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A state law passed in 2022 goes into effect this year and lets Kansas students attend schools outside the districts where they live, as long as there is space available. Some districts have begun posting the number of slots they’ll have open for out-of-district students.
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A disruption to in vitro fertilization in Alabama has some Kansans worried they could be next. It comes as experts raise questions about ‘fetal personhood’ in state law.
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We're celebrating National Poetry Month with Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall. Dr. Brimhall teaches creative writing at Kansas State University and is the author of several books, including Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod.
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Mahbub Rashid says his book is the first to examine how spatial qualities impact health issues in areas that aren’t strictly rural or metropolitan.
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On this edition of Conversations, Eliane Lin Hering talks with host Dan Skinner about “Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully.”
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Since 1952, Schwan’s yellow trucks and friendly drivers have been delivering frozen food to households. The industry has become more competitive and crowded and the company has responded, rebranding and halting deliveries in most states.
Republicans in the Kansas Senate have failed to override Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of major tax cuts…Kansas lawmakers also failed to override the governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors...and Kansas dairy farmers are trying to mitigate the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu in cattle. Those stories and more inside.
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A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found working-age rural residents die from natural causes at a higher rate than their urban counterparts. And that gap has widened over the years.
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Recent data from the Commonwealth Fund illustrates stark differences in the health care system in Kansas for white people and people of color.
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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features the swinging sounds of the Cha Cha Boys, Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, the Voodoo Organist, the Hollywood Film Noirchestra and more!
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Where does the Nile River begin and who were the men who risked everything to find it? That's at the heart of Candice Millard's "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile."
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The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week — and possibly for months to come — as policymakers try to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. economy.
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Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.
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