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A proposed state constitutional amendment would require Kansas Supreme Court justices to be elected rather than appointed by the governor.
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28-year-old Natalie Zarate spent two decades working towards becoming a citizen after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally as a child. Except now she worries that the Trump administration’s aggressive efforts to crack down on immigration and end birthright citizenship could endanger her and her family.
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Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson urged districts to cancel breaks or extend the school year to make up for snow days. He is also proposing half-day summer school for young students who are struggling in reading and math.
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Kansas hasn't always looked the way it looks today. It's been changing. A new book pinpoints changes across Kansas and the Great Plains using a technique called rephotography. Commentator Rex Buchanan reviews the book One Hundred and Fifty Years of Change on the Great Plains by University of Kansas biologist Town Peterson.
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Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to build a pipeline across five states included the right to use eminent domain in some states. A South Dakota law says that’s no longer allowed, and an Iowa bill seeks to do the same.
Here's a commercial-free summary of area news headlines, as heard on KPR. This summary is generally posted by 10 am Monday through Friday - and made possible by KPR listener-members. Thanks.
SOS, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides services and support to victims of sexual or domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking, child abuse or neglect through education and personal advocacy.
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Kansans overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump. So why are so many local authorities hesitant to help his administration carry out its immigration policy goals?
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Despite the postmaster general resigning, a plan to cut back services will move forward this year.
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We celebrate Women's History Month with a basketball trailblazer: former University of Kansas Coach Marian Washington. Her new book is "Fierce: My Fight for Nothing Less."
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This week's Retro Cocktail Hour features tunes by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bob Romeo and his Jungle Sextet, The Waitiki 7, The Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys and more.
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Drummer Sam Platt leads his trio through a set of Kansas City originals, live at the Orion Room, located just downstairs from the Green Lady Lounge. Besides Sam at the drums, you'll hear Brian Ward at the Hammond organ and saxophonist Doug Talley.
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Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
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Attorney General Pamela Bondi says the accused are part of a "wave of domestic terrorism." Experts say this is a common stance of the federal government and can be used to seek stiffer penalties.
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Judge James Boasberg had earlier asked the Trump administration to provide more details about weekend flights that deported hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador — despite his order to turn the planes around.
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Why can't we remember when we were babies? Scientists who scanned infants' brains found that they do make memories. The findings suggest these memories may still exist, but are inaccessible to us.
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Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Murphy resigned from the Department of Justice, telling NPR, 'It just was not a Department of Justice that I any longer wanted to associate with.'"
On this edition of Conversations, Hope Larson talks with host Dan Skinner about her middle-grade graphic novel, "Very Bad at Math."