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Kansas Driver's License Record Shift Still in Progress

Kansas Public Radio

Published September 28, 2018 at 4:17 PM CDT

Kansas is still trying to move its two million driver’s license records off an antiquated computer system. Celia Llopis-Jepsen from the Kansas News Service reports from Topeka.

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Another Kansas football player died during practice. What we know so far

Sam Zeff

The 17-year-old student died on the first day of practice at Pawnee Heights High School in western Kansas. He is the fifth football player to die in Kansas since 2018.
Transgender men in Kansas 'compliance crew' use women's bathrooms to protest state law

Zach Boblitt

The group of trans men use women’s bathrooms in publicly owned facilities, which is required by Kansas law, to highlight what they say are flaws in the bathroom bill.
More than 80 dogs rescued from filthy Kansas City, Kansas, home are now safe, officials say

Cassandra Isobelle Flores

On Aug. 15, Kansas City, Kansas, Animal Services responded to a hoarding case in the city’s Northwest neighborhood with over 80 dogs on the property. The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department say the investigation is ongoing.
How Kansas became one of the new breeding grounds for a bright yellow warbler

Rachel Schnelle

The prothonotary warbler population in Kansas is growing as the birds stop to breed before heading south. Researchers are using electronic trackers to study their movements.
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Kansas City's suburbs could decide the fate of the Kansas Republican supermajority

Grace Hills

Of the seven races a Democratic campaigning organization has targeted to hold or flip in Kansas, six are in the Kansas City area.