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Many Lawrencians like to say Lawrence has a vibrant music scene. But just how healthy is it? That's one of the questions a new survey is hoping to answer. The deadline to participate is Friday.
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A new book details the life and times of a Pulitzer Prize winning author Willa Cather, who wrote novels about life on the Great Plains. KPR Commentator Rex Buchanan reviews the book Chasing Bright Medusas, by Benjamin Taylor.
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Officials in both Kansas and Missouri are looking for ways to upgrade big power transmission lines within and across state lines. Commentator Scott Carlberg says the main concern is not so much the physical structures, but the process and the politics behind building them.
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KPR Commentator Rex Buchanan takes a look at the new book Gathering Strays, by retired English Professor Jim Hoy, who grew up ranching in the Flint Hills.
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Like other places during the late 1800s and early 1900s, Topeka was a hot-bed for spiritualism and seances. Commentator Katie Keckeisen tells us about a fraudster who scammed people in Topeka and Spring Hill, Kansas. Katie will also give a talk about spiritualism on Friday, the 13th of October, at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library.
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We all have a role to play in becoming more energy efficient. As individuals and as a society, the decisions we make will affect our planet and our wallets. Some of those decisions involve the buildings we have yet to build.
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A former slave came to Kansas and conquered the competitive business of growing... potatoes. Junius Groves, of Edwardsville, earned millions growing his crop. So, move over Idaho potato growers, Commentator Katie Keckeisen tells us more about this forgotten farmer.
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Kansas is producing more renewable energy than ever before. So is the nation. Commentator Scott Carlberg says that's great, but we need a smarter power grid.
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A book published nearly 60 years ago put one man in the spotlight and in the hot seat. Scientist Paul Ehrlich wrote the Population Bomb, a controversial work with dire predictions. Commentator Rex Buchanan has a review of Ehrlich's latest work, an autobiography.
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Renewable energy sounds like a good idea to most people. But wind and solar power come with a cost. Commentator Rex Buchanan talks about the trade-offs of green energy and why a massive solar project in central Kansas has been put on hold.
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Efforts are underway to return a large boulder, now located in a Lawrence park, to the Kaw Nation. The rock was moved to Lawrence nearly 100 years ago and installed as a tribute to the white settlers who founded the town. In this guest commentary, we hear from a member of the Kaw Nation as she reflects on the meaning of the tribe's sacred red rock.
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A Lawrence attorney says his LGBTQ+ clients are alarmed and frightened by several new Kansas laws taking effect July 1st.