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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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As Kansans prepare to vote on the future of abortion, rural western Kansas offers a preview of what life with an abortion ban might eventually look like for the rest of the state.
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A new report from the Urban Institute finds that communities of color here face a burden of medical debt that dwarfs what white people experience, and what people of color experience in many other states.
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Millions of dollars are being poured into mental health services to support the 988 hotline. Some advocates for mental health services haven’t seen this much investment in a while.
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The University of Kansas Cancer Center has been deemed a comprehensive place for research by the National Cancer Institute.
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Inmates at prisons in Oswego are headed to other facilities in Kansas, mostly the Lansing Correctional Facility.
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Premiums for health plans through private-sector jobs in Kansas shot up nearly 40% from 2010 to 2020. That’s twice as fast as general inflation.
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All 105 Kansas counties have been placed under at least a drought watch as a record heat wave makes its way across the Sunflower State. On Monday, Governor Laura Kelly signed an executive order which declared updated drought emergencies for all of Kansas.
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Neither state tells health care providers how long they must wait before suing patients. Researchers say consumers need clarity on that and other points.
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Kansas first responders are learning about trauma-informed policing, and the effect of head and neck injuries on survivors.
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Rural foster parents have the same struggles all rural Kansans do, but more legal deadlines create additional stressors.