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Education
12:11 pm
Mon July 23, 2012

Breaking It Down: Kansas School Funding Lawsuit

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In Kansas, 54 school districts are currently suing the state for cutting their funding. The state has budgeted $3,800 per student for the coming school year. 

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KC Currents
8:30 am
Sun June 3, 2012

PHOTOS: What Kansas Looked Like Then And What It Looks Like Now

If you happen to stand in one spot in a Kansas town or city, did you ever wonder what things looked like 100+ years ago? 

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Racial Disparities
10:31 am
Tue May 15, 2012

New Report On Black-White Disparities in Kansas

Credit Kansas African American Affairs Commission
Executive Director Mildred Edwards.

How does the status of African Americans in Kansas compare with that of its white citizens? That’s the question that inspired a recent report by the Kansas African American Affairs Commission.

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Arts Funding
1:11 pm
Fri May 11, 2012

New Commission For The Arts In Kansas

Governor Sam Brownback yesterday signed the bill to create a new Kansas Creative Industries Commission. This commission merges the Kansas Arts Commission with the Kansas Film Commission.

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Up to Date
10:03 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Political Pundits: Is Kansas The Most Conservative State?

The Kansas State Capitol Building (left) and the Missouri State Capitol Building

If there was any doubt about the hold of the political right in the Heartland then wonder no more.  A recent survey shows Kansas has the most conservative congressional delegation in the nation.

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Tracking NBAF
12:49 pm
Fri February 3, 2012

Risk Unavoidable, With Or Without NBAF

Credit Wen Nag / Flickr.com
The proposed NBAF lab at in Manhattan, Kan., would guard the nation's food supply against diseases like bird flu and Mad Cow disease.

Kansas political leaders and top officials at Kansas State University are united in support of a plan to bring the nation's premier agricultural disease laboratory to the K-State campus in Manhattan.

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