Senior citizens around Kansas may be eligible for a program that provides checks to purchase healthy foods at their local farmers markets. The Kansas Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (KSFMNP) […]
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MIT Researchers Say Poverty Isn’t Why African Americans Die More Frequently of COVID
MIT researchers found obesity, poverty and smoking weren’t correlated to the high incidence rate of COVID-19 in African Americans. Covid-19 rarely assaults children with the force it uses against adults, […]
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People on the Move: Glenda Washington
Glenda Washington is the new senior vice president of entrepreneurial and minority business development with GO Topeka. She has 23 years of small business and procurement experience; she first came […]
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People on the Move: Stephen Westbrooks
Stephen Westbrooks has been promoted to Executive Director of IFF’s Southern Region. As Executive Director, Westbrooks is responsible for providing strategic leadership and management of operations, lending and consulting activities […]
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People on the Move: McClain Bryant Macklin
McClain Bryant Macklin is the new Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives at KC’s Health Forward Foundation. In this position, she is responsible for establishing the strategy for Health Forward’s […]
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Judge Centeno Appointed to State Racial Equity & Justice Commission
Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed Judge Monique Centeno, Wichita, District Court Judge – Division 11 of 18th District Court, to the Governor’s Commission on Racial Equity and Justice. Gov. Kelly […]
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Lessons Learned From Oklahoma May Help Missouri’s Medicaid Expansion Pass
Missouri residents, tired of inaction on their proposal to expand Medicaid to cover more of the state’s poorer residents decided to take the issue into their own hands. They drafted […]
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Kansas Almost Surrounded by States That Have Passed Medicaid Expansion
Kansas may be surrounded on all sides if Missouri passes Medicaid Expansion on Aug. 4. With just a narrow margin, Oklahoma residents voted to expand Medicaid during a special election […]
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It Looks Like Another Stimulus Package is Coming
All sorts of ideas are being bounced around, including another stimulus check. Democrats have been ready to move on another stimulus bill for a while, but, finally, it looks as […]
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Op-Ed: Want Justice? Start By Completing the Census
Census Takers to Start Follow Up With Non-responding Households in Select Locations: The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it will begin following up in Wichita. Starting the week of July […]