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National Audubon Society/National Audubon SocietyPeople from all across the country are coming to Kansas to see a bird. The lesser prairie chicken used to roam the Great Plains by the millions, but now... the population has dwindled to around 25,000. Commentator Rex Buchanan recently took some out-of-state folks to see the rare bird in its native habitat. -
Sam Tsui and Casey Breves join host Dan Skinner to talk about the picture book "Why Do We Sing?" -
Crysta Henthorne, KCUR 89-3/Image courtesy Johnson County MuseumThe landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools may have played out differently if it hadn’t been for a tenacious group of women in Johnson County, Kansas, who led their own integration lawsuit five years earlier. The case centered around a two-room schoolhouse and included a lengthy boycott, big-shot NAACP lawyers, FBI surveillance — and six very brave children. -
Ebru Yildiz/Courtesy of the artistTickets on sale Wednesday, May 15! Kansas Public Radio is thrilled to ring in 30 years of Trail Mix with a special concert featuring singer/songwriter Dar Williams on November 11. -
Rose Conlon/Kansas News ServicePlanned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall. -
Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga/Kansas News ServiceBlack women hoping to conceive using donor sperm often have to choose a donor from a different race or put their fertility journey on hold because of a shortage of Black sperm donors. Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are trying to find out why.
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Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed a bill Wednesday that fully funds public K-12 schools. … Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has filed suit against the Biden Administration for making changes to Title IX ... Kansas City, Kansas had the worst air quality in the United States Tuesday due to smoke from wildfires in Canada ... and remembering the Brown v. Topeka Board of Education case, 70 years later. More details inside.
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On this edition of Conversations, Joan Marie Galat talks with host Dan Skinner about “Make Your Mark, Make a Difference – A Kid’s Guide to Standing Up for People, Animals, and the Planet.” -
Planting is well underway across the Midwest, but farmers are still grappling with dry conditions that led to lower than normal corn yields last fall. It’s the third year of a near historic drought for parts of the Corn Belt. -
Traffic tickets for low-income drivers can snowball into thousands of dollars of debt and revoked licenses. A new law aims to reduce fines and fees to help get them reinstated. -
On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, we'll hear new music by Mr. Moai and the Tikiheads and Skip Heller's Voodoo 5. Also, Martin Denny with strings on Hypnotique, a budget label classic on Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat, plus percussionist Ray Barretto's Seňor 007. -
On May 8th, 2024, Kansas Public Radio veteran live performer Po Sim Head brought her Polish friend Agnieszka Lasko to preview their upcoming four hands piano concerts. The two pianists will play together at the Lawrence Public Library on May 9, 2024 and at the Kansas State University Union Hall May 16, 2024 at 6:00pm.
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