First Report Shows Kansas Child Welfare System Making Significant Progress
“The McIntyre class action lawsuit was filed in 2018.”
Former KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski Arrested by FBI, Charged with Sexual Assault and Kidnapping
“Golubski worked for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department for 35 years, retiring as a captain in 2010. For years, he has been the subject of allegations that he terrorized Black residents of the city, sexually assaulted women and exchanged drugs for information in order to clear cases.”
Touchdown! Onset of Football Season May Have Spurred Meat Market
“K-State economist notes August boost in food service demand”
K-State Child Development Expert Encourages Youth to Visit Older Adults
“Children, as ‘social beings,’ benefit from interactions with previous generations”
Kansas Supreme Court Decision Against Grandmother Could Shape Foster Care Custody Rights
“The decision could have wide-ranging impacts for biological families aggrieved by a judge’s decision on whether to give custody rights to adoptive or foster families.”
Black Babies in Kansas are More Likely to Die Than White Babies, and the Pandemic Made Things Worse
“2020 brought a sharp rise in the already-dire rate of Black infant mortality in Kansas. Black babies are now nearly three and a half times as likely to die in their first year of life as white babies.”
Kris Kobach says he’s Helping Close Border Wall Project that Led to Steve Bannon’s Fraud Charges
“Kansas Republican Kris Kobach says he’s working as an attorney to assist in the closure of the private border wall operation that led to Steve Bannon’s federal and state charges for allegedly defrauding thousands of contributors.”
Kansas Profile – Now That’s Rural: Blackbear Bosin, Artist
By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University Manhattan, KS- At the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers in downtown Wichita stands a magnificent sculpture honoring the native American history of Kansas. This iconic sculpture is known as the Keeper of the Plains. […]
This 72-Year-Old Lawyer Thinks About Retirement, but Rural Kansas Can’t Find Enough Attorneys
“Attorneys in rural Kansas are getting older and have larger workloads. A statewide task force will try to find solutions.”
Demand High for Investments in State’s Broadband Infrastructure
“The service providers’ funding requests total almost $600 million for the available $83.5 million in funding provided by the U.S. Department of Treasury under the American Rescue Plan Act.”