Kansas News Service
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The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of public media outlets in Kansas, including KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, and High Plains Public Radio. Their mission is to provide in-depth, unbiased news coverage of the state. Their blog features reporting on a variety of topics, including education, healthcare, and politics.
Kansas News Service
1w ago
The Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas, celebrated the opening of its brand new soccer field on Friday ..read more
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The wide receiver acknowledged earlier this month that he was driving the Lamborghini that was involved in a crash in Texas ..read more
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Lobbyists and legislators have been pushing for years to eliminate copays for supplemental and diagnostic breast cancer screening, which other Midwest states have already done. Advocates say they create cost barriers that can lead to late diagnosis ..read more
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Families have been blocked from visiting inmates since March 1. A union president for prison staff believes an investigation justifying the tightened rules is dragging on as a way to circumvent the union’s contract ..read more
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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum accepted on Thursday the remnants of the vandalized statue. The cleats will be added to an existing exhibit about the first Black American to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier ..read more
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A pair of exhibits at the Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence are inspired by the life and death of Emmett Till, which helped launch the civil rights movement. The work of area textile artists helps connect the 1955 killing to contemporary violence against Black people ..read more
Kansas News Service
2w ago
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is working with local mental health providers to cut down the state’s notoriously long wait times to provide services to inmates declared incompetent to stand trial ..read more
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The four pharmacy owners formed their own pharmacy benefit manager to take on the huge companies that influence how much people pay for medications ..read more
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2w ago
People in the agriculture industry are still looking for local solutions to save what is left of the Ogallala aquifer that supports western Kansas. But systemic challenges are making it a slow effort ..read more
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2w ago
Kansas lawmakers are set to receive a substantial pay raise next year. Some say that's key to recruiting more young and working class people to run for office ..read more