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The state of Kansas is canceling a contract that administered an elementary-school reading program because of what state officials call inappropriate...
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Income that doesn’t come close to the poverty line. Persistent job insecurity. Shifting schedules and irregular hours. Cumbersome barriers to state…
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If nothing else, Sam Brownback has marked his time as governor of Kansas with one bold approach after the next. And few remade the status quo as much as…
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A University of Kansas study supports the suspicions of lawmakers and advocates who believe there’s a link between additional restrictions on welfare…
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Kansas is on track to spend less than a third of what it did six years ago on cash assistance and to serve a third as many low-income people, according to…
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For Ashlyn Harcrow, the sound of the train whistle brings up all kinds of thoughts she’d like to avoid. Harcrow, 24, has been living at the Topeka Rescue…
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Kansas senators approved a bill Thursday that would require many of the state's elected officials and applicants for certain welfare benefits to undergo…
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Supporters say a bill to require some recipients of state benefits to be tested for drug use will help people improve their lives, not punish them.Senate…