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Statehouse Blend Kansas: Slow The Decline Of Rural Kansas How?

Rep. Don Hineman got a new assignment this year to figure out how to sustain rural Kansas. He tells host Jim McLean there's three things it'll take for sure: speedy broadband, more housing, and good health care.

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Jim McLean is a political correspondent for the Kansas News Service, a collaboration based at KCUR with other public media stations across Kansas. You can email him at jim@kcur.org.
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