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Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
03/24/19
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's new administration experienced some social media mishaps this past week, and conservative Republicans pounced. Washburn...
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Grace Lotz
Posted on
03/22/19
Sometimes the audience catches things in daily life that a journalist misses — things with the potential to become exceptional stories. Questions that...
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Dan Margolies
Posted on
03/21/19
Kansas Sen. Jim Denning’s defamation lawsuit against The Kansas City Star should be thrown out because the First Amendment protects even untruthful...
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Elle Moxley
Posted on
03/21/19
Updated, 2:53 p.m. Thursday: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared a state of emergency Thursday, following flooding along the Missouri River. Thursday...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
03/21/19
A coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans powered past objections from conservative leaders in the Kansas House Wednesday to approve Democratic...
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Andrea Tudhope
Posted on
03/20/19
Flooding continues along the Missouri River after last week's "bomb cyclone" and ongoing snowmelt, posing a challenge for small towns like Elwood,...
Author
Dan Margolies
Posted on
03/19/19
It’s no longer news that when it comes to its residents’ health, Wyandotte County ranks near the bottom of Kansas counties and Johnson County ranks at...
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Stephan Bisaha
Posted on
03/19/19
Kansas universities are looking beyond the Midwest — as far out as California — for out-of-state students to fill their classrooms. But other states are...
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
03/19/19
DODGE CITY — Check out Dodge City. A new $12 million waterpark. A shiny new craft brewery — not far from the new whiskey distillery. And, yes, that...
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Dan Margolies
Posted on
03/18/19
Three Kansas hospitals are among six hospitals once run by a North Kansas City-based company that have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Two...
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Nomin Ujiyediin
Posted on
03/18/19
Social workers can perform a myriad of tasks. Some check on children in abusive homes and some train foster families. Others support patients through...
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Stephen Koranda
Posted on
03/18/19
Republicans in the Kansas Senate seem ready to end a long-running lawsuit by complying with a court ruling that said the state sends too little money to...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
03/17/19
Just after approving the school funding Gov. Laura Kelly asked for, the Kansas Senate turned around and gave the final okay to a tax relief package she...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
03/13/19
This story was updated to include comments from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly. Yet another ailing rural hospital once operated by EmpowerHMS, which used to be...
Wichita State University President John Bardo, who transformed the school with the development of the Innovation Campus, has died.
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Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Posted on
03/11/19
KANSAS CITY — Seventy hours a week got old. Fast. So did working multiple jobs. So Joseph Cowsert wept tears of joy and relief the day he got word while...
Author
Jim McLean
Posted on
03/10/19
Gov. Laura Kelly signed her first bill and school finance got some attention, but roundtable discussions on Medicaid expansion dominated a short week at...
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Dan Margolies
Posted on
03/08/19
Three Kansas City-area hospitals are among 17 in Missouri and seven in Kansas that are being penalized by Medicare this year for high infection and...
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Stephan Bisaha
Posted on
03/08/19
A college degree is still your best bet for earning top dollar. Yet with more Americans graduating from college , having a degree is no longer enough to...
Author
Stephen Koranda
Posted on
03/08/19
The Republican-controlled Kansas House approved wide-ranging tax legislation Thursday. The measure would reduce sales taxes on food, which could help...
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Nadya Faulx
Posted on
03/07/19
A federal judge has agreed to dismiss the five remaining charges against Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell.
Author
Madeline Fox
Posted on
03/07/19
Gene Bicknell’s name is all over the campus of Pittsburg State University, his alma mater. It’s on a sports complex. The arts center is simply known as...
