Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Reporter, Kansas News ServiceCelia Llopis-Jepsen is based in the Kansas News Service’s Topeka newsroom. She writes about how the world is transforming around us, from topsoil loss and invasive species to climate change. He aims to explain why these stories matter to Kansas, and to report on the farmers, ranchers, scientists and other engaged people working to make Kansas more resilient. Email me at celia@kcur.org.
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Kansas court says the secretary of state violated open records law and made it hard to get documentsThe Republican secretary of state asked a private company to shut off a software function that makes it easy to retrieve certain public information.
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Communities of color here face a burden of medical debt that dwarfs what white people experience, and what people of color experience in many other states
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Premiums for health plans through private-sector jobs in Kansas shot up nearly 40% from 2010 to 2020. That’s twice as fast as general inflation.
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Prairie wildlife needs a patchy landscape, in which different areas bear the marks of varying degrees of grazing. Scientists have a plan to achieve that.
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Neither state tells health care providers how long they must wait before suing patients. Researchers say consumers need clarity on that and other points.
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Byers withdrew her filing to run for reelection Friday.
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The disparities between Wyandotte and its neighbor to the south — Johnson County — remain the most dramatic contrast in the state.
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Advocacy groups consider the move harassment of business owners. Cannabis products are legal in Kansas only with very small amounts of hemp-derived THC.
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The more than 20-ton quartzite boulder was a place for ceremonies and song. 'It was like our church. Our church was taken away from us,' a Kaw leader says.
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Nearly 1,000 people who chop down a Bradford or other Callery pear in their yards this spring will get to pick a free native tree.