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<p class="MsoNormal">Ben Merriman teaches in <span style="color:#1F497D">the</span> Law and Society program at Edwards and also has a joint appointment at Sociology. His new book is out, Conservative Innovators, How States Are Challenging Federal Power.
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<a href="https://today.ku.edu/2019/04/15/new-book-outlines-how-conservatives-successfully-made-states-more-powerful-resisting"><span style="color:blue">https://today.ku.edu/2019/04/15/new-book-outlines-how-conservatives-successfully-made-states-more-powerful-resisting</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You’re all welcome and feel free to pass it on if you’d like. Any questions can be directed to me. Thank you so much.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Ruth DeWitt</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">University of Kansas</span><span style="color:#0D0D0D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:rdewitt@ku.edu">rdewitt@ku.edu</a> | 785.864.2554</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">KU SPAA</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">KU PMC</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">:
<a href="http://www.kupmc.org/">http://www.kupmc.org</a>| <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kupmc/">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D">Urban Planning:
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