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Texas Biomed plans on partnering with Flyttr, formerly known as Oxitec, a private biotech company based in England that specializes in pest management. -
‘I’ll feel better about myself’: Kansas Republican makes second U.S. Senate run against an incumbentCampaign email address teases voters about being a ‘Republican in name only’ -
Just 2% of Texas voters call abortion the state’s most pressing problem. Advocates are reframing the issue as one of reproductive healthcare that affects families’ pocketbooks. -
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library delivers free, age-appropriate books monthly to families with children ages 0-5. -
“That’s the way that we get this machine turned into a community conversation, instead of political bickering for 90 days,” he added, referring to the length of the legislative session.
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Thesadcactus, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsHello friends, I’m Huascar Medina, Former Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’m pleased to meet you and look forward to sharing the wonderful poetry from Kansas poets. Today, I will be sharing one of my poems, “on the Range,” but first, allow me a moment to introduce myself. -
If you are looking for high adventure this book is not for you. But if you are craving a beautifully written, heartwarming alternative to the negativity, noise and drama filling the news Theo of Golden could be a good choice. An elderly gentleman, obviously well off, shows up in the small Carolina town of Golden. We soon find out that he is Portuguese, but learn very little else about him until the end of the book. -
Haskell County Historical MuseumSome researchers suggested that the Great Influenza Pandemic derived from illnesses recorded in China and in France. A writer named John Barry suggests it may have had its origins in southwest Kansas. -
Hey, Radio Readers. I’m Jane Holwerda in Dodge City Ks. Earlier this summer I promised my book shelves would be dusted by now. I made it only as far as the Americana section when I surrendered to my more natural state of sitting with cat on lap and book in hand. So be it. What better way to commemorate the 250th year of our nation than by reading about it?
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