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Nearly half of the U.S. winter wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition, following a tough growing season. Some farmers are choosing to leave their crop in the field
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Kansas state employees to see 10% spike in health insurance if they stay with Blue Cross Blue ShieldIncreased insurance cost will wipe out 1% raise granted by Legislature, budget director says -
The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is pressing 15 universities and museums to repatriate Indigenous remains and items. The University of Oklahoma is one of them. -
A Travis County judge sided with a McLennan County Justice of the Peace who refused to marry gay couples and sued the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for disciplining her for her choice. -
The program is meant to soften the coming cuts to Medicaid. The state health department recently announced the first round of Kansas grantees. Hospitals are using the money to increase healthcare access to rural patients. -
State leaders and pro-life groups are siding with 2-year-old Annelise Camp’s family, who are suing to stop Texas Children’s Hospital from testing her for brain death.
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Hi, I’m Robert Fulton from Amarillo, Texas. Let me tell you about a pair of books I’ve been reading about the complex question of consciousness, John Searle’s “The Rediscovery of the Mind (from 1992) and Daniel Dennett’s “Consciousness Explained” (from 1991). For me, as a professor of Humanities, the question of consciousness is part and parcel to my work, but also my personal interests regarding the human mind. -
The settling of the old west was primarily an east to west movement, with wagon trains, ox carts, and (ultimately) railroads bringing people and their dreams to the new land. But once the newcomers arrived on the central plains, they sometimes needed other lines of travel. -
Hi! You’re listening to Jessica Sadler with the High Plains Public Radio Readers Book Club Summer Reading List. I am currently a Teacher Professional Development Fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. -
There’s another “El Niño” weather pattern on the horizon, which can sometimes affect what you plant in your garden. But there are ways to mitigate these effects by making some informed choices about what to plant, and for what reasons. We’ll talk about those choices and reasons in this week’s episodes!
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