Danzy Senna's new book, Colored Television is a novel centered on Jane, a non-tenured English professor who pitches an idea for a TV show in hopes of making it big. Suzanne Perez has more.
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- A new program in Kansas is helping people become teachers and schools fill vacancies.
- The Sedgwick County commission voted Wednesday to spend its remaining COVID-19 relief funds before the end of the year, two years before it's required to.
- Another school district in suburban Johnson County is closer to imposing new restrictions on students’ cellphone use.
- Seventeen Republican governors and several farm groups are urging Congress to reauthorize the farm bill before the end of the year.
- People in southwest Kansas will soon have easier access to a four-year education.
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