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Tim Carpenter has reported on Kansas for 35 years. He covered the Capitol for 16 years at the Topeka Capital-Journal and previously worked for the Lawrence Journal-World and United Press International. He has been recognized for investigative reporting on Kansas government and politics. He won the Kansas Press Association's Victor Murdock Award six times. The William Allen White Foundation honored him four times with its Burton Marvin News Enterprise Award. The Kansas City Press Club twice presented him its Journalist of the Year Award and more recently its Lifetime Achievement Award. He earned an agriculture degree at Kansas State University and grew up on a small dairy and beef cattle farm in Missouri. He is an amateur woodworker and drives Studebaker cars.
Kansas lands deal for construction of $650 million, 500-job biomanufacturing facility
By: Tim Carpenter - April 18, 2022
Kansas economic development: Manhattan to be site of Scorpion Biological Services' $650 million, 500,000-square-foot, 500-worker biomanufacturing facility.
Attorney general to seek prompt Kansas Supreme Court approval of legislative district maps
By: Tim Carpenter - April 16, 2022
Gov. Laura Kelly signed bill creating new legislative district boundaries and AG Derek Schmidt will ask Supreme Court to approve both maps.
Kelly vetoes transgender sports ban, parental bill of rights touted by Republicans
By: Tim Carpenter - April 15, 2022
Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes Republican bills banning trans girls from sports, adopting a parents bill of rights and limiting food stamp eligibility.
Kansas GOP senator demands immediate removal of ‘Gender Queer’ book from school library
By: Tim Carpenter - April 15, 2022
Sen. Rick Kloos insisted the Shawnee Heights superintendent immediately remove the autobiography "Gender Queer" from the high school library.
Kansas unemployment holds at 2.5% in March, inflation leaves a mark
By: Tim Carpenter - April 15, 2022
The Kansas unemployment rate held steady at 2.5% in March, but inflation surpassed wage gains during the month.
Kansas’ shortage of behavioral health experts exacerbates community treatment challenges
By: Tim Carpenter - April 15, 2022
A psychologist, judge, prosecutor and legislator blend insights into meeting needs of mentally ill people entangled with the Kansas judicial system.
Kansas inspector general’s report identifies weakness in financial oversight of Medicaid
By: Tim Carpenter - April 14, 2022
Kansas Medicaid auditor faults state agencies and Medicaid contractors for potential overpayments and failure to track ineligible beneficiaries.
Health care advocacy group spending $5 million to aid Davids, seven other swing-district Democrats
By: Tim Carpenter - April 14, 2022
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids and seven other swing-district Democrats benefit from $5 million ad push emphasizing votes on quality health care.
Kansas offers liability protection to businesses engaged in high school work training programs
By: Tim Carpenter - April 13, 2022
Gov. Laura Kelly signs bills granting liability protection to businesses training high school students and creating a youth lifetime hunting licenses.
Leaders of Kansas’ three government branches coalesce behind quest to fix mental health crisis
By: Tim Carpenter - April 13, 2022
Kansas' three branches of government embrace statewide summit to transform the approach to a growing mental health crisis.
Trust Women clinic in Wichita may experience patient surge in wake of Oklahoma abortion law
By: Tim Carpenter - April 12, 2022
Enactment of stringent anti-abortion laws in Oklahoma and Texas will intensify demand for family planning services in Wichita.
Kansas education commissioner publicly apologizes for racist story on Native Americans
By: Tim Carpenter - April 12, 2022
Kansas' education commissioner apologized to people offended by his telling of a racist story from his youth portraying Native Americans as violent.