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Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections
TOPEKA — As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County. COVID positivity rates have been steadily increasing in Kansas, Missouri and across the country since July. The increase is higher than last summer’s rates and […]
Everyone agrees: This addictive computer game drains your soul
As I watched her in the seat next to me on the plane, I could tell that she was a pro. Her finger darted across the screen from right to left at a pace both impressive and frantic. Clearly, she had been on the app for years. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. Swipe. A quick pause […]
Kansas food experts outline problems of waste and access at inaugural summit
WICHITA — Food experts in Kansas say food waste is a growing problem in the state and solutions to food insecurity may lie within local connections. ICT Food Rescue executive director Stephanie Merritt, in a presentation Wednesday at the inaugural Kansas Local Food Summit in Wichita, said food waste and food insecurity are two concerns […]
A mammoth may be hiding below a North Dakota garage
Some mammoth bones have been gnawing at North Dakota State Geologist Ed Murphy for more than 35 years. Murphy on Tuesday described for the North Dakota Industrial Commission how he became aware of a find of mammoth bones in 1988. He updated the commission, which oversees the North Dakota Geological Survey, because his department, in […]
Kansas Rep. Marvin Robinson fought for Quindaro, costing his constituents along the way
A “Pyrrhic Victory,” the final entry in the P section of “Words On Words” by the late University of Kansas journalism professor John Bremner, references “a victory that comes at too great a price.” The reference explains the late state Rep. Marvin Robinson’s complicated time in the Kansas Legislature. Robinson fought tirelessly for his beloved […]
Americans’ perception of AI is generally negative, though they see ‘beneficial applications’
A vast majority of Americans feel negatively about artificial intelligence and how it will impact their futures, though they also report they don’t fully understand how and why the technology is currently being used. The sentiments came from a survey conducted this summer by think tank Heartland Forward, which used Aaru, an AI-powered polling group […]
Kansas AG asked to investigate commerce department handling of records request
TOPEKA — A libertarian organization requested the Kansas Attorney General investigate the state Department of Commerce for failing to respond to an open records request and demanded the records be turned over within 10 days. The Americans for Prosperity Foundation of Kansas filed a complaint Wednesday with Attorney General Kris Kobach’s office based on a […]
114k Kansans lost Medicaid coverage in post-pandemic ‘unwinding’ review
TOPEKA — More than 100,000 Kansans have lost health care coverage through the state’s Medicaid program since April 2023 after the rocky “unwinding” of pandemic-era protections, but the agency in charge of the review has seen progress recently based on incremental changes. The state’s review of eligibility for KanCare, as Medicaid is known in Kansas, […]
Where is the outrage? Politically engaged Kansans might vent fury, but anger has limits.
Where is the outrage? That was one of the questions posed to Kansas Reflector staff at our Council Grove town hall event Monday night, and it’s a question I found myself thinking about throughout my drive back home that evening and all of Tuesday. Where is the outrage? Forget the national political scene for a […]
Kansas news outlets ask judge to allow cameras in court for former Marion police chief
TOPEKA — Kansas Reflector and other news outlets have asked a district judge to reject former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody’s attempt to banish cameras from court proceedings in his criminal case. Cody, who led the raid on the Marion County Record last year, faces a low-level felony charge for telling a woman after the […]
Looking ahead: What the loss of crucial funding will mean for child crime victims in Kansas
In an ideal world, my job wouldn’t exist. Children’s Advocacy Centers would be superfluous. Crime would never touch our communities. The reality is very different. Last year, Children’s Advocacy Centers of Kansas provided more than 8,500 services — from forensic interviews, to mental health care, to advocacy services — to 4,400 children facing the severe […]
Special prosecutor in Marion raid: More details will surface, no other charges without new evidence
TOPEKA — One of the special prosecutors tasked with reviewing the actions of law enforcement officers who raided the Marion County Record says more details will become public as criminal and civil cases proceed. But for now, Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson would prefer to let the report that he and Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc […]
Project 2025 would pillage our rights and institutions. Kansans want to fight back.
Speaker after speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last week hauled out an oversized prop copy of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s guide to creating a more perfect conservative presidential administration. Former president Donald Trump and his presidential campaign have disavowed the plan, saying it doesn’t represent his views. But the document was […]
In a Kansas courtroom, victims of a cryptic bank fraud speak of justice, forgiveness and betrayal
WICHITA — The judge rocks gently in his chair behind his marble bench on the second floor of the federal courthouse. He listens as the victims of an embezzlement scheme that took down the Heartland Tri-State Bank in far southwest Kansas are called to stand before him to tell their stories of loss and broken […]
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