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Emporia State University requests no hike, but warns strategy unsustainable
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The governor said undergraduate tuition and fees should stay frozen after some public university systems weighed increases.
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“These are not just abstract numbers. These are Kansas kids losing access to food,” said Haley Kottler, senior campaign director at Kansas Appleseed.
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Colorado midwives sue state, saying regulators are making it harder for them to safely do their jobsThe reproductive health practitioners allege bias and sex-based discrimination by Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies division
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A Texas Supreme Court order took effect May 28 that allows state health officials to again treat manufactured Delta-8 THC as a Schedule I controlled substance, a legal category that includes peyote and Ecstasy.
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Want to get out of a gardening rut? Try growing some nontraditional plants from other parts of the world, such as chayote, and with a few adjustments for our warmer and drier climate, you might find a few new favorites in your fall harvest!
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My name is Jewell Rodgers and today I bring you the poems of Noni Williams. Noni is one of my favorite people. I met her in Omaha, Nebraska. Noni Williams is a senior cloud data engineer, a teaching artist, an independent data consultant, a storyteller, a mathematician, a philosopher, and of course - a performance poet - born and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska.
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It’s undeniable that Charles Goodnight had a huge impact on the development of the Texas Panhandle. Primarily identified as a rancher, Goodnight’s lifetime activities and achievements are broad based and far reaching . Born in Illinois in 1836, his family relocated to Waco, Texas when Charles was 9 years old. He later liked to say that he came to Texas at the same time that Texas came into the U.S., joining the Union in 1845.
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This week, Luke and his longtime buddy J.C. McCullough had an exciting time on the Red River, and had some real success with catfish; tune in to hear a recap!
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