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Texas environmental officials disabled an online filing system after watchdog groups raised concerns about the agency issuing permits related to data centers. -
Rural Kansas keeps getting older. The median age in the state's rural communities is 42 years, five years higher than the statewide median of 37 years. Part of the problem: Young people leaving to seek jobs in metropolitan areas like Kansas City, Wichita, and Denver. In western Kansas, one man has started a program to connect young people with local jobs. -
Both parties purchase data to build a voter file with info like cell phone numbers. That means there's almost no way to stop the texts. -
Prosecutors often charged pregnant people under statutes that allow them to obtain convictions without proving that the person harmed the fetus or infant. -
New financial reports show Marshall’s campaign still has no paid staff
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These cooler fall temperatures make the leaves change color, but it also makes them fall off your trees! You could see this is just another nuisance that needs to be raked and thrown away, or...you could see them as free yard supplies provided by nature. This week, we'll talk about perspective, and how to make the most of this (usually) abundant resource! -
Frank Leslie's Weekly, January 28, 1888, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsI'm Glenda Shepard of Yucca Corners farm in rural Stanton County KS. On a 100 plus degree day in August, I have for you my Radio Readers BookByte of The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin. -
Smith390128, 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 hope you are well and finding laughter. I’m excited to share more wonderful poetry from Kansas poets. Today, I will be sharing the poem “What You Allow, Lingers” by Annette Hope Billings. -
National Weather BureauHi, this Alan Erwin from Amarillo. I just finished reading The Children's Blizzard, by David Laskin. As I write this, Amarillo's extended weather forecast calls for multiple days over 100 degrees.
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