Jim McLean
Jim McLean, Executive Editor of KHI News Service, oversees the KHI News Service. From 2005 until 2013, McLean coordinated all communications activities at KHI as Vice President for Public Affairs. The position he now occupies was created as part of a strategic initiative to solidify the editorial and operational independence of the KHI News Service. Prior to coming to KHI, McLean had a distinguished career as a journalist, serving as the news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. During his more than 20 years in Kansas journalism, McLean won numerous awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 1997, McLean and two Capital-Journal colleagues received the Burton W. Marvin News Enterprise Award from the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism for a series of stories on the state’s business climate. McLean holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Washburn University.
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The heads of Kansas’ 26 community mental health centers are preparing to push an ambitious set of proposals to address what they say are growing gaps in the state’s behavioral health system. -
Proponents of expanding KanCare say it would provide coverage to more than 100,000 low-income Kansas adults who are currently not eligible for assistance. -
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has not taken a public stance on whether voters should retain justices on the Kansas Supreme Court in this month's election. However, the governor's political action committee has given money to a group trying to push four of the justices off the bench. -
Some Kansas judges are experimenting with alternative sentencing courts to steer people with mental illness into treatment and away from prison. -
In the caucuses in March, Kansans chose Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders. But now, neither of those names is on the November ballot. Will Kansas voters go along with the national consensus, stay home on Election Day or write-in an alternative candidate? -
A Topeka company will provide transitional housing for patients who no longer require hospital treatment but who aren’t ready to live independently. -
Democratic leaders voiced concerns about the proposal and said it was politically motivated. -
Community mental health centers say they may soon be forced to pay for critical staff training. -
Brownback rejects the contention that the rhetoric surrounding Trump’s campaign is contributing to rising racial tensions in America. -
Most of the overall cost of the settlement will be paid by one of the state's foster care contractors.
