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Kansas lawmakers consider a new retirement system for state employees... the KU School of Business gets a huge and anonymous donation... new programs help keep Kansas kids out of foster care... and the Kansas State Firefighters Association receives a grant to help recruit and train volunteer firefighters. Details and more available inside.

The Kansas Presidential Preference Primary is Tuesday... the Kansas Legislature considers another flat tax proposal... state lawmakers finalize restrictions on ornamental pear trees... plus, the KU men's and women's basketball teams and the K-State women all make the NCAA Tournament, while the K-State men will play in the NIT. More news, inside. These ad-free headlines, made possible by KPR listener-members, generally post weekdays around 10 am. Enjoy.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly issues a declaration of disaster emergency due to the potential for wildland fires and severe storms... an illegally set fire threatened homes in Riley County this week - the latest of several recent wildfires near Manhattan... and the KU women's basketball team gets ready to play for a WNIT championship Saturday afternoon. These stories and more... here.

The KU women's basketball team has advanced to the championship game of the WNIT... a Lawrence man pleads no contest to trying to throw a woman off a bridge... and Kansas lawmakers work to approve various measures in the waning days of the 2023 session. Those stories and more... here.

Republicans in the Kansas Senate have failed to override Democratic Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of major tax cuts…Kansas lawmakers also failed to override the governor's veto of a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors...and Kansas dairy farmers are trying to mitigate the spread of highly pathogenic bird flu in cattle. Those stories and more inside.

Even in an era when listeners have been primed to expect the unexpected, the best albums of 2018 are full of surprises: a cascade of discoveries, revelations and artistic rebirths.

This year's cookbooks point to big dreams, and a kind of comfort with concepts once considered the province of professional cooks.

The R&B star led all artists with nine nominations for the 66th Grammy Awards. She'll compete with Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste in album, song and record of the year.

Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Victoria Monét and Billie Eilish were among the winners of major awards at the 66th Grammy Awards, presented on Sunday, February 4, but no one artist dominated prizes.

Weekend storms tore through parts of eastern Kansas...former state Attorney General Derek Schmidt Friday announced a run for the second congressional district in Kansas...and Baldwin City Prosecutor Dakota Loomis has announced plans to run for Douglas County district attorney. Those stories and more inside..