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After federal immigration enforcement action in western Kansas, a meatpacking plant delayed some shifts Wednesday and a school district warned that students may have had family members detained. -
The arrests of plant workers and others around southwest Kansas began Tuesday, causing alarm and confusion across the region, where immigrants make up a large portion of the agriculture workforce.
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The Republican incumbent, Steven Johnson, faces two challengers for his job as the chief banker and financial manager for the state. -
Republican U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall said Wednesday they both were in contact with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin after southwest Kansas law enforcement agencies said they didn’t know about Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity and residents reported people being stopped at random. -
The move is the latest in a series of escalating efforts by the governor to slow data center development in Texas ahead of November's election. -
Baker University has launched a new effort to make college more affordable to everyday Kansans. This week, the private, four-year school in Baldwin City announced it would provide a full-tuition scholarship to at least one qualified student in every Kansas county through a program called Baker 105. -
State and federal subsidies, though, will blunt the price increases for people with lower incomes
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As the weather cools down, and we await the appearance of frost formed overnight, it's time to consider what you can do to ready your plants for the coming changes. This week, we'll talk about how to prepare for a freeze! -
MH Herpetology, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWelcome to Poets on the Plains. I’m Brad Aaron Modlin. I don’t know about you, but sometimes before I log in to social media, I have to ask myself, Am I ready for this? Scrolling through can bring distraction, bad news, and busyness, and all the ways we’re encouraged to compare ourselves with others or to compete. -
NEMA – National Emergency Management AgencyHello radio readers! This is Marit coming to you out of Lane County, KS. Mostly since it's been a race against the weeds with undercutting season at our farm, I had the pleasure of listening to Lauren Groff’s Florida in her own voice while out on the tractor. -
Global Wind Atlas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsI’m Martin Fulmer from Goodwell, OK, here for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2026 Fall Read. By the time I reached Lauren Groff’s story “Above and Below,” I had begun to understand that Florida is not only interested in storms as dramatic events.
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