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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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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.
Sundown spectacle: Thousands of purple martins fill Wichita's skies during their annual migration

Suzanne Perez

As part of their annual migration to South America, purple martins from across the region are putting on a nightly show just north of the Wichita airport control tower, gathering to roost in a cluster of trees.
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Some Kansas Animals, Birds and Insects Seem to be Disappearing from the Prairie (Where Is the Horny Toad?)

Rex Buchanan

Bird watchers, animal lovers and even those interested in plants and insects are taking notice: there seems to be less of almost everything on the prairie. Why are so many wild things seemingly disappearing? Commentator Rex Buchanan shares his thoughts.
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CoreCivic just sold its Kansas immigration detention center to the federal government

Zach Boblitt

The federal government's purchase of the CoreCivic-operated ICE detention center in Leavenworth is raising questions about whether the city will maintain the same level of oversight it established before the facility reopened.
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sues Kansas Lottery over sovereignty and gaming regulations

Rachel Schnelle

Experts believe lawsuits like this one could open up what type of betting is allowed on reservation land in Kansas.