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Dental Shortage Debate Continues at Kansas Statehouse

By Jim McLean
Published February 26, 2015 at 3:34 PM CST
Sunlight hits the shiny, new copper dome on top of the Kansas Statehouse. (Photo by J. Schafer)
Sunlight hits the shiny, new copper dome on top of the Kansas Statehouse. (Photo by J. Schafer)

It’s well documented that a lot of Kansans don’t have ready access to dental services. How to increase their access is the subject of an intense debate at the Statehouse. A debate that is now in its fifth year with no end in sight. More from Jim McLean of the KHI News Service.

Want to learn more? Find it here, at the KHI News Service website.

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The KHI News Service is an editorially-independent news service based in Topeka, which receives funding from the Kansas Health Foundation, which is mentioned in this story. KPR and the KHI News Service have collaborated to form a reporting partnership, covering health and statehouse news and other issues of importance to Kansas residents.
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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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