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Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall says that one of the bests parts of poetry is how accessible it is for anyone who wants to write it.
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Kansas musician and composer Susan Mayo celebrates the premiere of a new symphonic work this weekend which examines ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. She says such cross-cultural collaborations are always about incorporating and respecting differing artistic approaches.
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New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural practices.
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President Trump's three picks win endorsement of GOP U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran, Roger Marshall
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Two Kansas medical professionals sat for an hour at an early morning committee hearing in mid-March, waiting their turn to speak out against a bill. One drove two hours to attend. Neither got a chance to talk.
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An audit of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program usage, conducted by the Legislative Post Audit Department, found that between $700,000 and $1.2 million in federal fiscal years 2023 and 2024 may have been paid to recipients living outside Kansas.
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Sophy Romvari's debut feature is a moving, semi-autobiographical account of a family doing everything they can to try to help their teen son
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Three vessels came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after the U.S. and Iran failed to meet in Pakistan for talks to end the war and as President Trump indefinitely extended the ceasefire.
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Spirit has not confirmed a liquidation, though it has filed for bankruptcy protection twice. Experts predict rising fuel costs could push the company to close its doors for good.
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Schools, colleges and other public institutions originally had until this week to make online content accessible to people with disabilities. Now, the Justice Department has delayed that deadline.
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caps off seven budget hearings in as many days, the first time he has testified before Congress since September.
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On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas and was later co-opted by American politics in the 1990s. Now, environmentalists are reclaiming the word.
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After Virginia voters weighed in on Tuesday, the redistricting set off by President Trump to help the GOP in the midterms has been countered and possibly surpassed by Democrats.
Commentary & Podcasts
Chris Poland returns with a dark and heavy new project, Nuclear Messiah. Metal luminaries, William Shatner join in.
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