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‘A hole in the ground' and other quirky curiosities mean money and pride for small Kansas towns

Author David Condos Posted on 05/25/22

How one airline leaving small Kansas airports could deal a blow to the state's rural economy

Author David Condos Posted on 05/23/22

Kansas Supreme Court upholds controversial GOP-drawn congressional redistricting map

Author Dylan Lysen Posted on 05/18/22
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Unified Government warns investors of possible financial risk from upcoming McIntyre trial

Author Steve Vockrodt Posted on 05/24/22
The trial of the lawsuit filed by Lamonte McIntyre, who was freed from prison in 2017 after serving 23 years in prison after he was exonerated, is scheduled to begin in October.
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A Kansas man with a rare disorder spent decades advocating for gene therapy. It may never help him

Author Alex Smith Posted on 05/24/22
Donavon Decker became, in more ways than one, an ambassador of limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D, a rare degenerative disorder. But decades after he participated in patient trials and fundraised for research, drug companies are still nowhere close to a cure.
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For Kansas City Starbucks workers, ‘lifesaving’ benefits are on the bargaining table

Author Jacob Martin Posted on 05/23/22
For Starbucks baristas — many of them young and queer — it used to be a point of pride to work for a company with a reputation for taking care of its employees. But some employees say the company's response to their unionization efforts prove otherwise.
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Wichita Starbucks workers trying to unionize for better pay, breastfeeding privacy

Author Daniel Caudill Posted on 05/23/22
Organizers say 70% of the store's employees support the union.
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Generational poverty hurts the health of people in southeast Kansas and Wyandotte County

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 05/18/22
The disparities between Wyandotte and its neighbor to the south — Johnson County — remain the most dramatic contrast in the state.
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Kansas is taking a nationally unprecedented move to let foster teens pick their families

Author Blaise Mesa Posted on 05/18/22
The state will help older foster youth who are aging out of care find families that will last beyond foster care.
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Kansas congressional redistricting prompts a court debate over partisanship versus democracy

Author Roxie Hammill Posted on 05/16/22
A map drawn by legislative Republicans was thrown out by a lower court on grounds that it discriminated against people of color and Democrats.
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Do Kansas colleges offer too many degrees? A state board could put some on the chopping block

Author Suzanne Perez Posted on 05/16/22
Together, the state's six major public universities — KU, K-State, Wichita State, Emporia State, Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State — offer more than 1,500 degree programs. And some experts say that’s too much.
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Federal efforts to find graves could impact the search at a Native boarding school in Kansas

Author Luke X. Martin Posted on 05/13/22
Two federal efforts — one in Congress and one at the U.S. Interior Department — could affect the search for marked and unmarked graves at the Shawnee Indian Mission in Fairway and Haskell University in Lawrence.
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National labor board files complaints against 2 Kansas City area Starbucks for union busting

Author Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga Posted on 05/12/22
The complaint claims the Starbucks stores at 75th Street & I-35 in Overland Park and on the Country Club Plaza illegally terminated pro-union employees.
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Legal sports betting is coming to Kansas. Here's what gamblers need to know

Author Dylan Lysen Posted on 05/12/22
Kansas bettors will be able to place legal wagers on sporting events as early as this summer.
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Kansas thinks maybe you're accidentally buying vegetarian 'meat,' so it passed a law

Author Dylan Lysen Posted on 05/12/22
The Kansas Livestock Association pushed for the labeling law as part of a national initiative to protect the cattle industry's meat-selling market share.
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Kansas saw the nation’s second-highest increase in drug deaths last year

Author Dan Margolies Posted on 05/11/22
Kansas is one of just a few states without a good Samaritan law that encourages people to call 911 when they witness a drug overdose, and it doesn’t permit syringe service programs that provide sterile injection equipment.
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Report: Airlines not adapting well to increased passenger traffic

Author Kylie Cameron Posted on 05/11/22
The report found that the number of domestic airline travelers rose by 83% in 2021 from 2020.
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You'll be paying a lower sales tax for groceries in Kansas soon, but it won't go to zero until 2025

Author Jim McLean Posted on 05/11/22
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a food sales tax cut into law Wednesday.
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Judge throws out lawsuit by Kansas City teen who claimed athletic club failed to stop abuse

Author Dan Margolies Posted on 05/10/22
Adrienne Jensen’s former coach, Rex Haultain, pleaded guilty in 2013 to soliciting child pornography and was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
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Kansas foster families say attorneys representing foster kids in court are failing

Author Blaise Mesa Posted on 05/10/22
Guardians ad litem say their heavy caseloads make it hard to be everywhere at once. Foster parents want them to know the children they represent better.
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A 15-year-old runaway foster child was found dead in Kansas City, Kansas

Author Blaise Mesa Posted on 05/05/22
The child reportedly had a medical condition, but authorities haven't released many details.
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The pandemic shrunk Kansas public school enrollment and that means cuts in education budgets

Author Suzanne Perez Posted on 05/05/22
Two years into the COVID pandemic, students aren’t returning to public school in droves. So Kansas districts are starting budget talks with pared-down enrollment numbers and tightened belts.
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A Kansas sheriff's office is raiding shops that sell THC and seizing the products

Author Celia Llopis-Jepsen Posted on 05/04/22
Advocacy groups consider the move harassment of business owners. Cannabis products are legal in Kansas only with very small amounts of hemp-derived THC.
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Public defenders in Kansas got more pay, but still have the same crushing workloads

Author Blaise Mesa Posted on 05/04/22
The Kansas Legislature didn’t approve money for additional public defenders, but it did support pay raises.
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Roe v. Wade decision will mean Kansas abortion rights hinge on a state vote in August

Author Dylan Lysen Posted on 05/03/22
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to strike down abortion protections, making an upcoming Kansas vote on abortion rights even more important.
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