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Welcome to the Ides of March. These area headlines are curated by KPR news staffers, including J. Schafer, Laura Lorson, Kaye McIntyre, and Tom Parkinson. Our headlines are generally posted by 10 am weekdays, 11 am weekends. This news summary is made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!

From the census citizenship question and political gerrymandering to the separation of church and state, the high court will make some rulings of consequence over the next month.

A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.

How is the continuing war in Ukraine affecting global security? General Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Command Europe, was the keynote speaker at this year's KU Security Conference, moderated by Col. Mike Denning, USAF (retired).

This week on KPR Presents, it's a walk through Governor Kelly's State of the State address, with analysis and commentary by political reporter Jim McLean and Michael Smith of Emporia State University.

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to start something new! Kansas City artist, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed "StArtist" Becky Blades is the author of "Start More than You Can Finish."

We explore the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, home of the last remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E — an airplane identical to the one Earhart was flying when she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.

More than 40 partners will come together this week in Lawrence to spotlight digital storytelling. It's the Stories for All Festival, April 18th, 19th, and 20th, a partnership between the Hall Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas.

We kick off our 2024 Kansas Notable Book Series with Alex Grecian, author of Red Rabbit — a story of witches, demons, and the Wild West. We'll also hear from Brian Daldorph, author of Words is a Powerful Thing: 20 Years of Teaching Creative Writing at the Douglas County Jail.

Not enough staff, uncertain funding, technology challenges...just a few of the issues facing election officials today. Election experts explore those issues in the Bolstering Elections Initiative, a joint project sponsored by the Dole Institute of Politics and the Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.