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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly addresses a Medicaid expansion rally at the Statehouse on March 15, 2023.

We have a mental health crisis in Kansas — it’s time to expand Medicaid

By Robbin Cole - November 28, 2023

ACLU launches effort to inform Kansans with felony records of their voting rights

By Rachel Mipro - November 27, 2023

Kansas Rural Center policy analyst Paul Johnson

Kansas advocates plant seeds of new farm bill addressing needs of diverse agricultural economy

By Tim Carpenter - November 27, 2023

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How U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson helped derail a fight against election lies

BY Zachary Roth - November 27, 2023

Oscar-winning screenwriter salutes Army’s reckoning of injustice faced by WWI-era Black soldiers

BY Tim Carpenter - November 26, 2023

Former Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer endorses Trump in 2024 Republican presidential campaign

BY Tim Carpenter - November 25, 2023

Lawrence Democrat Buskirk pivots to U.S. House bid in aftermath of run for Senate seat

BY Tim Carpenter - November 24, 2023

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New COVID-19 variant spreads as Kansans travel for the holidays

BY Rachel Mipro - November 24, 2023

Israel and Hamas agree to temporary ceasefire, hostage release deal

BY Ashley Murray - November 22, 2023

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Face it, Kansas: Our new license plate design looks slapdash and dull. Surely we can do better.

BY Clay Wirestone - November 27, 2023

As the year burns to a close, be unafraid to ponder hard questions. Answers may be in the asking.

BY Max McCoy - November 26, 2023

Pollution from coal plants contributes to far more deaths than scientists realized, study shows

BY Lucas Henneman - November 25, 2023

Remembering Rosalynn Carter and the challenges she overcame as first lady

BY Diana B. Carlin - November 24, 2023

State funding set aside for Kansas River trash removal, high-risk dam repairs

BY Rachel Mipro - November 22, 2023

Three presidential debates, one VP debate scheduled ahead of 2024 election

BY Jennifer Shutt - November 20, 2023

‘Suspicious letter’ prompted evacuation of Kansas Secretary of State’s Office

BY Rachel Mipro - November 15, 2023

Veterans’ health care coverage expanded by Biden administration

BY Jacob Fischler - November 10, 2023

Kansas Reflector Podcast

Kansans call for farm bill debate on conservation, nutrition, equity

Hosted BY: Tim Carpenter - November 27, 2023

Kansas governor hires special adviser on water

Hosted BY: Allison Kite - November 20, 2023

Northwest Tech president Ben Schears (left) and NCK Tech president Eric Burks explain their vision for the affiliation initiative.

Fort Hays affiliates with tech schools, with supporting rural Kansas as a goal

Hosted BY: Clay Wirestone - November 13, 2023

Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer appears for a Nov. 3, 2023, recording of the Kansas Reflector podcast

Marion County Record’s Eric Meyer on the raid of his newsroom

Hosted BY: Clay Wirestone - November 6, 2023

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Gov. Laura Kelly touted a new design for Kansas license plates saturated in wheat-colored yellow and announced the plan for eradicating older. peeling embossed tags during 2024. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Department of Revenue image)

Kansas adopting new vehicle license plate design, jettisoning eroded embossed tags

By Tim Carpenter - November 22, 2023

Rev. Bobby Love Sr., left, senior pastor of Second Baptist Church of Olathe, and Monsignor Stuart Swetland, president of the private Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, and pastor of Our Lady and Saint Rose Catholic Church, urged the Kansas Legislature to deliver health care services to about 150,000 working poor in Kansas by expanding eligiblity for Medicaid. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas clergy place faith in state legislators embracing ‘moral truth’ of Medicaid expansion