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Friday, November 15, 2024

Brooklyn-based Americana trio Damn Tall Buildings is working on a new album and asking fans for help in funding the project. The group's Avery Ballotta says that the project has improved the group's already close connection with its fans. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin recently spoke with Ballotta and has more.

Plus more on these stories:

  • Kansas education leaders say a hotly debated open enrollment policy is off to a slow start.
  • A new report shows Kansas is still failing to meet several of its legal obligations to improve its foster care system.
  • The remains of a Wichita service man killed during World War 2 have been identified.
  • Air Capital Comic Con will host its annual convention this weekend.
  • The city of Wichita is asking for input on its next long-term bicycle plan.
  • Kansas is now surrounded on three sides by states with higher minimum wages.
  • The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office will work with law enforcement agencies across Kansas this month on a traffic enforcement campaign.

Producers: Haley Crowson and Fletcher Powell
Editors: Haley Crowson and Tom Shine
Contributors: Megan Bailey, Jedd Beaudoin, Mia Hennen, Zane Irwin, Dylan Lysen, J. Schafer, and Tom Shine
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Karlee Cooper

Fletcher Powell has worked at KMUW since 2009 as a producer, reporter, and host. He's been the host of All Things Considered since 2012 and KMUW's movie critic since 2016. He also co-hosts the PMJA-award winning show You're Saying It Wrong, which is distributed around the country on public radio stations and around the world through podcasts. Fletcher is a member of the Critics Choice Association.