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Kansas Department of Education
The State Board of Education plans to announce the next commissioner during its April 14 meeting.
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A proposed bill would allow governments to privately award higher-value construction contracts for county buildings, bridges, highways, dams, turnpikes and parking lots. -
Senate majority leader's amendment forbid sports on Sundays, Wednesday evenings -
Governor pushes for 2.5% increases, points to Legislature's automatic 4% hike -
More than 40% of the population lives in a rural part of the state but only 20% of the state's attorneys practice there. -
The KBI and local law enforcement executed raids late last year on smoke and vape shops in Concordia, Montgomery, Abilene, McPherson, Pratt, Salina, Topeka and Wichita.
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Todd Owyoung/NBC/Getty ImagesThe K-pop group has officially returned from its four-year hiatus bigger than ever. Based solely on first-week sales, there's only one artist who has done any better. -
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky about a new class action lawsuit against the Justice Department and Google over the release of identifying information about victims.
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The suit is centered around the alleged attempt on Anssaf Ali Mayo's life. But it raises broader questions, including about the role of the United Arab Emirates in Yemen's civil war. -
The Homeland Security Department has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications, a pause that affected millions of cases. The pause remains in effect for about 40 countries. -
National security has never been used to call a meeting of the "God Squad." But other federal agencies have been citing the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect endangered animals. -
Worlds marks the last competition of the 2025-2026 season. Skaters have some time to go on tour, rest up and learn new routines before the next season starts in July. -
On Wednesday, the crew of NASA's Artemis II could blast off on a mission around the moon and back. No astronaut has ventured out to the moon since the 1970s.
Commentary & Podcasts
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Maggie Smith is best known for her poem Good Bones, which went viral in 2020. Her new collection, A Suit or a Suitcase, is an emotional, mind-opening study on the relentlessness of time.
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