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Around 79,000 eligible Kansas voters are naturalized citizens. Their vote could help decide close races.
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American Cancer Society research shows that despite significant drops in the mortality rate, breast cancer incidence rates have risen in Kansas and across the country in the past decade, with a particularly notable increase among women younger than 50.
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A literacy program has helped mothers and grandmothers in prison improve their reading abilities while also giving them the chance to bond with their loved ones.
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The American Civil Liberties Union joins law firms to argue that capital trial juries in Kansas are racially discriminatory.
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More than 7 in 10 Kansans support expanding Medicaid, according to the survey from Fort Hays State University. More than 6 in 10 Kansans say women are better positioned than politicians to make the decision about whether to get an abortion.
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Southwest Kansas has the highest concentration of Latino residents in the state. But the area also has some of the lowest rates of people registered to vote and voter turnout. Young Latinos there are going back to the basics to try to get their communities more involved in politics.
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Several south-central Kansas counties are seeing a dramatic increase in groundwater contamination. The region’s nitrate pollution comes primarily from agriculture.
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A survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that about 3% of U.S. high-schoolers identify as transgender, and another 2% question their gender identity.
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The state is enacting a plan to overhaul its online security of sensitive information, partly in response to an attack on Kansas' courts last year.
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The responses were mixed on Republican-led efforts to ban gender-affirming care for minors.
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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education say they want to offer guidelines to local districts but don’t plan to impose statewide restrictions. Cellphone policies, like budget or curriculum decisions, are ultimately up to local school boards.
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Machinists union members, on strike since September, approved a new contract offer over the weekend.