Kansas must do better for children in poverty
Recently, my team at Kansas Action for Children examined trends in data to see how our state’s kids and families are doing.
Opinion
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Driving to End Hunger
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I was a proud and active Kansas Republican. But the party and its leaders have changed.
How I long for the days when Republicans elected to public office in Kansas were sane — as in approachable, willing to listen and discuss alternative perspectives, willing to compromise so that everyone got a little something.I was a registered Republican for years.
Empowering Kansas women: the path to economic and civic advancement
Last month WalletHub released its list of “Best and Worst Cities for Women”, ranking 182 large cities across the country.Two Kansas cities — Wichita and Overland Park — made the rankings along with Kansas City, MO.Though their positions couldn’t be more drastically different.Overland Park ranked 8th in the country for best cities for women while Wichita ranked 149th.
Letter to the editor
End the wait listGovernor Kelly and those clamoring to expand KanCare/Medicaid to cover able bodied working Kansans need to stop doing so until she has ended the wait list for the almost 7,500 I/DD and PD Kansans that continue to languish while waiting for crucially needed services that they’ve already qualified for.The wait list for Intellectually/Developmentally Disabled and Physically Disabled Kansans is now over 11 years long and is now at an all-time high of 5,096 I/DD and 2,381 PD Kansans.
“Return to the office” as corporate welfare
“Fewer than 26% of US households still have someone working remotely at least one day a week,” Bloomberg reports, “a sharp decline from the early-2021 peak of 37%,” citing US Census Bureau statistics.
Plains Folk: The last of the rodeo movies
As promised in my last column, here are some of the flaws in “J.
Fall traditions
Fall harvest is in full swing on our central Kansas farm.Despite the smattering of golden triangles fluttering in my yard, there’s still plenty of green leaves shimmering from the cottonwoods in my neighborhood.
Adolescent dysfunction of Congress.
Little boxes, made of ticky-tacky...--Malvina ReynoldsWhen someone is determined to ignore the obvious, we sometimes say, “Um, he really has his head in the sand.”What is patently obvious to all Americans right now is the adolescent dysfunction of Congress.Republicans blame each other.