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Ranchers mow frequently and some engage in controlled burns whenever possible, aided by the local volunteer fire department whenever possible. -
State lawmakers repealed rules allowing sex marker changes on state driver's licenses. A lawyer working with trans Oklahomans said it's a "significant blow" to their rights. -
Two transgender men from Lawrence filed a lawsuit last week to stop the new Kansas law from taking effect. Hundreds of transgender residents were told their IDs are immediately invalid and must be replaced. -
From the governorship to the U.S. Senate race to attorney general, here's who we know will face off for statewide offices in November — and who's heading to a runoff in May. -
The lesser prairie chicken, known for its flamboyant courtship dances and bulging neck pouches, has lost a majority of its population in the grasslands and brush of southwestern Kansas. But Republican lawmakers have long fought against its habitat protections.
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Konstantin Somov, 1936, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHi. I’m Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, a poet born in Northwest Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. I’ve got some hot tea on the table and I’m here to offer a poem titled “Wait Until It Grows Roots” written by a poet raised in Midland, Tarfia Faizullah. -
On^ste82, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsKhors celebrates quirky attractions while also unflinchingly recording unflattering places and people she encounters. Her illustrations include dilapidated buildings, abandoned hotels and filing stations. She celebrates concrete dinosaurs and muffler men, but the title of the book is The American Dream – a Question? -
F.D. ConardThe saying, “when life gives you lemons, then make some lemonade” must have been in the mind of Frank ‘Pop’ Conard as he surveyed the tragedy and heartbreak of the Dirty Thirties. Born near Butler, Missouri in 1885, Conard learned photography skills by helping his brother at his studio in Lacrosse, Kansas. In 1914, he and his wife Mabel moved to Garden City, where they set up their own photo shop. -
Daniela Passal, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHello listeners, this is Lauren Pronger from Amarillo, TX for my final Radio Readers BookByte on Shing Yin Khor’s graphic novel The American Dream? for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. Today I’ll be continuing my look at the American Dream, the phrase and ethos itself as it’s depicted in the book of the same name, and what the book might tell us about the broader concept.
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With the busy spring break travel season looming, travel and aviation industry leaders urged Congress to end the stalemate over DHS funding before workers at TSA and ports miss a full paycheck.
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