K-State Announces New Need-Based Grant Program Covering In-State Tuition
“The award, known as the Land Grant Promise, provides tuition-free undergraduate education and exemplifies the university’s land-grant commitment to access and affordability for Kansas residents.”
NASA Scientists Visit Kansas Farm on Information Seeking Mission
“Space agency official says 22 satellites help boost U.S. agriculture production “
Vasserman Using NSF Grant to Broaden Rural Access to Computing Education in Kansas
“The two-year, nearly $300,000 project, “BPC-DP: Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Groups Through the Computational Core Initiative,” will expand the department’s Computational Core Initiative to include as many as 20 high schools throughout the state while identifying and addressing immediate barriers faced by rural students who wish to study computer science.”
Most Kansas Voters Want Abortion Access, but Their Legislators May Further Restrict it Anyway
Lawrence, KS — Voters made beyond clear that they didn’t want to give the Kansas Legislature more power to restrict abortion. But the state’s lawmakers spent the last generation enacting ever-tighter restrictions. And their ranks are loaded with people who want to go even further. Now, despite voters declaring by a nearly 60-40 margin that they didn’t want […]
Voters Kept Abortion Legal in Kansas, but Clinics Can’t Keep Up
“Earlier this month, voters soundly rejected an amendment to the Kansas Constitution that could have led to an abortion ban. But abortion remains tightly restricted in the state even as women from across the region flood Kansas clinics.”
Kansas Recounted 550,000 Ballots After the Abortion Amendment Lost. Only About 60 Votes Changed
“Abortion opponents requested the recount in nine counties after making unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The recount showed the amendment still lost by wide margins.”
Missing Kansas Kids
“This weeks Kansas Missing Kids are: 17 year old Sinan Damani; 16 year old Ivy Jade Perez; 16 year old Alejandra Salas; 15 year old Trinity Sproul; 16 year old Lauren McQuigg; 16 year old Lucia Hernandez; and 16 year old Taylor Criswell.”
RELEASE: Schmidt Proposes Major Four-Lane Highway as Priority to Grow Southern Kansas
“Schmidt administration will prioritize four-lane highway connecting Southeast Kansas, Wichita and Southwest Kansas, propose constitutional amendment to protect long-term stability of transportation funding”
Kansas Counties Start Recounting Abortion Amendment Votes. But It Won’t Change the Blowout Defeat
“Nine Kansas counties must hand recount votes for the defeated state constitutional amendment on abortion after advocates raised $120,000 to pay for the effort. The largely symbolic recount won’t change the result of the election.”
Two Books Chosen to Represent Kansas at National Book Festival
““A Vote for Susanna” and “The Chicken Sisters” chosen for the National Center for the Book’s Great Reads from Great Places program”