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HPPR Government & Politics

State of Kansas Offers Free Photo ID

Kansas Public Radio

Published October 29, 2018 at 2:35 PM CDT

If you still need a photo ID to vote, the state of Kansas will give you one for free. For the Kansas News Service, Brian Grimmett reports from Wichita.

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Wichita district to oversight group: Recommend a new bond issue

Suzanne Perez

Wichita school district leaders formed the financial oversight committee to gather community input after voters rejected a $450 million bond issue. Now they're asking the group to recommend another bond vote.
Thousands gather at Kansas Statehouse for ‘No Kings’ protest

Daniel Caudill

The peaceful protest in Topeka was one of hundreds of demonstrations against President Donald Trump ahead of a military parade in Washington, D.C.
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Trans Kansans win court ruling to change the gender on their IDs

Zane Irwin

The Kansas Court of Appeals decision reverses a district court order that prohibited transgender people from changing driver's licenses to reflect their gender identity.
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Controversial Oklahoma law affecting ballot initiatives draws legal challenges

Barbara Hoberock of Oklahoma Voice

Legal challenges were filed Wednesday aimed at a recent law that puts more restrictions on the process voters use to get issues on the ballot.
Federal Medicaid cuts would cost 13,000 Kansans their health care coverage

Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

Federal lawmakers are considering cutting billions of dollars from Medicaid funding. Experts say that would lead to an increase in hospital closures and uninsured rates in Kansas.