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Kansas is one of only a few states with no legal medical or recreational marijuana. Some people are optimistic about a medical cannabis deal this year.
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The Kansas attorney general downplayed expected changes to transgender residents' use of bathrooms and other facilities.
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Scientists say atrazine maker Syngenta has long muddied the public's understanding of risks related to its product in an effort to delay stricter regulations.
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Farmers die by suicide at a higher rate than the general population. That’s leading Midwestern states to train bankers, veterinarians and agribusiness professionals to be the new front line of defense against farm stress.
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A shortage of health care workers in Kansas has created a crisis at nursing homes, which are closing even as the state’s population continues to age.
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The state's prison medical provider, Centurion of Kansas, has been fined almost 5,000 times for compliance issues.
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Congress is spending billions to help states stop pollution from abandoned oil and gas wells. The Kansas News Service explain how the money will help clean up thousands of abandoned wells in Kansas.
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Earlier this month, voters soundly rejected an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that could have led to an abortion ban. But abortion remains tightly restricted in the state even as women from across the region flood Kansas clinics.
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The larger facilities in central and southern Kansas are stretched thin. Hospital staff say rural facilities lack resources to help.
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New research from the University of Kansas Medical Center claims that drinking dairy milk can help improve brain health in older adults.
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Congress is on the verge of passing major climate change legislation. Documentarian Dave Kendall and KPR Commentator Rex Buchanan have teamed up to explore the local impact of a warming world. Hear their conversation with the regional director of climate services for NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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A federal climate bill aims to press carmakers to assemble cars in North America and to source or recycle certain components here. Panasonic Energy plans to build a $4 billion electric vehicle battery plant near De Soto in western Johnson County.