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Library users tend to return books in a timely way even when they don't face fines. And libraries might save money by putting less effort into collecting small fees.
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Maria Galvan used to make about $25,000 a year. She didn’t qualify for welfare, but she still had trouble meeting her basic needs. “I would just be...
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Rise Up For Youth will receive $125,000 from a national philanthropic group.The high school mentoring program in Wichita helps students escape…
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For the first time in seven years, rural America’s population is growing. The annual U.S. Department of Agriculture report “Rural America at a Glance”...
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Journalist Sarah Smarsh grew up in what she calls a working-poor family in south central Kansas. Her new memoir, Heartland, is out Tuesday. It’s a look at…
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Sit-ins and other protests over poverty and racial equality could be coming to the Kansas Statehouse, clergy and civil rights activists said Monday.They…
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The childhood poverty rate in Kansas has been decreasing since 2014. But a recently released report from the national KidsCount organization shows that…
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A state agency says it sent out a news release before the election that incorrectly claimed poverty in Kansas had declined under Gov. Sam Brownback and…
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A report by a Kansas school board association finds the increase in children receiving free or reduced-price meals is tied to poverty rates and isn't a…
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The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks Kansas 15th overall for child well-being. While that’s one spot higher than last year in the overall state rankings,…