Jim McLean
Political Correspondent, Kansas News ServiceJim McLean is a political correspondent for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration based at KCUR with other public media stations across Kansas.
Jim was previously an editor for the Kansas News Service and news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio. He was also managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. He has received awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
You can email him at jim@kcur.org.
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Kansas nearly passed legislation last year that would have legalized cannabis for medical use. If it does so this year, it may be available by early 2024.
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KU students from Ukraine join Kansas lawmakers in protesting Russian invasion.
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Republicans in the House voted to override the governor's veto of the redistricting plan Wednesday, which was the last step to approving the map over Democratic opposition.
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A Kansas Senate committee quickly advanced a plan to protect doctors who prescribe unproven COVID treatments and let parents claim religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements.
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The veto of the map redrawing the state's congressional districts sets up Republicans for a likely override attempt in the Statehouse.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is lobbying lawmakers to clear the way for record-size tax breaks and incentives to lure a $4 billion manufacturing plant, but the identity of the company remains a secret.
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La Cámara de Representantes de Kansas ha aprobado los controvertidos mapas electorales y los ha enviado a la oficina de la gobernadora. Los republicanos dicen que el plan toma en cuenta los cambios de población. Los demócratas dicen que esto tiene la intención de reemplazar el lugar de la congresista Sharice Davids en el Congreso.
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The Kansas House has approved controversial congressional maps and sent them to the governor's desk. Republicans say the plan accounts for population shifts. Democrats say it's intended to cost U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids her seat in Congress.
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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wants to use billions in surplus cash to cut taxes. But Republican leaders appear reluctant to go along in an election year.
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A vaccinated person in Franklin County is the first confirmed Kansas case of the COVID-19 omicron variant.