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These Cannabis Products Sold in Kansas Could Get You High, and Maybe Arrested

Shops in Hays, Kansas, have been told to turn over their stocks of delta-8 THC products to law enforcement, or they could face criminal repercussions.

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Earl Coleman receives his COVID-19 vaccine from MU Health Care staff nurse Paige Spry, RN, during MU Health Care’s vaccination clinic in the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo. on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

Study Ranks States on Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic. How did Missouri and Kansas do?

A new study suggests Missouri remains one of the most unsafe states during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic.

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University of Washington Professor Quintard Taylor delivers lecture

Kansas’ Important Place in Black History

Today, Kansas is known as a deeply conservative state, but a historian reminded a Kansas City audience that the state actually has a long history of racial progressivism dating back even before its statehood. “There is no other state beyond Kansas whose history is so intertwined with the idea of African-American freedom, African-American liberation,” said…

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Lobbyist in KS state capitol

Nurses’ push for independence from doctors stalls in KS Legislature

By Jim McLean – KHI News Service The ways of the Kansas Legislature are a frustrating mystery to Merilyn Douglas. The advanced practice registered nurse from Garden City is part of a group that is pushing for passage of a bill that would allow APRNs to practice independently from physicians. But that push has stalled….

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