Andy Marso
Reporter, Kansas News ServiceAndy Marso is a reporter for KCUR 89.3 and the Kansas News Service based in Topeka.
Andy previously covered state government for the Topeka Capital-Journal where he shared the Burton W. Marvin Kansas News Enterprise Award and received the Great Plains Journalism Award for investigative/project reporting.
He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. He previously wrote for The Olathe News, the St. Cloud Times and the Washington Post. His memoir, “Worth the Pain: How Meningitis Nearly Killed Me – Then Changed My Life for the Better,” was named a 2014 Kansas Notable Book.
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Federal officials are evaluating a state plan to fix problems with disability support services for Kansans in Medicaid.State officials submitted the plan…
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Dr. Damon Heybrock’s office doesn’t look like a traditional medical clinic.Heybrock finished converting a two-story row house into a medical practice in…
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Public health advocates pushing for Kansas to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products are running into the same opposing arguments they…
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An Oklahoma company said Thursday it has reached an agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and won’t have to suspend dental…
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Editor’s note: An update to this story was posted at 5 p.m. Jan. 26.About 350 elderly and disabled Kansans are suddenly without dental care after an…
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Editor’s note: This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 23 with information from legislative hearings.As Kansas lawmakers move forward with efforts to…
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach filed a ninth case of reported voter fraud this week, criminally charging a man who allegedly voted illegally in…
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Kansas legislators are seeking answers from the Brownback administration after federal officials denied a one-year extension of the state’s Medicaid…
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The Kansas Geological Survey has spent years studying the groundwater levels of the Ogallala Aquifer to determine how long it can continue to support the…
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The Brownback administration has increased advance payments to nursing homes while a backlog of Kansas Medicaid applications persists.The administration…