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Widespread dense fog could finally lift this weekend... hundreds of pro-life Kansans rally in Topeka... a state lawmaker hopes to change the process for getting books banned... advocates make another push to legalize medical marijuana... and hundreds express their support for banning pear trees in Kansas. Those headlines and more, inside.
A bipartisan group of Kansas lawmakers wants to know more about last year's police raid on a small town newspaper...developers build a $150 million Margaritaville Hotel in KCK... the Lawrence community mourns the shooting death of a high school student...a flight nurse from Wichita dies in a medical helicopter crash in Oklahoma...and the Wichita school district closes a half-dozen schools due to declining enrollment. These headlines and more, inside.
Child care directors and advocates support President Joe Biden's $16 billion proposal to help stabilize the industry as pandemic-era funding ends.
A research organization is trying to help women stay in the workforce while the childcare crisis makes it harder. United We is making progress but says more needs to be done.
Stories of families underscore the issue facing all corners of Kansas — too many children and not enough quality child care options.