Jim McLean
Political Correspondent, Kansas News ServiceJim McLean is a political correspondent for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KMUW, KCUR, Kansas Public Radio and High Plains Public Radio.
Jim was previously an editor for the Kansas News Service and news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio. He was also managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. He has received awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
You can email him at jim@kcur.org.
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KU students from Ukraine join Kansas lawmakers in protesting Russian invasion.
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Republicans in the House voted to override the governor's veto of the redistricting plan Wednesday, which was the last step to approving the map over Democratic opposition.
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A Kansas Senate committee quickly advanced a plan to protect doctors who prescribe unproven COVID treatments and let parents claim religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements.
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The veto of the map redrawing the state's congressional districts sets up Republicans for a likely override attempt in the Statehouse.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is lobbying lawmakers to clear the way for record-size tax breaks and incentives to lure a $4 billion manufacturing plant, but the identity of the company remains a secret.
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The Kansas House has approved controversial congressional maps and sent them to the governor's desk. Republicans say the plan accounts for population shifts. Democrats say it's intended to cost U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids her seat in Congress.
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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wants to use billions in surplus cash to cut taxes. But Republican leaders appear reluctant to go along in an election year.
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A vaccinated person in Franklin County is the first confirmed Kansas case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.
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At memorial services in the former presidential nominee's hometown and the state Capitol in Topeka, Kansans paid their respects to one of the state's most well-known leaders.
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Former Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman says politics hindered the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic