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Kansas has a fast-growing dairy industry, but milking cows isn’t easy and it’s hard to find workers. Industry groups say immigrants are critical and those workers say they’re needed to feed Kansas families.
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Kansas communities exploring data center development must put policies in place to protect residents, the environment and long-term economic growth before building begins, national experts say. -
In the latest episode of the Tacos of Texas podcast, Hinojosa sat down with host Mando Rayo at his home studio to talk about growing up in South Texas, her family and food memories, her path from mom to politician and why she's challenging Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in the November election. -
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach said Wednesday the state’s $134 million portion of the settlement with Meta “marks a down payment on an industry-wide transformation that will finally prioritize our children’s well-being over corporate profits.” -
TTU Veterinary School, five years in: first graduates return to meet needs in West Texas communitiesThe Texas Tech University Veterinary School of Medicine welcomed its inaugural class on August 18, 2021. Now, five years later, the school's first wave of veterinarians are already working to fill a shortage in Texas' rural animal care. -
In April, the department found four public school districts — Olathe, Shawnee Mission, Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas — were in violation of federal Title IX civil rights protections.
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Tune in this week to hear recordings excerpted from the many WT School of Music Faculty recitals that were presented during the last academic year! -
As the growing season starts to come to a close, and you get closer to harvest, it’s a good time to take stock of all best ways to handle your early fall harvest; your efforts now can help your plants focus their energy on fruiting, and any extras can be frozen or canned…we’ll discuss how in this week’s episode! -
Mearone, FAL, via Wikimedia CommonsI have long thought that the primary reason we are known for our hospitality in this part of the country is that we are all equal in the wind. In this book I gained a much deeper understanding of why. -
Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHello listeners, I’m Alysse Kathleen McCanna, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m grateful to share a poem with you by incredible human, Andrea Gibson. Gibson was a poet, performer, activist, and Colorado’s ninth poet laureate. They were the author of seven poetry collections, and seven albums of spoken word and performance poetry.
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches Aug. 30 on a mission to explore some of the most pressing mysteries of the cosmos.
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