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While more than half the states have expanded Medicaid, Kansas and Missouri have not. The Kansas Hospital Association says that by rejecting Medicaid expansion, the state has lost out on more than a billion dollars in federal funding.

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.

More people are getting insured, but progress in Kansas is moving more slowly than in the nation as a whole.

Expanding Medicaid in Kansas would allow the state to access nearly $950 million in federal funds.

Americans waste tons of food each year, but an effort is underway to put that food to better use so it doesn't wind up in the landfill. An effort in Wichita involving a grocery store chain and community groups is trying to cut food waste in half during the next 15 years.

Seven years into the Great Recession, people living in rural American are having a tougher time than city folks.

The Topeka-based advocacy group, Kansas Action for Children, says the state's plan to deal with a budget deficit is hurting the state's most vulnerable population - poor children.

Here's a summary of today's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.

Here's a summary of Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by the KPR News Team.

The proposal would use mentors to help people on state assistance programs move out of poverty.