Fred Knapp
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Nebraska Public Media News
Think of this year’s drought as a sort of dress rehearsal to consider the drier, hotter future that scientists predict climate change has in store. Long-lasting droughts could alter the way we live.
David Condos
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Kansas News Service
Tammy Ljungblad
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Pool The Kansas City Star
Celia Llopis-Jepsen
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Kansas News Service
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New grant funding will help more inmates go to college. Additional money flowing to higher education could create more class options. -
Phone calls, electronic messages or letters sent to people inside prison are not free. Those costs can add up quickly, especially for people in prison who may not make much.
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Only about 30,000 of the birds are left, down from millions. And they've been at the heart of political and conservation debates for years.
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Kansas will soon have five of these specialty courts that are staffed with fellow service members
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The armored truck was carrying profits from medical marijuana sales in Kansas City, Missouri, to a credit union in Colorado. The company claimed that federal and state law enforcement agencies were targeting its armored cars because the civil forfeiture seizures were "very profitable."
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Bison grazing on native prairie for three decades transformed the landscape, allowing wildflowers to thrive that can feed legions of bees and butterflies.
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The proposed amendment failed by less than 10,000 votes in the initial ballot count. It would have allowed the Kansas Legislature to take away some policy-making capabilities from the governor's administration.
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They are organizing with National Nurses United, the largest registered nurses union in the country.
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The Kansas Board of Education is calling on the state’s public schools to eliminate Native American-themed mascots within five years.
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Unofficial results show four seats on the Kansas State Board of Education were won by conservative candidates who want to restrict how race and social-emotional learning are taught in schools.
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