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The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy.

Kansas News Service stories and photos may be republished by news media at no cost with proper attribution and a link to ksnewsservice.org.

Kansans will vote during the August 2026 primary election on a proposed state constitutional amendment that would change how the state selects Kansas Supreme Court justices. Critics say voter turnout could be low.
Elections

Voters will decide how to pick Kansas Supreme Court justices. But...

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Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson has suggested half-day summer school for kindergarten through third grade students who are below grade level in math or reading.
K-12 Education

Kansas education commissioner: Kids need more time in school

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Black Kansans die at higher rates of seven of nine leading causes of death than all other Kansans.
Health & Health Care

Research shows if you’re a Black Kansan, you’re more likely than...

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Republican state Rep. Sean Tarwater, right, says Kansas' portion of an affordable housing tax credit is too costly. The Kansas House passed a bill that would eliminate the program.
Statehouse

A Kansas tax credit can help build thousands of affordable homes....

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Federal Government

Sen. Roger Marshall cuts short town hall in western Kansas that...

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Statehouse

Kansas Republicans override governor and ban gender-affirming care for minors

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Breaking News

No survivors after Wichita flight crashes in D.C., officials say

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Republican state Rep. Sean Tarwater (left) and Democratic state Rep. Henry Helgerson discuss legislation on the House floor during the 2024 session.
Statehouse

Kansas lawmakers will debate the taxes you pay and access to...

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Housing

Housing prices in Kansas have exploded. Here are three ideas to...

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Planned Parenthood has opened two new Kansas clinics since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
Health & Health Care

Kansas provided more abortions in 2023 than ever before, mostly for...

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Geese idly float around in Brush Creek in Kansas City, Missouri.
Environment & Climate

Some migrating geese in Kansas are carrying the bird flu. Here’s...

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Bret Rooney stands next to one of his water wells that provides irrigation for his crops. Many wells like this are abandoned after drying up across western Kansas.
Environment & Climate

Half of Kansans say they haven’t heard of the Ogallala aquifer....

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Friends of the Kaw’s trained volunteers pull tires out of the Kansas River between Eudora and De Soto in October. A Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks game warden helps ferry the tires away by boat.
Environment & Climate

Imagine saving the Kansas River from literal tons of trash. This...

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A Humanities Kansas grant will fund new research on the Madam C.J. Walker School in Merriam. The old school, which was the center of a desegregation lawsuit in the 1940s, now houses the Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church.
Arts & Culture

New research spotlights Merriam school that helped pave way for Brown...

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K-12 Education

Task force says Kansas schools should ban cellphones for all students

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