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Reporter @CalMatters . SoCal Asian, likes 🥾🏕🚲 + your culture’s food. she/her. jeanne @calmatters .org

Sacramento, CA
Joined September 2012
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Jeanne Kuang
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25 years ago after a devastating tragedy in the Central Valley, California lawmakers moved to regulate the vans that take farmworkers to the fields. It saved lives. But deaths and injuries still happen—just not in the same kinds of vans. In @CalMatters :
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his name is actually Potato, thank you very much
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Mountain lion sighting in South San Francisco turns out to be just a “hefty house cat.”
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DOC has made available a last statement from Ernest Johnson, dated yesterday.
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The University of Missouri will require masks in class, regardless of vaccination status this fall, starting next week at least through Sept. 15. It is the largest school to do so. #moleg
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Parson tells public not to trust propaganda on COVID and vaccines, to seek out trusted, factual information. Then said he means @stltoday @KCStar and @MO_Independent . The numbers we report come directly from Parson's own health department. #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Updated: state says they took down the LGBT history exhibit at the capitol because they did not follow a procedure to get approval from a state board. (Minutes show the board has never in past 5 yrs of meetings discussed a state museum exhibit.) #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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I’m saying goodbye today to The Kansas City Star. I’m moving back to California for a new job. So very thankful I got to work with some of the best in the business, and for everything I learned in a short but eventful time in Missouri. A new statehouse reporter will start soon!
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Jeanne Kuang
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Earlier this week I walked a friend’s dog, Harvey, who is so floofy he has become a small carpeted bear (cc @darth )
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Jeanne Kuang
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Today’s my last day at The News Journal. I’m so grateful for all the opportunities I had here and I’m so excited to start soon (Feb 1!) as the new Missouri state government reporter at @KCStar . Pls send Kansas and Missouri recs + podcast recs for a 2-day pandemic drive with a cat
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7-1 map amendment fails in Senate floor vote 24-8 #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Springfield hospital CEO: “If you are making wildly disparaging comments about the vaccine, and have no public health expertise, you may be responsible for someone’s death. Shut up.”
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Jeanne Kuang
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The moment that just ended a couple verbal confrontations on 95: state police troopers agreed to put their long guns away, the group applauded and turned to walk off the highway. #GeorgeFloydProtests in Wilmington, DE
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Jeanne Kuang
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. @NJGov 's been quiet today
@delaware_gov
Delaware.gov
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PRESIDENT JOSEPH R BIDEN JR, from DELAWARE 💙💛💙💛💙
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Jeanne Kuang
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Chicago justice system news tonight: Cook County judge Matthew Coghlan lost his retention bid. Needed 60% yes votes, got 52.5. Outside of an activist campaign to unseat him, @injusticewatch reported comprehensively on flaws in his record. So proud of this impact.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Here’s protesters helping @SeanGreeneWDEL up
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Hello! After a month off, a beautiful drive across the country and a few days soaking in the sun, I'm back in California + back at work. I've started today as a reporter @CalMatters and I'm so excited to be here. Talk to me about our state's economic divide: jeanne @calmatters .org
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Jeanne Kuang
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Breaking: The Missouri Supreme Court rules that the initiative petition voters approved last Aug to expand Medicaid did NOT violate the state constitution. #Moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Missouri COVID vaccine incentive: -drawings every 2 wks starting 8/13 thru 10/8 -$10,000 prizes -3 categories: adults with one shot by today, adults with one shot anytime after today, kids 12-17 with one shot any time
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Person dissatisfied with a story (usually politician): Jeanne i know doing a story like this sells a lot of newspapers but— Me: buddy what is it about the last 15-20 years that makes you think anything sells a lot of newspapers
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Here's a drive-in DNC viewing in Milwaukee. In Wilmington, where Joe Biden will be speaking, it's basically the exact same thing, except that Joe Biden come out and wave at the cars at the end.
@MSpicuzzaMJS
Mary Spicuzza
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.⁦ @MayorOfMKE ⁩ Tom Barrett urges people to talk to friends and neighbors about why ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ “will be better for our country.”
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Roy Blunt throws some shade speaking in the Missouri House, "I know the last thing you need is one more senator slowing you down" #moleg
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When lawmakers complained, the Missouri State Museum director defended LGBT history exhibit in an email to a State Parks superior, who said it sounded "interesting" and he would visit the next day. His bosses at DNR ordered it gone that evening. #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Breaking: 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds temporary blocking of Missouri's 2019 8-week abortion ban #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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A local health department in southern Missouri says it's stopping 'all COVID-19 related work' (contact tracing, telling residents to quarantine, updating public on case counts) after a state AG threat this week #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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We're back in - you guessed it - the Missouri Senate, and starting off with an airing of some personal grievances.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Also today in Missouri: new health director, after abrupt departure of Randall Williams in April. The new director doesn't have a medical background, which Parson had said he hoped to find, but used to work in public health in Illinois. #moleg
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. @LukeNozicka , one of the hardest-working reporters I know, deserves recognition here. His dedicated reporting since last year brought attention to this case and sparked a change in state law that allowed prosecutors to ask for the conviction to be tossed.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Every day I look outside and think how lucky I am to live and work in the beautiful city of Chicago 🤗
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Jeanne Kuang
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MO Senate Majority Leader Rowden comes out and says it to Onder as the 7-1/6-2 congressional map debate kicks off: "I know you want a St. Charles district so that you can run for Congress." Onder calls that "nonsense, nonsense" Long day ahead in #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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In April I join the California Divide project at @CalMatters , covering inequality in my home state. I left CA a decade ago to go to jschool and see the country, two immense privileges. To get to come home now to write about the most pressing American issue, I’m beyond fortunate.
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I love it when every 6 mo or so the whole world discovers Delaware again
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Jeanne Kuang
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"McDonald's came into my office and said they would leave the Golden State," Bakersfield Republican Shannon Grove said of #AB257 - fast food council bill. Supporters say there's no way every fast food location in CA would up and leave.
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The Missouri governor did this just last year to the @stltoday
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Maggie Haberman
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Have never seen something like this, no matter how many times officials have tried to drag and/or demonize reporters
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Jeanne Kuang
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New: 4 months into Medicaid expansion, Missouri has enrolled less than 1/3 of the low-income adults it expected would have health care coverage by now. And wait times have risen to 70 days for applicants, well past the max required by federal law. #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Do the additional verses in This Land Is Your Land you cowards
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Kamala Harris has left downtown Wilmington. Headed west, presumably to Greenville.
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Story will be updated when I figure out what the hell is going on
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Seeing it in print never gets old. @Suntimes picked up our story on how rarely the Illinois parole board supports parole. @emilyhoerner
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Jeanne Kuang
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Biden’s Delaware sendoff is looking like it will be very Delaware. #netDE @delawareonline
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Jeanne Kuang
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MO Senators returned to the Capitol after a week of filibuster, intending to move past gridlock and pass other legislation. They made it as far as the very first bill. “If that’s the game we’re going to play, we won’t pass any bills this session.” #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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Hi everyone here's a thread with some news, rants, and links! First of all I'm very sad to announce that today is my last day at @injusticewatch . It's been an amazing 2+ years. Thank you, @ricktulsky , for everything.
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But the health director does say that masks work, which the governor avoids addressing in this thread (where he rails on a reporter for the second time in two months)
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Governor Mike Parson
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Director Kauerauf has consistently and publicly stated that mandates are not the answer to Missouri’s COVID-19 outbreak. They do not work and can have collateral health consequences. (10/12)
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A Missouri lawmaker and assistant physician faces wire fraud charges, accused of selling amniotic fluid to patients as stem cell treatments #moleg Also, hello Missouri! I’m your new @KCStar statehouse reporter. Let’s talk: jkuang @kcstar .com
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@walsh_eli Y'all didn't deserve any of this. I'm sorry.
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Jeanne Kuang
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"Voting for a 7-1 map doesn’t get you to heaven, accepting Jesus Christ as your lord and savior does" No context #moleg Well, I guess you don't really need context for it.
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cool glow this evening in Wilmington 🍁🍂⛅️
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We wrote about how climate change and increased days of extreme heat will disproportionately affect Wilmington’s low-income neighborhoods. It’s all about the trees! @delawareonline #netDE
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Jeanne Kuang
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I mean, when they said "publicly destroyed" I don't know what else I was expecting 😂
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Rudi Keller
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5 illegal #gambling machines destroyed in Platte County #moleg
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came back from a call to find my lunch getting stolen, I shouldn’t have to be terrorized in my own household like this
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Jeanne Kuang
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Biden gives a little love letter to Delaware speech, complete with his signature “When I die, Delaware will be written on my heart.” He chokes up saying that. “I am proud, proud, proud to be a son of Delaware.”
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Jeanne Kuang
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BREAKING: Missouri will deny Medicaid to 275,000 newly eligible low-income people in July, Gov. Parson says. Voters put expanded eligibility in the state constitution last year but a Republican-dominated legislature refused to pay for it. #moleg #mogov
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Jeanne Kuang
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reading bills is an underrated activity
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Jeanne Kuang
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I used my socially distant reporting sign (idea stolen from @esilverman11 !) and it sorta worked, though one person told me it looked like a scam. Uh excuse me person, I wrote it with eyeliner I have no idea why you'd say that
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Parson also reluctant to back a proposal to restrict those convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors from having guns. "I think if you go into a domestic violence [incident] and there's not a firearm involved, I think that's a different scenario." #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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The Brandywine as usual is showing off #snowDE
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Jeanne Kuang
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ok sunsets in mid-Missouri are the absolute shit
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The real test was how fast can they get every Missourian to tweet
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Jeanne Kuang
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Calls grow for Parson to stop Johnson execution, including from former Gov. Holden in @MO_Independent and the Pope:
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Sister Helen Prejean
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Pope Francis sent a letter requesting clemency for #ErnestJohnson to @GovParsonMO this week through the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. The Pope "wishes to place before you the simple fact of Mr. Johnson's humanity and the sacredness of all human life."
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Parson says he supports local door to door outreach efforts but reiterates he doesn’t want federal employees coming to people’s doors with a shot. The White House has said this was never on the table. #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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sup twitter, I’m currently looking at a mountain so there will not be Missouri news from me next week, please stay healthy and do not do anything wild while I’m gone✌🏽
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Summer is so good. Can you believe I grew this basil myself straight out of the earth with nothing but sun and water, and by that I mean straight out of a jar on my apartment windowsill with sun and water that conveniently came out of a pipe for me but which I paid for myself??
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Pleased to report that this Wilmington street is cute af
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Jeanne Kuang
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New: Missouri is using LexisNexis to find and cut off Medicaid recipients who have moved out of state, but in the process is ensnaring eligible residents who have never lived anywhere else. #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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@arianelange @Adam_Ashton THANK YOU ARIANE 🫡
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Jeanne Kuang
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Hey @MedillSchool , here's your chance to find someone who will emphasize a solid training in fact-finding, investigations, and writing over marketing, content, and other flashy things
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Mariana Alfaro
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BREAKING: Medill Dean Brad Hamm to step down at the end of this academic year.
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Jeanne Kuang
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I think I am off to a good start with my new landlord
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Jeanne Kuang
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Not a single full-time photojournalist left at the biggest local daily w/in a 120mi radius in midMO. Ppl who live in smaller cities really want coverage of their city! They don't want to be an insert in USA Today! Stop shooting yourself in the foot Gannett
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Rudi Keller
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1/x Just learned today Don Shrubshell, the only staff photog left at @columbiatribune , has been laid off by @GateHouse_Media . The word comes a day after @MissouriPress announced Shrubby will be inducted this fall into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame.
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Jeanne Kuang
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can everyone, please, Look at my cat
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Jeanne Kuang
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I am so happy to stand with my colleagues who are busting their asses to deliver the news AND secure its future. #ProtectTheStar
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Kansas City News Guild
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Kansas Citians deserve a newspaper that strives to keep them informed and holds government, business and other institutions accountable. Our journalists aim to carry out that mission each day. We’re forming @KCNewsGuild to #ProtectTheStar and those values.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Fast food council bill #AB257 PASSES the Senate with the minimum votes needed: 21-12 It goes back to the Assembly, where it last passed in Jan with one vote to spare
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Jeanne Kuang
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新年快乐 to all...your resolutions didn’t count until now 😉🧧
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Jeanne Kuang
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CA Dept of Social Services has begun taking applications for local guaranteed income pilot programs with a preference for young people aging out of foster care and people in 1st+2nd trimesters of pregnancy:
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Jeanne Kuang
3 years
Another day of the redistricting standstill. Missouri Senate adjourns until TUESDAY 2 pm. #moleg I cannot wait to go outside
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Jeanne Kuang
4 years
I mean, the beach bars story is big local news about how a big part of the state’s economy is going thru another phase of the pandemic. The presidential race is obviously important, but it was a campaign stop with a speech for a national audience. This is a local paper.
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David Weigel
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The front page of my old hometown paper, the News Journal of Wilmington, DE. Biden’s press conference in the city goes below the fold, under the closure of Delaware's best-in-the-country beach bars.
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Happy second to last Monday of session only to the state employee dedicated to making sure their plant gets enough sun at the Capitol
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Sorry to be that person but omg the fall foliage in Missouri rn
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Jeanne Kuang
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Reminder that @gannett is still trying to exclude our digital producer Verna and video strategist Jenna from our guild, even though both are hard at work on our all-hands coverage of Biden in Delaware today. Do the right thing. Stop excluding your workers. Recognize @DeNewsGuild .
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Jeanne Kuang
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Hello I have been in New York for 30 minutes and am already stressed at how it is possible to govern a city this big. Am also starting to think my friends had a point when they said I hate fun
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Jeanne Kuang
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1. Get yourself a friend like @byaliceyin who will drive you to the airport at 4 in the morning after working a night reporting shift to get you to your new city/job/life 2. lord in heaven, no one go to the airport the day after the marathon 3. Chicago I love you forever 💙
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Jeanne Kuang
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Down to the Riverfront - luxury apartments and restaurants and the city and state's proof of Wilmington's revitalization which is frequently criticized as a sign of inequality #netDE
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Jeanne Kuang
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Here's a tweet for an audience of literally just me, but the Missouri Senate is being extremely Wilmington, Delaware City Council rn
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Jeanne Kuang
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I will be on the radio! It was definitely not terrifying!
@injusticewatch
Injustice Watch
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Tune in to All Things Considered on @WBEZ at 3:44 and 5:44 to hear about our story on juvenile offenders serving lengthy sentences in Illinois.
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Missouri Senate has officially adjourned for the session, so for those keeping score the Planned Parenthood bill the House spent hours on earlier is officially dead #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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1. It is finally fall 2. An Earl grey cream tart, for no reason
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Jeanne Kuang
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It was very fun and heartwarming to write this article while everyone at the University of Delaware was drunk, which allowed me to relive my own college memories of writing articles while everyone else was drunk
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Jeanne Kuang
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You have to read this.
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Jeanne Kuang
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The double whammy of being no-commented by someone who then says 'have a great weekend' on what is in fact a Monday morning
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Jeanne Kuang
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Tonight I was almost baited by an Intentionally Bad Tweet from someone who doesn't read local news but I decided it would be better for me to spend my time covering two legislative debates simultaneously, so
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Jeanne Kuang
2 years
Not to brag or anything but this was probably the best place I have ever eaten lunch
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Jeanne Kuang
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I think we’ve largely called it in tonight. Shoutout to my colleagues @JerryHabraken @izzihughes_ @billbretz @kbaker6 @MereNewman @SarahGamard I think the world of them. Here are some more images from today’s #GeorgeFloydprotests in Wilmington.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Missouri was at the top of the nation for the amount of in-person learning last year, Parson said during his State of the State. This month, 62 school districts have had to temporarily close their doors. His spox said not to call these "closures." #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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how old are you, I'm "knows who Olivia Rodrigo is, but walking through downtown Columbia makes me feel like a decrepit shell of a human being" years old
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Jeanne Kuang
6 years
For context, a judge hasn't been voted out in Cook County in 28 years. And most judges sail to retention victory with 70-80% yes votes.
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Jeanne Kuang
6 years
Chicago justice system news tonight: Cook County judge Matthew Coghlan lost his retention bid. Needed 60% yes votes, got 52.5. Outside of an activist campaign to unseat him, @injusticewatch reported comprehensively on flaws in his record. So proud of this impact.
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Jeanne Kuang
4 years
well anyway here’s my cat in a pizza roll box
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Jeanne Kuang
3 years
While recognizing how much we still don't know, I think every Asian woman in America would beg for the separation of these two ideas to receive a modicum of scrutiny.
@jimsciutto
Jim Sciutto
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New: Atlanta shooting suspect told police he had “sexual addiction”, “indicators now may not be” racially motivated, says Cherokee Cty Sheriff Frank Reynolds.
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Jeanne Kuang
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Amazingly found good KBBQ in the suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware, and they gave us Yakult with the check so you know it's legit 😭
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Jeanne Kuang
3 years
"I suspect Jesus wouldn't shoot anybody because in the year 30 there weren't guns" No context #moleg
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Jeanne Kuang
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After Missouri Supreme Court says the government can't charge for attorney review time in Sunshine requests, the estimated cost of a request I had pending went down by nearly 60%. It is worth checking, y'all
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Jeanne Kuang
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Hi Wilmington! Send me tips, ideas, Delaware recs, etc! jkuang @delawareonline .com
@ChristinaJedra
Christina Jedra
6 years
Delaware, meet @JeanneKuang , our new Wilmington reporter. Starting today, she's taking over for me covering @wilmingtondegov , @WilmCityCouncil and other city happenings. Give her a follow and your city story ideas. #netDE
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