Rose Conlon
News ReporterRose Conlon is a reporter based at KMUW in Wichita, but serves as part of the Kansas News Service, a partnership of public radio stations across Kansas. She covers health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy. Rose joins KMUW from Los Angeles, where she was a producer for Marketplace Morning Report.
Rose can be reached by email at conlon@kmuw.org.
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Only 10 states have not joined the federal program that expands Medicaid to people who are still in the "coverage gap" for health care
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A partial eclipse will be visible from Kansas, but some residents are traveling to the path of totality.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is stepping up efforts to get the legislature to expand access to Medicaid to make health care more accessible, a move apparently favored by most of the public.
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Transgender Kansans and their advocates packed Statehouse committee rooms to urge lawmakers to reject proposed legislation that they say would harm LGBTQ youth.
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Polls show a majority of Kansans want lawmakers to expand Medicaid, but Republican leaders are fundamentally opposed.
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The state's highest court is considering the constitutionality of a law that prohibits impersonating an election official.
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Abortion opponents want the Kansas Legislature to increase funding for anti-abortion counseling centers, begin child support at conception and ask more questions of abortion patients.
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Gambling industry lobbyists say a bipartisan bill that would prohibit smoking in Kansas casinos would drive customers away.
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Nataliya Biskup, a Ukrainian-American plastic surgeon, is planning a second trip to Ukraine next month.
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The death of a Kansas woman last summer has brought attention to the higher rates of domestic violence during pregnancy. It comes as shelters say they're seeing a rise in requests for help.