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What’s behind the push for a new sales tax? Wichita voters will decide in March whether to enact a 1% city sales tax for the next seven years. The revenue would be directed at public safety, housing and cultural investments.
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Scientists in the middle of the country told Harvest Public Media that 2025 was a year of major changes and uncertainty. -
This week on "The Range," what’s behind the push for a new sales tax? Also, finding art in the world of aviation. -
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s agriculture business grows hemp without irrigation, insecticides or plowing. Now its product is helping to build a home in Ogden. -
The newly released state data shows it’s the second consecutive year abortions in Kansas have exceeded annual numbers prior to 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. -
Federal data found that millions of people struggled to get enough food in 2024. The report will be the final publication of such data after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will scrap the annual hunger survey.
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Jordan Strauss/AP/InvisionSome celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis. -
Evan Vucci/APMalaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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President Trump said Sunday that Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters. -
A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs. -
The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Fed over chair Jerome Powell's testimony over the central bank's headquarters renovation. Powell calls it part of a pressure campaign over interest rates. -
Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor, Jessie Buckley and Noah Wyle all took home acting prizes at Sunday night's awards. -
A new portrait of President Trump is on display at the National Portrait Gallery's "America's Presidents" exhibition. Text accompanying the portrait removes references to Trump's impeachments.
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We all like to feel a bit fancy from time to time, but when we turn to French, it can get us in trouble.
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