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We mark Autism Acceptance Month with a children's book about a special little boy facing a challenging week of school. Jenn Bailey is the author of "Henry, Like Always," named a Kansas Notable Book by the State Library of Kansas.

Husband and wife comedy writers Felipe Torres Medina and Taylor Kay Phillips stop by to talk about their new books, America, Let Me In: A Choose-Your-Own-Immigration Story and A Guide to Midwestern Conversation.

We get a sneak peek at the 2025 Free State Festival — six days of movies, music, and more — with Festival director Marlo Angell and Backer Hamada, co-director of the documentary "Trauma: The New Epidemic." Also, we visit with KPR's new Morning Edition host Matthew Algeo.

We celebrate Pride Month with the story of the fight for gay rights on campus. Kathy Rose-Mockry is the author of "Liberating Lawrence: Gay Activism in the 1970s at the University of Kansas." We also hear from Matt Keenan, executive director of Kansas Legal Services, KPR's Community Spotlight organization for June.

April 6, 2013 (encore broadcast)

November 6, 2016: with the 2016 election just days away, we look at voter registration and voter rights. It's a panel discussion moderated by Janet Thompson Jackson, host of KTWU's "I've Got Issues" and Washburn University Law Professor.

The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.

Another violent weekend in Kansas City leaves several people recovering from gunshot wounds... three people are killed in an explosion in southwest Kansas... the Kansas judicial system tries to resolve a computer issue that has disrupted courts across the state... and a Parsons police officer could be charged with animal cruelty. Those headlines and more, inside.

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps three times. With weeks to go until the primary, voters don't know who their candidates are and candidates don't know where their districts are.

The Kansas House has approved its version of the budget for 2012. After a marathon session yesterday (THUR), the House voted 69-52 to approve the package, which includes about 6 billion dollars in state spending. The proposal would leave the state with around 80 million dollars at the end of the fiscal year. House Speaker Mike O’Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, was happy with the outcome.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa794240000Paul Davis of Lawrence is the top Democrat in the House. He wasn’t satisfied with millions of dollars in cuts to social services and school funding.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa794240001Complicating matters is yesterday's (THUR) revenue report for March showing the state missed a tax collection estimate by 19 million dollars. The Senate approved its version of the budget on Tuesday. Negotiators will meet in the coming weeks to iron out differences between the bills, before lawmakers return to the Statehouse in late April.