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Jamie Frazier

Jamie Frazier

Jamie Frazier has lived his entire life in Kansas, except for a 13-year stint in Oklahoma, where he attended Phillips University and managed prisons for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. For more than 30 years, he oversaw multi-level senior communities both locally and regionally. He is retired with his wife, Judy, in Overland Park.

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A new survey of Kansas child-care facilities reveals lingering financial, personnel challenges of COVID-19 pandemic that advocates say pushing system to the brink. (Getty Images)

For an example of inclusive and caring community in Kansas, just look back 60 years

By: - May 23, 2023

In Sherman Smith’s recent article, “Church and state: Kansas Republicans target ’eminently exploitable’ LGBTQ community,” a nurse from Wiley Elementary School was quoted saying: “At the high school, they’re allowing kids to identify as cats and provided them litter boxes.” This was part of a “serious” conversation about transgender youth during a Republican meeting. The […]