Heartland Health Monitor

Shona Banda, a Garden City marijuana activist, lost custody of her 11-year-old son nearly two years ago.

Both states also ranked low on climate change readiness.

The federal rule makes clear that states can’t deny Planned Parenthood Title X funds simply because they provide abortions.

The 2012 federal rules mandated a greater emphasis on fruits, vegetables and whole grains and limited amounts of salt and saturated fats.

More than 20 western Kansas counties now have no dentists participating in KanCare.

The privatization proposal would allow the winning bidder to shift more than half the hospital’s 206 beds to other parts of eastern Kansas.

A consultant told the group that Kansas spends about $400 million annually on behavioral health and suggested the state might try to shift some of those costs onto the federal government.

For most of the campaign, neither party has focused on poverty or on the new restrictions on cash assistance for poor families. That has changed as the election nears.

KU researcher Joanna Slusky has received major recognition for her work into antibiotic resistance, receiving a prestigious fellowship that comes with an $825,000 award.

A children's health advocacy group sent surveys to candidates running for all 165 seats in the state House and Senate. Each of the more than 80 who responded indicated that they supported reducing or eliminating the sales tax on groceries.