Across the nation, including here in Kansas, a stirring conversation is happening in child welfare. Child well-being systems are working to cultivate prevention efforts to aid families in crisis by offering a suite of tailored services.
Good news: Kansas is projected to have a budget surplus of $2.9 billion. Bad news: Kansas is on the hook to pay nearly $2 million in attorney fees to the American Civil Liberties Union and another firm.
With record heat waves, tragic flooding and wildfires in the news, it’s hard not to have weather patterns top of mind. These challenges highlight the need to address the multi-faceted causes of climate change in Kansas.
Kansas can improve future health outcomes for families by extending health care for new mothers and infants. Unfortunately, significant racial disparities exist in maternal and child health.
Hello neighbors and friends, Christmas is around the corner, and if you’re like me, sometimes the craziness of the season itself can overshadow the things we are supposed to be thankful for. Rather than finding enjoyment in preparing meals for others, putting up Christmas lights, and attending functions and gatherings with friends, we end up burdened by these endeavors because we become overwhelmed and self-focused.
Here we are again to remind you the pandemic is not over … no matter how many of us wish it was. It should go without saying that this pandemic can’t be wished away.
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of having access to affordable health care. But in Kansas, comprehensive insurance coverage remains out of reach for more than 139,000 low-income adults that could be insured through Medicaid.
This past week has been a time of reflection with the passing of Sen. Bob Dole.
Early in the morning of Dec. 5, former Kansas senator and political icon Bob Dole passed away at age 98. Amidst the outpouring of articles and tributes to Dole that followed, a quote from a resident of Dole’s hometown of Russell, Kansas, stood out: “He was one of a kind — unfortunately.”