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Tents sit around a gazebo on Aug. 12, 2022, in Watson Park in Lawrence. (Lily O'Shea Becker/Kansas Reflector)

Backlash over cleanup of Lawrence homeless camp points to bigger problems

By Lily O'Shea Becker - August 15, 2022

After a hotly contested amendment vote, Emily Rude offers advice on building bridges to make our communities better. (Getty Images)

Amid partisan strife in Kansas, the art of (avoiding) war

By Emily Rude - August 15, 2022

A man lies under shading on July 19 on North Topeka Avenue in Wichita. Temperatures reached 108 degrees in Wichita that day. (Lily O'Shea Becker/Kansas Reflector)

As Wichita embraces efforts to reduce homelessness, profound challenges remain

By Lily O'Shea Becker - August 14, 2022

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Farm bill season arrives: What’s the outlook for 2023?

BY Allison Winter - August 13, 2022

Kansas woman says effort to recount abortion vote depends on ‘God moving in people’s lives’

BY Sherman Smith - August 13, 2022

U.S. House Democrats send sweeping climate, health and tax legislation to Biden

BY Jennifer Shutt - August 12, 2022

Search warrant shows Trump under investigation for possible Espionage Act violations

BY Jennifer Shutt - August 12, 2022

Schmidt campaign kicks hole in Kelly’s narrative of full Kansas job recovery from COVID-19

BY Tim Carpenter - August 12, 2022

Kansas professor urges greater federal transparency, oversight of corporate whistleblower programs

BY Tim Carpenter - August 12, 2022

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Opinion

Congress is considering codifying same-sex marriage. Why has the issue became less polarized?

BY Tim Lindberg - August 14, 2022

With profound vote on reproductive rights, RePRO.Film tells stories that connect and shake us

BY Whitni Carlson - August 13, 2022

Elaborate lies spread through Kansas, U.S., can’t be dismissed as ‘conspiracy theories’

BY Eric Thomas - August 12, 2022

Rep. Jake LaTurner parroted rhetoric about parents’ rights. They have responsibilities, too.

BY Chris Huntsman - August 11, 2022

Rep. Steven Howe: Abortion amendment supporters need to look beyond the vote

BY Tim Carpenter - August 9, 2022

U.S. Department of Justice sues Idaho over abortion trigger ban

BY Kelcie Moseley-Morris - August 2, 2022

EPA, KDHE approve permit changes to allow development of Sunflower property for Panasonic

BY Tim Carpenter - August 2, 2022

U.S. House Democrats file brief in college affirmative action case

BY Ariana Figueroa - August 2, 2022

Kansas Reflector Podcast

Allie Utley and Jae Moyer celebrate at the Kansans for Constitutional Freedom watch party after Kansans vote to keep abortion a constitutional right on Tuesday. (Lily O'Shea Becker/Kansas Reflector)

What we learned from the Kansas abortion vote and primary results

Hosted BY: Clay Wirestone, Sherman Smith and Tim Carpenter - August 8, 2022

Bob Beatty, political science professor at Washburn University, appears for a podcast recording in the Kansas Reflector office in downtown Topeka. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas political ads for the Aug. 2 primary

Hosted BY: Tim Carpenter and Noah Taborda - July 27, 2022

Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat seeking reelection in 2022, urges Kansans to participate in the Aug. 2 primary election and vote against a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would remove the right of women to seek an abortion. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on her time in office and reelection campaign

Hosted BY: Tim Carpenter and Noah Taborda - July 26, 2022

Kelly Sommers appears July 13, 2022, at the Kansas Reflector office in Topeka for a podcast recording. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

Kelly Sommers on the role of Kansas nurses in abortion services

Hosted BY: Sherman Smith and Noah Taborda - July 18, 2022

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Kansas foster care provider sues former leaders over alleged financial misconduct

By Sherman Smith - August 12, 2022

A piece of lead pipe removed from Jerry Land’s yard in Olathe shows a layer of lining inside the pipe that indicates the city’s water supply provided a thin film that prevented the pipe from leeching lead into the home’s water. (Carlos Moreno/KCUR)

Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids touts federal funds for lead pipe replacement

By Allison Kite - August 11, 2022

Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort is seen on Nov. 1, 2019, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

U.S. attorney general says DOJ asked for public release of search warrant for Trump estate

By Jennifer Shutt - August 11, 2022

Federal prosecutors moved to seize bank assets in a $10 million fraud investigation involving a former employee of Saint Francis Ministries, a Salina-based organization providing foster care and adoption services under a contract with the state of Kansas. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)

FBI moves to seize bank deposits in alleged $10 million fraud of Kansas foster care provider

By Tim Carpenter - August 11, 2022

A Shawnee County District Court judge issued an order requiring Shawn Parcells, who performed autopsy services without professional credentials, pay $764,000 in restitution, penalties and fees. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Kansas civil action results in $764,000 restitution, penalty order against autopsy scammer

By Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith - August 10, 2022

President Joe Biden hands a pen to Brielle Robinson, daughter of the late Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, after Biden signed the PACT Act on Aug. 10, 2022, in the East Room of the White House. The bill is the biggest expansion of veterans' benefits since the Agent Orange Act of 1991 and will expand health care benefits to millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden signs landmark bill aiding veterans exposed to burn pits overseas

By Jennifer Shutt - August 10, 2022

Kansas law enforcement training about missing or murdered Indigenous people now available

By Lily O'Shea Becker - August 10, 2022

Kansas Board of Education member Jim McNiece, left, offered sharp criticism of a school-safety briefing by two Kansas Department of Education staff members who outlined the effort to improve security at public schools. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

Kansas Board of Education member ‘ticked off’ by analysis of school safety planning

By Tim Carpenter - August 10, 2022

Health workers sit at a table at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination clinic on Aug. 3, 2022, at the West Hollywood, California, Library. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Biden administration proposes changing how monkeypox vaccine is administered

By Jennifer Shutt - August 9, 2022