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Activists protest March 15, 2022, outside of the White House to “Cancel Student Debt."

Student debt relief scams on the rise. Here’s what borrowers need to know.

By Casey Quinlan - October 1, 2023

Robert Miller is part owner of the Enchanted Willow in Topeka, a store that offers Wicca and new age supplies

Kansas prisons censor mail from this Topeka ministry. It’s a literal witch hunt.

By Max McCoy - October 1, 2023

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, speaks with reporters about a stopgap government funding bill Sept. 30, 2023, inside the U.S. Capitol

Congress clears bill to avert shutdown, with vote promised later on Ukraine aid

By Jennifer Shutt - September 30, 2023

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Kansas Press Association considers AG’s opinion a threat to government transparency

BY Tim Carpenter - September 30, 2023

Women workers could bear economic brunt as federal child care funding ends

BY Casey Quinlan - September 30, 2023

Government shutdown nears: U.S. House GOP fails to pass one-month spending plan

BY Jennifer Shutt, Jacob Fischler, Ariana Figueroa and Ashley Murray - September 29, 2023

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at 90

BY Ariana Figueroa - September 29, 2023

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Kansas collects $7M from $1.85B in sports bets in first year of legalized gambling

BY Rachel Mipro - September 29, 2023

Former representative seeks end of Kansas 3-day grace period for accepting mailed advance ballots

BY Tim Carpenter - September 29, 2023

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Taylor Swift and the end of the Hollywood writers strike — a tale of two media narratives

BY Aarushi Bhandari - September 30, 2023

Private practitioners cast aside as funding for struggling families favors large agencies

BY Tara Wallace - September 29, 2023

From Marion to Vietnam, governments don’t like secrets exposed

BY Ron Smith - September 28, 2023

Taylor Swift stopped by Lawrence, Kansas, to write this very opinion column! (Not really.)

BY Clay Wirestone - September 27, 2023

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News Briefs

Mental health advocates ask for legislative policy that treats unhoused Kansans with respect

BY Rachel Mipro - September 26, 2023

Topeka Rep. Fred Patton submits letter of resignation, stepping down Oct. 16

BY Tim Carpenter - September 25, 2023

Marshall expresses irritation with possible change to temporary visa program for farm workers

BY Tim Carpenter - September 19, 2023

Gov. Kelly personally affirms Kansas’ economic development ties with Japan, South Korea

BY Tim Carpenter - September 15, 2023

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Miami County Commissioner Rob Roberts, left, and Bruce Chladny, executive director of the Kansas Association of Counties, appear for a Sept. 22, 2023, recording of the Kansas Reflector podcast

Kansas counties rebuff GOP lawmakers’ opposition to property tax relief fund

Hosted BY: Sherman Smith - September 25, 2023

Shannon Little, the chapter co-lead for Kansas Moms Demand Action, and organization volunteer Ann Williamson talk about gun safety during a Sept. 13, 2023, recording of the Kansas Reflector podcast

Gun safety advocates push for changes in Kansas law

Hosted BY: Rachel Mipro - September 18, 2023

Mark McCormick details his Quindaro report during an Sept. 8, 2023 Kansas Reflector podcast. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)

‘Quindaro, the vision’: Kansas ACLU spokesman talks historic site as blueprint for future

Hosted BY: Rachel Mipro - September 11, 2023

Jade Piros de Carvalho, director of the Kansas Office of Broadband Development, hopes to secure internet services for rural areas within a few years. (Rachel Mipro/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas Office of Broadband Development unveils access plan

Hosted BY: Tim Carpenter - September 4, 2023

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A flock of green-winged teal settle on the marsh at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

Pipeline spills oil into Kansas creek near Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

By Allison Kite - September 29, 2023

Republicans will show evidence of how President Joe Biden “abused his public office for his family’s financial gain.”

GOP witnesses at Biden impeachment hearing see insufficient evidence of wrongdoing so far

By Ariana Figueroa - September 28, 2023

Sen. Mike Thompson, a Shawnee Republican, invited election deniers to spread fears about the integrity of Kansas elections during a two-day hearing

Voting rights advocates pan Kansas Republican’s ‘invite-only stage for election conspiracies’

By Sherman Smith - September 28, 2023

Stewart Whitson and Madeline Malisa, lobbyists with Opportunity Solutions Project and the Foundation for Government Accountability, urge the Kansas Legislature to unleash its authority and force Gov. Laura Kelly to disclose a document with details of a strategy for bringing Kansas into compliance with federal voter registration law

Think tank demands release of ‘secret’ Kansas voter registration deal. It was readily available.

By Tim Carpenter - September 28, 2023

A Phillips County jury awarded landowners $134,000 after a prominent Kansas hog producer illegally installed pipe on their property to transfer liquified waste from a confined-animal facility so it could be sprayed on fields from irrigation pivots. A judge hasn't set punitive damages against Terry Nelson and Julia Nelson of northcentral Kansas. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Kansas farmer loses appeal in bizarre trespass, nuisance case tied to disposal of hog effluent

By Tim Carpenter - September 28, 2023

Kevin Kirby operates a tractor on Sept. 20, 2013, to begin the sweet potato harvest process by plowing them up from the field on Kirby Farms in Mechanicsville, Virginia

Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland probed at U.S. Senate hearing

By Samantha Dietel - September 27, 2023

Gov. Laura Kelly, center, invites other elected officials to stand next to her Wednesday at the UAW Local 31 “red shirt rally” in Kansas City, Kansas

‘This is what democracy looks like’: Kansas City rally supports laid off union autoworkers

By Lauren Fox - September 27, 2023

Lesser prairie chicken perform dancing

Biden vetoes bill that would remove lesser prairie chicken protections

By Allison Kite - September 27, 2023

Enrollment in the Kansas Board of Regents system of public universities and colleges this fall grew by 2% despite the 12.5% enrollment collapse at Emporia State University. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas public university, college enrollment grows despite 12.5% plunge at Emporia State

By Tim Carpenter - September 27, 2023

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