Next year, transgender teens in Kansas will no longer be able to access puberty blockers and hormone treatments for gender-affirming care. One family in Wichita is worried about navigating the changes. Plus, aircraft manufacturing is a big part of the Kansas economy, but new tariffs by the Trump administration have some companies scrambling.
In Kansas and across the country, transgender children have been the subject of legislation, litigation and political debate. Zane Irwin of the Kansas News Service spent the day with a Kansas family affected by the state’s recent ban on gender-affirming health care for minors.
Just a few months in, the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs are already reshaping global commerce. That includes the Kansas aviation industry, which contributes more than $7 billion annually to the state economy. Rose Conlon of the Kansas News Service visited one Wichita business that’s working through new challenges and opportunities.
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