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Medicaid Expansion, Abortion In The State Constitution And Taxing Streaming Services

KCUR | By Jim McLean

Published January 24, 2020 at 5:02 PM CST

The legislative session in Kansas is just getting underway, but lawmakers are already at odds on the hot-button issues of abortion and Medicaid expansion. Republican leaders are pushing for quick passage of an anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution. Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning are joining forces to break a nearly decade-long stalemate on expansion.

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Jim McLean

Jim McLean is an editor and reporter for KCUR 89.3. He is the managing director of KCUR's Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KCUR and other public media stations across Kansas.

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They were shot at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade — and might live with bullets in their bodies forever

Bram Sable-Smith

Despite the rise of gun violence in America, few medical guidelines exist on removing bullets from survivors’ bodies. In the second installment of our series “The Injured,” we meet three people shot at the Kansas City Super Bowl parade who are dealing with the bullets inside them in different ways.
For many Kansas students, financial aid delays are making it hard to plan for college

Suzanne Perez

Some high school seniors said they just started receiving financial aid offers this week. And some colleges, including the University of Kansas and Newman University, have pushed back their tuition deposit deadlines because of FAFSA delays.
A Kansas City native started his own Black rodeo to celebrate the cowboys left out of Western lore

Julie Denesha

Ivan McClellan's new photobook, “Eight Seconds,” documents the Black riders, ropers and rodeo queens encountered in dusty arenas around the United States. McClellan's love for the sport and subculture led him to start his own rodeo in Portland, Oregon, where he lives.
Trees are spreading across the Great Plains. They're actually making climate change worse

Celia Llopis-Jepsen

We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.
City of Wichita’s website affected by ‘cybersecurity incident’

Kylie Cameron

The city said law enforcement is investigating Sunday's malware attack.