able to pay troops this Friday, although the vice president didn’t detail where those funds would come from.

Before Tuesday morning’s vote, Thune said Democrats should listen to calls for an end to the shutdown from the&nbsp;American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, labor union, which typically aligns with Democrats.&nbsp;

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, also cited the call from AFGE, telling Democrats “you have an off-ramp,” during a Tuesday press conference.

“The largest unions are saying, ‘Please do this,’” Johnson said. “You can claim that as cover and say that you had to do it.”

Last week, there were dueling bills from both parties related to paying federal workers amid the shutdown,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-senate-fails-move-ahead-bills-extending-pay-federal-workers-during-shutdown" target="_blank">but those efforts failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to move forward.</a>

The end of the 2019 government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, was in part due to shortages of air traffic controllers that upended air travel across the country and forced lawmakers to strike a deal.&nbsp;

Schumer critical of administration shutdown decisions

During a Tuesday press conference, Schumer slammed the Trump administration for refusing to tap into its contingency fund for SNAP.

“The money is there,” the New York Democrat said. “The hungry people, the hungry children, the hungry veterans, the hungry elderly, could be fed, but Trump’s using them as hostages.”

Of the 42 million people on SNAP, roughly 40% are children 17 and younger.&nbsp;

He also criticized Trump for traveling abroad and for his administration’s priority to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-press-secretary-defends-white-house-ballroom-project-amid-east-wing-teardown" target="_blank">demolish the East Wing of the White House</a>&nbsp;for a ballroom.&nbsp;

“His number one priority is his ballroom,” Schumer said. “When people are suffering, what kind of president is this?”&nbsp;

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761667643773.png" alt="Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry Moran casting his vote on Tuesday -image courtesy CSPAN" />
 <figcaption>Kansas U.S. Senator Jerry Moran casting his vote on Tuesday -image courtesy CSPAN</figcaption>
 </figure>By:<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/author/ariana-figueroa/">Ariana Figueroa</a>WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government until Nov. 21 and end the nearly one-month government shutdown.Tuesday was also the day when air traffic controllers, who are working without pay, missed their first full paychecks. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today" target="_blank">FlightAware delays tracker</a>&nbsp;reported 7,404 delays within, into or out of the United States on Monday and 161 cancellations within the U.S. A temporary ground stop&nbsp;<a href="https://abc7.com/post/ground-stop-issued-lax-due-staffing-issues-faa-reports/18073981/" target="_blank">was issued&nbsp;</a>at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning due to staffing issues.In the nation’s capital, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00590.htm" target="_blank">54-45&nbsp;vote</a>&nbsp;was nearly identical to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shutdown-day-22-sets-record-second-longest-us-history-no-sign-deal" target="_blank">previous 12 votes,</a>&nbsp;as Republicans and Democrats stuck to their positions. The legislation needed at least 60 votes to advance, under the Senate’s legislative filibuster.&nbsp;Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and&nbsp;Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, both Democrats,&nbsp;and Maine independent Sen. Angus King voted with Republicans to advance the legislation. Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul voted no.<h2>Vance defends SNAP cutoff</h2>Democrats are under increasing pressure to pass the House-passed GOP stopgap measure, with 42 million Americans&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/upcoming-federal-food-assistance-pause-intensifies-shutdown-fight" target="_blank">at risk of losing food assistance</a>&nbsp;for November, many federal workers beginning to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pay-trump-and-congress-continues-shutdown-unless-they-ask-it-be-held" target="_blank">miss their paychecks&nbsp;</a>and one of the largest unions representing federal workers calling for an end to the government shutdown, now at day 28.&nbsp;Amid the government shutdown, the Trump administration&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-tried-lay-more-2000-interior-staff-shutdown-plan-now-hold" target="_blank">has moved to lay off federal workers,</a>&nbsp;and a federal judge is holding a Tuesday hearing to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/federal-judge-broadens-order-blocking-trump-administration-layoffs-during-shutdown" target="_blank">consider a preliminary injunction</a>&nbsp;to block the mass Reductions in Force, or RIFs.As President Donald Trump continues his overseas travel throughout Asia meeting with foreign leaders, Vice President JD Vance&nbsp;joined&nbsp;Senate Republicans during their Tuesday caucus lunch meeting.&nbsp;Vance defended USDA’s decision to not tap into its contingency fund provided by Congress to continue food assistance benefits amid a funding lapse.“We’re exploring all options,” Vance said.&nbsp;<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761740650260.png" alt="After attending a caucus lunch meeting with Senate Republicans, Vice President JD Vance briefly speaks with reporters on day 28 of the government shutdown, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsoom)" />
 <figcaption>After attending a caucus lunch meeting with Senate Republicans, Vice President JD Vance briefly speaks with reporters on day 28 of the government shutdown, Oct. 28, 2025. (Photo by Ariana Figueroa/States Newsoom)</figcaption>
 </figure>Congress provided USDA with the multi-year contingency fund, which totals about $6 billion — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of SNAP benefits. USDA would have to reshuffle funds to provide November payments.&nbsp;“We are trying as much as possible to ensure that critical food benefits get paid,” Vance said.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/democratic-ags-governors-sue-trump-over-snap-benefits-shutdown-hits-day-28" target="_blank">A coalition of Democratic state officials Tuesday sued</a>&nbsp;the Trump administration and urged a federal judge to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release SNAP benefits for 42 million people.Vance called on five Democrats to join Senate Republicans in approving a short-term funding bill.“If the Democrats just opened up the government, then we wouldn’t have to play this game where … we’re trying to fit a square peg into a round hole with the budget,” Vance said.&nbsp;Democrats have continued to vote against the House’s GOP short-term spending bill to draw attention to and force negotiations on tax credits that will expire at the end of the year for people who buy their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace. Republicans maintain the government must reopen before they begin any talks.<h2>Votes possible on SNAP funding</h2>Republicans are also weighing whether to pass a stand-alone bill by GOP Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley to approve funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.&nbsp;Ten Senate Republicans have joined to sponsor the bill, including&nbsp;Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins of Maine.&nbsp;One Democratic senator also cosponsored the bill, Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont.&nbsp;Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats would also introduce their own separate bill to provide funding for not only SNAP, but for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC.During a Tuesday press conference, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., did not seem receptive to scheduling a Senate vote on a stand-alone bill to address SNAP.&nbsp;“I mean, this piecemeal approach where you do one off here, one off there, to make it seem more politically palatable to somebody…that is just a wrong way to do this,” Thune said.&nbsp;Instead, he argued that Democrats should just support the stopgap spending bill.&nbsp;Another critical deadline is approaching. Active-duty military members will miss their paychecks by Friday if the government is still in a funding lapse. The Trump administration already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pentagon-shift-research-dollars-pay-troops-during-shutdown" target="_blank">reprogrammed $8 billion&nbsp;</a>earlier this month from multi-year research funds from the Defense Department in order to pay the troops.&nbsp;However, Vance said the Trump administration expects to be able to pay troops this Friday, although the vice president didn’t detail where those funds would come from.Before Tuesday morning’s vote, Thune said Democrats should listen to calls for an end to the shutdown from the&nbsp;American Federation of Government Employees, or AFGE, labor union, which typically aligns with Democrats.&nbsp;House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, also cited the call from AFGE, telling Democrats “you have an off-ramp,” during a Tuesday press conference.“The largest unions are saying, ‘Please do this,’” Johnson said. “You can claim that as cover and say that you had to do it.”Last week, there were dueling bills from both parties related to paying federal workers amid the shutdown,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-senate-fails-move-ahead-bills-extending-pay-federal-workers-during-shutdown" target="_blank">but those efforts failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to move forward.</a>The end of the 2019 government shutdown, which lasted 35 days, was in part due to shortages of air traffic controllers that upended air travel across the country and forced lawmakers to strike a deal.&nbsp;<h2>Schumer critical of administration shutdown decisions</h2>During a Tuesday press conference, Schumer slammed the Trump administration for refusing to tap into its contingency fund for SNAP.“The money is there,” the New York Democrat said. “The hungry people, the hungry children, the hungry veterans, the hungry elderly, could be fed, but Trump’s using them as hostages.”Of the 42 million people on SNAP, roughly 40% are children 17 and younger.&nbsp;He also criticized Trump for traveling abroad and for his administration’s priority to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-press-secretary-defends-white-house-ballroom-project-amid-east-wing-teardown" target="_blank">demolish the East Wing of the White House</a>&nbsp;for a ballroom.&nbsp;“His number one priority is his ballroom,” Schumer said. “When people are suffering, what kind of president is this?”&nbsp;

US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761748475563.png" alt="Three day weather forecast Salina, October 29 - October 31.&nbsp;Courtesy of US National Weather Service" />
 <figcaption>Three day weather forecast Salina, October 29 - October 31.&nbsp;Courtesy of US National Weather Service</figcaption>
 </figure><a href="https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Salina&amp;state=KS&amp;site=ICT&amp;lat=38.8158&amp;lon=-97.6178">For a full look at the weather forecast, click here.</a>Monitor local weather updates frequently in multiple ways by listening to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/nwr/">NOAA Weather Radio</a>, checking local news and emergency notifications. You can also stay informed by following Saline County and the National Weather Service on social media.For the latest forecast updates, visit the National Weather Service Wichita office at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/ict/">https://www.weather.gov/ict/</a>. To check forecasts frequently, go to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.weather.gov/">weather.gov</a>.

Three day weather forecast Salina, October 29 - October 31

TOPEKA — Kansas farm leaders are pushing Congress to get back to work and solve problems facing the agriculture industry, pointing out that a closed government doesn’t mean U.S. lawmakers can’t be in session.

“I’m up here in Republic County and there’s a lot of activity going around harvest,” said Nick Levendofsky, executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union. “And then, of course, wheat drilling and all that, too, and getting ready to move cattle off of pastures. The work doesn’t stop for farmers. We don’t pause, we don’t shut down. We have to keep going.”

Levendofsky, speaking earlier this month in a virtual press conference arranged by Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids, echoed comments from Kansas agriculture secretary Mike Beam to get Congress back to work.

“It’s time to get back to work on and really address some things, particularly some things that really don’t cost money — it’s just public policy that we need to address,” Beam said on the same call.

Levendofsky said the farm bill was allowed to expire, and even though some agricultural issues were addressed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, much is left to do.

“I’ve talked with farmers in our organization, farmers in my area, and farmers all across the state, and they’re very frustrated with what’s going on right now,” he said.

As farmers are grappling with increased input expenses, tariffs and weather, Davids said she was “p***ed” about President Donald Trump’s expressed intentions to import more Argentinian beef.

“I think we need to be doing everything we can to support American ranchers and producers and farmers and not importing in stuff that we’re growing here,” she said.

Matthew Steele, CEO and executive director of the Kansas Cattlemen’s Association, listens to news every day with a strong dose of caution and “trying to read through the lines.” As an engineer with a compliance background, he’s always looking deeper, he said.

“You’ve got to always be thinking about this is the black and white, what does all the gray around it mean?” he said in a call with the Kansas Reflector.

For instance, outcry about the potential of Mexico reopening its U.S. border to import feeder cattle doesn’t have as big of an impact as people might expect, Steele said.

About 1 million head a year come in from Mexico, out of 83 million head produced in the U.S., he said.

“It’s not that big of a number,” Steele said. “They’re still anywhere from three to eight or nine months from being ready for harvest anyway. Where the impact comes is those aren’t prime animals that are coming up. It’s not like they’re bringing in certified Angus roasts and steaks. It’s lower quality we grind up and serve as hamburgers.”

Still, the market took that news and went “crazy,” he said. Live cattle contracts fell Monday, dropping about $7 on Monday,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/lc00?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqe5Xw6SQAaUNwGs9A2aB5ASjPdCoXZgWQjhkC7P1xNSJF4pjUBVwcdsSUxoQ54%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6900dd4b&amp;gaa_sig=Lbzoo0bAhVTAV00lcfxF6snutG3jmoxhqzu_x9PHRP9kDvieAxABx0qDmPz3uZmoJfgkA4qY-GOI_WMvS5ytDA%3D%3D" target="_blank">according to Marketwatch</a>.

Steele said his organization is telling farmers to call their representatives to share stories and help them understand how the system works. Although organizations like Kansas Cattlemen’s are advocating, it means more coming from the people who are doing the work, he said.

Adam Phelon, a Kansas Soybean Association board member who farms with his family near Garnett, joined Davids’ call to share his frustration with the shutdown and what a challenge it can be throughout rural communities with a “snowball effect” that hits many areas.

Phelon said farmers need consistency and certainty to make plans, and they don’t have that right now. He also pointed to families that need support from programs like Women, Infants and Children payments and a friend in the Navy who is stationed in Germany and wasn’t able to make their house payment that was due in October.

“The difficult thing is that even when the government does get back up and running, we’re going to be so far behind,” Phelon said. “We applaud the Congress for getting the renewable fuel standards up to where they should be, but those should be implemented at the beginning of November, and because of this government shutdown, it may be pushed back into the following year.”

Although Davids said the Farm Service Agency announced last week it would resume partial operations, that wasn’t enough to help Kansas farmers.

“This is just a Band-Aid on a larger problem of a government shutdown, and our farmers, ranchers, producers are hurting,” Davids said. “They haven’t received some of their farm subsidies or loans. Conservation projects are stalled, like one that’s near Baldwin City, Kansas, they can’t move forward because no one is in the office to simply process the paperwork. Without crop or market reports, producers are being forced to make major financial decisions in the dark. These programs are truly a lifeline for rural America.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/10/1761674362747.png" alt=" Kansas ranchers are concerned about statements out of Washington, D.C., about importing more beef from Mexico and Argentina and how that affects market prices. (Photo by Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)" />
 <figcaption> Kansas ranchers are concerned about statements out of Washington, D.C., about importing more beef from Mexico and Argentina and how that affects market prices. (Photo by Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)</figcaption>
 </figure>BY&nbsp;<a href="https://kansasreflector.com/author/mchilson/">MORGAN CHILSON</a> <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/">Kansas Reflector</a>TOPEKA — Kansas farm leaders are pushing Congress to get back to work and solve problems facing the agriculture industry, pointing out that a closed government doesn’t mean U.S. lawmakers can’t be in session.“I’m up here in Republic County and there’s a lot of activity going around harvest,” said Nick Levendofsky, executive director of the Kansas Farmers Union. “And then, of course, wheat drilling and all that, too, and getting ready to move cattle off of pastures. The work doesn’t stop for farmers. We don’t pause, we don’t shut down. We have to keep going.”Levendofsky, speaking earlier this month in a virtual press conference arranged by Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids, echoed comments from Kansas agriculture secretary Mike Beam to get Congress back to work.“It’s time to get back to work on and really address some things, particularly some things that really don’t cost money — it’s just public policy that we need to address,” Beam said on the same call.Levendofsky said the farm bill was allowed to expire, and even though some agricultural issues were addressed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, much is left to do.“I’ve talked with farmers in our organization, farmers in my area, and farmers all across the state, and they’re very frustrated with what’s going on right now,” he said.As farmers are grappling with increased input expenses, tariffs and weather, Davids said she was “p***ed” about President Donald Trump’s expressed intentions to import more Argentinian beef.“I think we need to be doing everything we can to support American ranchers and producers and farmers and not importing in stuff that we’re growing here,” she said.Matthew Steele, CEO and executive director of the Kansas Cattlemen’s Association, listens to news every day with a strong dose of caution and “trying to read through the lines.” As an engineer with a compliance background, he’s always looking deeper, he said.“You’ve got to always be thinking about this is the black and white, what does all the gray around it mean?” he said in a call with the Kansas Reflector.For instance, outcry about the potential of Mexico reopening its U.S. border to import feeder cattle doesn’t have as big of an impact as people might expect, Steele said.About 1 million head a year come in from Mexico, out of 83 million head produced in the U.S., he said.“It’s not that big of a number,” Steele said. “They’re still anywhere from three to eight or nine months from being ready for harvest anyway. Where the impact comes is those aren’t prime animals that are coming up. It’s not like they’re bringing in certified Angus roasts and steaks. It’s lower quality we grind up and serve as hamburgers.”Still, the market took that news and went “crazy,” he said. Live cattle contracts fell Monday, dropping about $7 on Monday,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/future/lc00?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqe5Xw6SQAaUNwGs9A2aB5ASjPdCoXZgWQjhkC7P1xNSJF4pjUBVwcdsSUxoQ54%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6900dd4b&amp;gaa_sig=Lbzoo0bAhVTAV00lcfxF6snutG3jmoxhqzu_x9PHRP9kDvieAxABx0qDmPz3uZmoJfgkA4qY-GOI_WMvS5ytDA%3D%3D" target="_blank">according to Marketwatch</a>.Steele said his organization is telling farmers to call their representatives to share stories and help them understand how the system works. Although organizations like Kansas Cattlemen’s are advocating, it means more coming from the people who are doing the work, he said.Adam Phelon, a Kansas Soybean Association board member who farms with his family near Garnett, joined Davids’ call to share his frustration with the shutdown and what a challenge it can be throughout rural communities with a “snowball effect” that hits many areas.Phelon said farmers need consistency and certainty to make plans, and they don’t have that right now. He also pointed to families that need support from programs like Women, Infants and Children payments and a friend in the Navy who is stationed in Germany and wasn’t able to make their house payment that was due in October.“The difficult thing is that even when the government does get back up and running, we’re going to be so far behind,” Phelon said. “We applaud the Congress for getting the renewable fuel standards up to where they should be, but those should be implemented at the beginning of November, and because of this government shutdown, it may be pushed back into the following year.”Although Davids said the Farm Service Agency announced last week it would resume partial operations, that wasn’t enough to help Kansas farmers.“This is just a Band-Aid on a larger problem of a government shutdown, and our farmers, ranchers, producers are hurting,” Davids said. “They haven’t received some of their farm subsidies or loans. Conservation projects are stalled, like one that’s near Baldwin City, Kansas, they can’t move forward because no one is in the office to simply process the paperwork. Without crop or market reports, producers are being forced to make major financial decisions in the dark. These programs are truly a lifeline for rural America.”

We don’t shut down’: Kansas ag leaders tell Congress to get back to work

13/13&nbsp;Texas Tech at K-State

Date:&nbsp;Saturday, November 1, 2025

Stadium:&nbsp;Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)

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1)&nbsp;Coming off a dominating 42-17 win over in-state rival Kansas – its 17th straight win in the series – Kansas State returns home on Saturday as it hosts 13th-ranked Texas Tech inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m., and will be shown on FOX with Jason Benetti (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst) and Alexa Landestoy (sidelines) on the call.

2)&nbsp;After starting the season with a 1-3 record, the Wildcats have rebounded the last four games by going 3-1 as their lone loss in that stretch was a one-point defeat at Baylor. The Wildcats have averaged 37.8 points per game over their last four games, as K-State is tied for third in scoring among Power 4 schools since September 27 with Tennessee, just behind Utah (41.0 ppg) and Pittsburgh (38.4 ppg).

3)&nbsp;Quarterback Avery Johnson is set to make his 23rd-career start under center having thrown for 1,792 yards and 15 touchdowns with only two interceptions as his 0.8% interception ratio ranks 13th in the nation and second in the Big 12. He has thrown touchdown passes to six different receivers this season, with wide receiver Jayce Brown and tight end Garrett Oakley leading the way with four apiece.