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Kansas Republicans pass a tax cut package, but the Democratic is expected to veto the measure... gunfire erupts at Crown Center in Kansas City, wounding six people... K-State struggles with cyber-security... and lawmakers consider a bill to require Kansas schools to have defibrillators. Those stories and more inside. This ad-free summary of area headlines is generally posted by 10 am weekdays and updated through 7 pm.

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(Photo Credit: discoveroutdoors.us)PRATT, Kan. (AP) — Kansas wildlife officials are reminding hunters that it's against the law to exchange text messages on the whereabouts of deer and other game that might be headed their way. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism says the law has been around in various forms for years. Officials say hunters are probably aware that they can't use two-way radios to give other hunters a heads-up about the location of a game animal moving in their direction. But that law, which prohibits the use of a radio or other mechanical device, includes cellphones. The department says a text is the same as a phone call under the law, so don't do it.

(graphic credit: Kansas Agri-Women)WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ Newly released figures show Kansas agricultural exports grew by 35 percent last year to set a record high. The U.S. Agriculture Department's Foreign Agricultural Service reports more than $3.68 billion in farm exports from Kansas in 2011. The Kansas Department of Agriculture says the previous state record of $3.06 billion was set in 2008. Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman says in a news release Thursday that the numbers show just how important agriculture is to the state. Total exports in Kansas grew 17 percent to $11.68 billion. Agriculture accounted for nearly 32 percent of the state's total exports.

(Photo Credit: kansastravel.org) It could be a long spring at the Kansas Statehouse. As lawmakers approach their annual three-week recess before returning for the veto session, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka says an ominous sign of a lengthy session has appeared in his inbox: a memo to lawmakers from the Director of Administrative Services listing Topeka hotel rates and contact information. The legislative session is only supposed to run 90 days, but a number of lawmakers are suggesting that won't be enough time for this year, due to a heavy policy agenda from Governor Sam Brownback and due to the length of negotiations over redistricting. The longest session in Kansas history was in 2002, when it took 107 days to adjourn.

Photo credit: Kansas State Historical SocietyTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sam Brownback will be in attendance Friday for the annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony on the Statehouse grounds. Brownback and Attorney General Derek Schmidt are both scheduled to speak, and the names of all Kansas law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty will be read. The name of Atchison police Sergeant David Enzbrenner will be added to the 266 others on the monument. Enzbrenner was killed December 9 while helping code enforcement officers serving a nuisance order. He was the only Kansas officer killed on duty last year.