Kansas lawmakers have already forfeited a billion dollars in federal healthcare funding by not expanding Medicaid coverage. Guest Commentator Duane Goossen tells us that refusing to expand the program will continue to cost the state money and leave more than 100,000 Kansans without health insurance.

The Lenten season is here. For Christians, it's a time of fasting and sacrifice that ends with Easter. Commentator Bob Schremmer says Lent is also a good time to let go of "indifference." In this Lenten message, he calls upon the faithful to care for the poor and sick.

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

The state hospital at Osawatomie recently lost federal certification and the associated federal funding.

The Wichita Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the idea of expanding Medicaid in Kansas, but its support for the health insurance program for poor people is conditional.