When 23-year-old Ngoc Vuong takes his seat on the Wichita Board of Education next week, he’ll be the youngest person and the first Vietnamese-American to serve on the board. Vuong talked with education reporter Suzanne Perez about his new role, and how he’s getting ready.
Plus more on these stories:
- Kansas lawmakers approved a bill Thursday that would create a single state income tax rate for income above $6,000.
- Baristas at the Central and Tyler Starbucks have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize.
- The National Transportation Safety Board says it will investigate how Spirit AeroSystems manufactured and installed a door plug that blew off a commercial airliner this month.
- Advocates for people with disabilities is calling for a less-restrictive alternative to guardianships.
- The Kansas Turnpike has released a new toll structure as it prepares to convert to cashless tolling this year.
- Adults in southwest Kansas are less likely to have health insurance than anywhere else in the state.
- A new public safety program that gives police direct access to private security cameras is raising concerns for a Kansas civil rights group.
Producers: Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens
Editors: Beth Golay and Tom Shine
Contributors: Lawrence Brooks IV, Kylie Cameron, Daniel Caudill, Dylan Lysen, Calen Moore, Suzanne Perez, and Tom Shine
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Karlee Cooper
