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State Government December 10, 2025 - 6:06 pm

Kansas AG ditches anti-immigration health care lawsuit after change in federal policy

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

Kris Kobach announced Wednesday he voluntarily dismissed his federal lawsuit that targeted health care for immigrants across the U.S. But health care for certain immigrants was stripped away months ago.

State News December 10, 2025 - 3:42 pm

Kansas tribe fires business leaders for accepting $30 million ICE detention center contract

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation has fired senior leaders of its tribally owned business for accepting a nearly $30 million deal to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

State News December 8, 2025 - 10:18 pm

CoreCivic changes course and will ask Leavenworth for permit to house ICE detainees

by Zane Irwin, Kansas News Service

Private prison company CoreCivic has applied for a permit to hold immigration detainees at its dormant Leavenworth facility, the city said on Monday.

State Government December 8, 2025 - 3:17 pm

Kansas legislative leadership wobbly on redistricting as January session draws near

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

Kansas legislators’ messaging has teetered between confident and uncertain as they approach a possible attempt at drawing new Congressional lines in January.

State Government December 4, 2025 - 2:27 pm

Kansas governor says ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ could cost state $150 million or more

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is expected to cost Kansas at least $150 million as provisions cutting health care programs go into effect, Gov. Laura Kelly said in an interview with Kansas Reflector.

Environment December 4, 2025 - 10:26 am

Kansas will get the world’s first mile-deep nuclear reactor and the groundbreaking is next week

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

Parsons, Kansas, will be the site of a startup’s first ever 1-mile-deep nuclear reactor, and the groundbreaking is next week.

Business December 3, 2025 - 10:19 am

Kansas is one of the top hemp growing states, but a federal change threatens the industry

by Dylan Lysen, Kansas News Service

Kansas hemp growers and processors say a new, stricter federal law could derail the entire industry. The state has grown to one of the top five hemp producing states in the country.

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Health December 3, 2025 - 10:11 am

Kansas to boost access to behavioral health care with share of $72M grant

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

State officials say Kansas’ shift to 18th from last in the nation in an assessment of mental illness and access to behavioral health care is a direct outcome of investment in quality care.

State Government November 26, 2025 - 2:17 pm

Kansas looking at three bidders for $10 million contract relying on AI to find guns in schools

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas attorney general’s office continues to work toward awarding a $10 million contract to a private vendor for deployment of AI and use of security cameras to spot guns in public schools.

State News November 26, 2025 - 11:30 am

Tariffs trickle into cost of Thanksgiving dinner, jilting consumers and farmers

by Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector

The U.S. food industry is being hit hard by tariff policies and rising costs, and families see the effects in the cost of their Thanksgiving meals, according to a leader of the Kansas Farmers Union.

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