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Twenty years of building permit data shows Wichita lacking 17,000 single-family homes after the pace of construction slowed with the Great Recession. At the current clip for building new homes, it would take more than 25 years to catch up.
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This week on "The Range," we look into why Wichita’s housing market is so tight. Also, we look at an old-fashioned toy with enduring appeal.
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Health care leaders worry rural hospitals could be hit hard by Medicaid spending reductions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." In the Midwest and Great Plains, Oklahoma and Kansas could face the highest risk of hospital closures and service reductions.
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The field is growing more crowded as Republicans and Democrats line up to seek the Kansas governor's office.
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A federal judge ruled that Kansas lawmakers were suppressing free speech when they passed a law targeting mail-in ballots. The law was passed one month after the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
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A Shawnee Mission teacher says kids learning English won't get 'fair education' after funding freezeThe Trump administration withheld billions of dollars for schools, including funding that Kansas City area schools rely on to support students learning English as a second language. A local teacher says that will cause "an ache" for schools and some may have to cut roles or programs.
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Israel's military said the airdrops would begin Saturday night in Gaza, after mounting accounts of starvation-related deaths. Israeli officials also said humanitarian corridors will be established.
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A months-long recall effort to oust lawmakers considered pro-Chinese has failed in the self-governing island's legislature.
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The U.S. president is spending a long weekend in his late mother's birth country of Scotland. There, he's been confronted by protesters waving photos of Jeffrey Epstein.
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The Southwest Boeing 737 dropped almost 500 feet to avoid another aircraft.
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That's how the head of the World Health Organization paid tribute to Nabarro's lifelong public health leadership. A physician, Nabarro was a leading voice in the effort to quash the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Founded by George W. Bush, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was taken out of the list of agencies that lost previously pledged funds. But its future is far from certain.
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Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease.
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