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Friday, August 16, 2024

School will be a new experience for some students this fall, and for some teachers. We talk with a first-year teacher who’s feeling a little bit like the kindergartners in her class.

Plus more on these stories:

  • A lack of affordable housing in Kansas may be driving an increase in homelessness. A new study shows a nearly 7 percent increase of people experiencing homelessness in the state.
  • A panel of Kansas lawmakers and the governor approved a settlement Thursday for a former state employee, who alleged discrimination based on their transgender identity.
  • US Attorney General Merrick Garland was in Wichita Thursday to meet with federal, state and local law enforcement leaders.
  • The city of Wichita has updated its pet ordinances in an effort to prevent overcrowding in its shelter.
  • The Wichita State University Athletic department will hold its annual garage sale next month.

Producers: Beth Golay
Editors: Tom Shine and Beth Golay
Contributors: Kylie Cameron, Zane Irwin, Dylan Lysen, Suzanne Perez, and Tom Shine
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Beth Golay

Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast <i>Marginalia</i>, co-host with Suzanne Perez of the <i>Books &amp; Whatnot </i>podcast, creator of the podcast<i> You're Saying It Wrong,</i> creator of KMUW's daily news podcast <i>Wichita's Early Edition</i>, and NPR StoryLab Workshop team member on the award-winning podcast<i> My Fellow Kansans.</i>