Jim McLean
Reporter and Editor, Kansas News ServiceJim McLean is an editor and reporter for KCUR 89.3. He is the managing director of KCUR's Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KCUR and other public media stations across Kansas.
Jim was previously news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a 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.
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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. -
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.
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Republican Roger Marshall and Democrat Barbara Bollier have one thing they agree on: getting rid of surprise medical bills.
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Republican U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall calls his Democratic foe, state Sen. Barbara Bollier, a "radical." She believes Marshall is a "yes man" for the president. Here's where they stand on taxes, trade and immigration.
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More and more Kansans who lost jobs because of the coronavirus are falling behind in their rent and mortgage payments.
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Getting married and having your first child is stressful enough. Try making those life changes during a pandemic. As a teacher.
