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Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes. -
“Democrats have won many gubernatorial races in Kansas, but Senate races have eluded them: The last Democratic Senate win in Kansas was nearly a century ago, in 1932, which was Franklin Roosevelt’s first election,” wrote Kyle Kondik, the managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball. -
Immigration officials denied the allegations, but Reps. Joaquin Castro and Veronica Escobar said they’ve come across numerous problematic examples. -
Initiative 177 seeks to prevent bans on natural gas sales and use in Colorado -
Childcare can be nearly as expensive as a mortgage in some Midwest states, but legislation sponsored by two lawmakers aims to reduce that cost by increasing subsidy eligibility and funding new childcare centers.
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Rosendahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsI’m Martin Fulmer from Goodwell, Oklahoma, here for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2026 Fall Read. When I picked up Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind, I remember wondering how anyone could write an entire book about the wind. It seemed like an impossible subject. -
Photo by Grace FlyingNo one really knows why a strong and widely-based love of flying developed in the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska. Perhaps it was the prairie itself, with its wide open spaces and lack of obstacles like mountains, forests, and other natural outgrowths. Perhaps it was the shifting currents of air that rose and fell from those flatlands. -
GerritR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHello Radio Readers! This is Marit Ehmke coming to you from west-central Kansas in Lane County. If there’s one thing you can count on living in this part of the world, it’s the wind. Whether it be a gentle breeze or, more often than not, strong gusts bending what trees we have, the wind is a constant companion. -
We rarely stop to think about the wind. We feel it on our faces, watch it ripple through wheat fields, hear it rustle the trees, yet it remains one of nature's most familiar—and most mysterious—forces. Invisible but ever present, the wind has shaped landscapes, influenced history, inspired artists and scientists, and quietly touched our lives every day.
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The exercise can help you identify what's wasting your time — and make room for what matters, says psychotherapist Niro Feliciano. Take a moment to try it. You might be surprised with what you find.
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