Clean Water Act

The unfolding water crisis in Flint, Michigan, may hold lessons for governments in other states, like Kansas. Guest Commentator Burdett Loomis says states that scale back on essential government services to save money often wind up paying a much higher cost.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

A new EPA rule about water pollution has been put on hold. A federal judge has prevented new regulations from taking effect while a lawsuit against the EPA, filed by 13 farm states, moves its way through the court system.