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Mini shopping cart filled with school supplies.

‘Black Friday in August’: Kansas lawmakers hope to pass new school tax holiday

by Maria Benevento March 25, 2022August 7, 2022

Andres Hubbard sitting at his kitchen table.

‘Knocked down over and over again’: How a Kansas bill loosening SNAP restrictions failed

by Stefania Lugli March 21, 2022August 7, 2022

Kansas Statehouse in Topeka

Kansas lawmakers file bills about transgender athletes, remote learning, vaccines and parents’ rights

by Maria Benevento February 23, 2022August 7, 2022

The Sedgwick County Courthouse

Child restraints, no-knock warrants, survivor benefits: Kansas justice reform bills to watch

by Stefania Lugli February 7, 2022August 7, 2022

Bench outside Wichita South High School

Vaccine mandates, teacher pay and scholarships: Kansas education bills to watch

by Maria Benevento January 28, 2022August 7, 2022

Sheriff Jeff Easter is president of Sedgwick County’s Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition, which alongside the county is seeking a new regionalized state mental health hospital in the Wichita area. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)

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‘We’ve become the substitute state hospital’: Four years later, Sedgwick County still calling for state mental health hospital

by Celia Hack January 10, 2022August 7, 2022