Two companies have revealed plans in recent weeks to potentially install nuclear reactors in Kansas. Their proposals are very different, but both are part of the race to open a new chapter in the history of U.S. nuclear power. From the Kansas News Service, reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen and editor Stephen Koranda explain.
Plus more on these stories:
- Republican Kansas lawmakers are trying to organize a special session to redraw the state’s congressional map.
- A federal court ruling may protect Kansas from the Trump administration’s request for private data on food assistance recipients.
- The birth of four elephant calves at the Sedgwick County Zoo is making the elephant exhibit cozy.
- Sedgwick County’s new Comcare Community Crisis Center began construction Monday.
- The future of ranching and conservation may be fenceless with high-tech cattle collars instead.
- The time for students to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA forms, is here again, despite the government shutdown.
- Families in the Wichita school district can begin applying online for magnet schools for next school year.
- The student newspaper at Wichita State University has received national awards for its work on and off campus.Producers: Haley Crowson and Beth Golay
Editors: Beth Golay and Suzanne Perez
Contributors: Meg Britton-Mehlisch, Rachel Cramer, Zane Irwin, Stephen Koranda, Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Dylan Lysen, Suzanne Perez and Piper Pinnetti
Theme music: Torin Andersen
Digital editor: Beth Golay
