Blaise Mesa
News ReporterBlaise Mesa is a reporter for the Kansas City Beacon. He is based in Topeka, where he covers the Legislature and state government. Mesa previously covered social services and criminal justice for the Kansas News Service. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago where he was one of the most decorated journalists in the history of the college’s newspaper. Mesa served as co-editor-in-chief of the Columbia Chronicle and was that organization's first executive producer. Mesa also spent a year reporting on local government for the Topeka Capital-Journal during the height of the pandemic.
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Kansas fue el primer estado que votó sobre el derecho al aborto desde que el Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos anuló el caso Roe versus Wade en junio. En la Constitución de Kansas, el voto preserva el derecho al aborto.
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Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The vote preserves the right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.
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Police departments across Kansas are struggling to hire. In Dodge City, that means younger officers walking the beat.
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Charges can proceed against an officer who injured an innocent bystander while defending themself
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Advocates want Kansas to expand food stamps to keep more kids out of state custody.
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Millions are poured into mental health services to support 988. Some haven’t seen this much investment in a while.
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A foster child was sexually assaulted while left unattended in 2018. Now, the state and its private contractor are settling in court.
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The state's voters will decide Aug. 2 whether the Kansas Constitution will continue to preserve the right to get an abortion.
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The Department for Children and Families is reviewing adoption subsidies in search of a design that’s better at encouraging adoption.
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Kansas first responders are learning about trauma-informed policing, and the effect of head and neck injuries on survivors.