Kansas Chamber To Release 2023 Legislative and Policy Agenda

Topeka, KS The Kansas Chamber will hold a media briefing at 9:30 AM CT on Friday, January 6th to review its top priorities for the 2023 legislative session.   Chamber President and CEO Alan Cobb will be joined by Chamber Vice-President of Government Affairs Eric Stafford for the briefing.   Each year Chamber members provide […]

Resolve to Make a Difference in 2023 by Volunteering with the American Red Cross

Topeka, KS— The American Red Cross Greater Kansas Chapter needs your help in 2023 and asks that you to consider making a New Year’s resolution to become a volunteer. Locally, more than 350 people volunteer with the Red Cross. These local volunteers are part of the almost 300,000 people across the country whose support enables […]

Court Upholds WV Law Protecting Women’s Sports

CHARLESTON, W.V. – A federal district court issued a decision Thursday that upholds West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, H.B. 3293, rejecting a legal challenge to the law that would have undermined women’s sports in the state by allowing males who identify as female to compete with females in girls’ and women’s sports. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys […]

Is it Poison Ivy or Virginia Creeper?

By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and Extension news service   Manhattan, KS. — Poison ivy and Virginia creeper are different in appearance during the growing season because of their leaflet patterns, but are much more similar in the winter when they have dropped their leaves, which begs the question: Why should we care?   “The […]

Kansas Teacher Shortage Prompts Calls for Higher Salaries, Paying Student Teachers

As Kansas faces the worst teacher shortage it’s ever known, one group says the state needs to raise teacher pay, elevate the profession and offer student teachers a paycheck. “Part of the problem is our salaries in education stink,” said Rick Ginsburg, dean of education at the University of Kansas. “Add to that working conditions that […]

To Adopt Healthy Eating Habits Set Realistic Goals

Manhattan, KS- The secret to succeeding is to not try to do everything at once. Instead, look at one thing you can realistically expect to accomplish within the next week. This approach to moving toward your goal is action planning. An action plan is short-term and doable, and it sets you on the road toward […]

Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Curtis and Lori Swenson, C&L Crafts

By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University    The design cut into the wood is beautiful, detailed, intricate – and handmade. It was not produced with a laser cutter or computer-aided design, but rather, entirely by hand by a remarkably skilled craftsman in rural Kansas. […]