Megan Hart
Megan Hart joined the Kansas Health Institute in 2015 as a journalist for the KHI News Service, a partner in the Heartland Health Monitor reporting collaboration with KCUR, KCPT and Kansas Public Radio.
Previously, she was a business reporter for the Topeka Capital-Journal, where she also covered the state economy, agriculture and health care. Before moving to Topeka, Megan was a reporter for The Muskegon Chronicle (Michigan) and The State News (East Lansing, Michigan). Megan has a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Chinese from Michigan State University.
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Kansas is on track to spend less than a third of what it did six years ago on cash assistance and to serve a third as many low-income people, according... -
A new law will allow Kansas crisis centers to treat involuntary mental health patients for up to 72 hours, but it isn’t clear if lawmakers will fund it.... -
Kansas lawmakers have struggled since 2015 on whether to investigate alleged discrimination against same-sex couples in the state’s foster care and... -
Editor’s note: Kansas privatized its foster care system in 1997 after a lawsuit revealed widespread problems. Twenty years later, the number of Kansas... -
The Kansas House gave preliminary approval Friday to a bill creating a task force that will recommend improvements to the foster care system. The House... -
Another poll has found strong majorities of Kansans support expanding Medicaid, but some political experts say it isn’t likely to make a difference this... -
A bill to increase oversight of the Kansas foster care system hit a snag after state officials said its wording could jeopardize millions in federal... -
Kansas legislators hit adjournment Friday with some big tasks left for their wrap-up session that starts May 1. At the top of the list is a tax and... -
The Kansas House voted Tuesday to substantially reduce a tax the state had struggled to enforce on e-cigarette liquid. At the end of the historically... -
A motion to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that would expand Medicaid eligibility failed Monday in the Kansas House, 81-44. At least 84...
