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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Liquor industry and grocers pushing Kansas lawmakers to lift restrictions on home delivery and online sales. -
Burdett Loomis, known as "Bird," died over the weekend at 76 after being a fixture on the Kansas political scene for decades.
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The Royals' Sluggerrr is brought to life by one of a select group of people who typically work their way up through the ranks from college teams to the minor leagues before landing a gig working for a major sports team.
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The fringe beliefs of right-wing extremists in Kansas, dating back at least to groups like Posse Comitatus, who trained for war against their government 40 years ago have now migrated to the mainstream of American politics.
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By getting off on the wrong foot with Democrats and some in his own party, Roger Marshall of Kansas may have limited his effectiveness in a closely divided U.S. Senate.
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Residents of Protection, Kansas, came together in the spring of 1957 to make their town the first in the nation to be fully inoculated against polio. Today, like many rural communities, the town is divided over how to fight COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the politics that surround it have triggered an exodus of local public health workers in Kansas.
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Marshall’s win over Democratic state Sen. Barbara Bollier keeps intact Republicans’ winning streak in Kansas U.S. Senate races, which dates back to 1938.
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Kansas Republican voters say they're worried about a "radical" shift to the left if the Democrats win back the Senate. And Kansas Democrats say democracy as a concept is at risk if Republicans stay in power.
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It's U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall vs. state Sen. Barbara Bollier in the race to replace Pat Roberts in Washington. Here's how they fall on the big topics of the election.
