News & Issues
Enrollment Down in Federal Nutrition Program
Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism For officials in Johnson County, and across the country, it’s plain to see that enrollment is down in a federal nutrition program for low-income pregnant women and their children. Less clear, however, is why. “That seems to be the question that no one has the answer for,”…
Dollhouse Provides Window to Victorian Life in Kansas City
Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism If you’ve ever moved, you know what a headache packing and unpacking a home can be. Now imagine if you had over one hundred homes full of priceless antiques to pack and transport. Well, starting Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 the curators at the Toy and Miniature Museum…
Undocumented and Uninsured – A Health Care Challenge
Tammy Worth – Special Correspondent – The Hale Center for Journalism The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to make health insurance newly available to nearly 32 million Americans. The law has already expanded coverage for children and young adults. Beginning in January, it will broaden its reach as some states expand Medicaid…
Reflecting on Christmases Past: The Aluminum Tree at the Johnson County Museum
Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism Walking into the 1950s All-Electric House is a sensory experience somewhere between visiting your grandparents’ house and a virtual time warp. Around the holidays, that nostalgia factor goes into over-drive when the Johnson County Museum staff erects a six-foot aluminum Christmas tree – complete with a rotating…
With GED Changes Missouri and Kansas Choose Different Paths
Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism For the past 70 years, the G.E.D. test has given over 18 million people a second chance at a high school diploma. The test students take to gain their high school equivalency will be determined by the state in which they live beginning in January. While Kansas…