The band Punch Brothers are returning to the road this summer with a new band member, fiddler Brittany Haas, but with a familiar approach. Founding member Chris Thile says that from the start, the group has wanted to make music that took risks and broke new ground. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin recently spoke with Thile and has more.
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- The largest natural gas public utility in Kansas wants to hike its rates, but customers are pushing back.
- The Kansas Department of Corrections is helping some inmates leaving prison combat opioid drug overdoses.
- Applications are now open for grants through the state of Kansas’ opioid settlements.
- A group worried about “forever chemicals” contaminating farmland wants to see money put into the Farm Bill.
- Winter canola is becoming more popular in western Kansas with the opening of a new processing plant in the northwest corner of the state.
Producer: Lu Anne Stephens
Editors: Tom Shine and Lu Anne Stephens
Contributors: Jedd Beaudoin, Kylie Cameron, Teresa Homsi, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Dylan Lysen, Calen Moore
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Beth Golay and Karlee Cooper
