Zach Boblitt
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Kansas Public Radio / Kansas News Service
A bill approved by lawmakers would allow 23-hour alcohol sales for a limited time during the World Cup this summer.
Anna Kaminski
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Kansas Reflector
Julie Denesha
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Kansas News Service file photo
Rose Conlon
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Kansas News Service
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The Kansas Statehouse isn’t just where debates are held and laws are made. It’s also a living museum, filled with quirky artifacts and quiet tributes to the people who built the state. KPR's Courtney Lane recently took an official tour and filed this report. -
The judge has ordered the release of immigrants at least 23 times in the past eight months, ruling they were held too long without deportation in violation of constitutional limits. -
Idella “Lupi” Gardner, 38, is believed to have fired the shot that killed Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a KCUR reporter, nearly five years ago, a federal judge said Monday. Aviva Okeson-Haberman’s murder was “emblematic of the senseless, everyday gun violence that plagues this community,” a federal prosecutor said. -
A community health center in southeast Kansas hopes exposing kids to health care careers through fun activities could lead them into the field in the future. It’s one way to hopefully fight a long-term shortage of health care workers in rural areas. -
On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Kansas should remember the accomplishments of Dr. Alan L. Hart, a doctor and author born in Halls Summit in the late 19th century. In 1917, he made history by becoming one of the first known trans men in the country to undergo gender affirming surgery. -
Kansas City International Airport is preparing for what could be the busiest time in its history during the summer World Cup games. One large task will be translating airport signs into the languages spoken by visiting national teams and their fans. -
Want to see a 2026 World Cup game? A "last-minute” sales phase opened at 10 a.m. Wednesday. FIFA says demand for matches is high, and attendance could surpass the record previously set during the 1994 tournament. -
A University of Kansas Cancer Center bus retrofitted to serve as a clinic is headed out to cover rural communities in Kansas and western Missouri that don't have easy access to cancer screenings. -
Deep Fission says it’s committed to drilling test wells and completing a pilot reactor in Kansas, but the full scope of the commercial project will rely on multiple factors — including approval from regulators and community input. -
Rural communities have been turning to nonprofits and other strategies to keep grocery stores open. But one of those new stores is closing in Kansas, which shows how challenging it can be to provide food in small towns.
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