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Singer-songwriter Matt Arbogast, who performs as The Gunshy, says that his songs are often informed by concerns he has for friends and family.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing moving the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center and the National Soybean Germplasm Collection from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, where they've both been housed for decades.
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Wichita duo Brave Boy releases its debut album, A Faint Voice at Loudest, this Friday. The band's Eric and Mary Harrison say that the record touches on themes such as addiction and finding true self expression in the face of adversity.
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Former Mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, Joe Ceballos pleaded guilty in April to voting as a noncitizen, which he says was an honest mistake. Now he’s being ordered to federal immigration detention.
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In 2016, before the Legislature repealed much of Brownback's 2012 income tax agenda to restore fiscal integrity to the budget, Moody's dropped the state's credit rating from stable to negative.
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Currently, both Blue Cross and Aetna are health plan options, with 35,400 employees enrolled in the former and 4,500 in the latter.
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A police investigation is underway in the Philippines, with suspicions that the incident was staged to help Sen. Ronald dela Rosa escape.
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Eileen Wang, now the former mayor of the City of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty to one felony charge that she acted as an illegal foreign agent of China.
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At the summit, the Chinese leader placed Taiwan, a key point of friction between the U.S. and China, at the center, calling it "the most important issue" between the two countries.
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A hearing system that monitors brain waves could help people with hearing loss communicate in noisy environments.
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U.S. school districts worry it could get even more expensive to prepare a meal under new federal dietary guidelines, as they also contend with cuts to programs that helped them buy local food.
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Until recently, Jonathan Gross was a Trump political appointee at the Department of Justice and worked on its "Weaponization Working Group." He has now become a vocal critic of the department.
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Much of the focus of the ongoing redistricting war has been on which political party will come out on top. But it's voters who will pay a cost, say voting experts and voting rights advocates.
Commentary & Podcasts
Fletcher Powell says a new movie is one of the best movies of the year.
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