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Forum Explores Conservative Route to Kansas Medicaid Expansion
If policy makers in deep-red Indiana can do it, so can their equally conservative counterparts in Kansas. That was the dominant – though not unanimously held – message at a Medicaid forum Tuesday at Johnson County Community College, where the topic was expanding the Kansas Medicaid program to cover as many as 150,000 additional Kansans….
Going whole hog toward sustainability?
A global effort is underway that may change the way we look at waste from farm animals. China, Brazil, Costa Rica, and India, along with others, are all developing new technologies that use biodigester systems that essentially convert cow and pig manure into clean, renewable energy. Here in the United States, Smithfield Foods, the largest…
Ranking Kansas City’s Food Scene: 2015
The burgeoning food and drink scene in Kansas City earned a lot of national press this past year. We thought we take a quick look back at some of the notable mentions for libations and gustatory delights (and, yes, there’s a mention of KC BBQ below too) in print and online publications. Folks can’t seem…
The Weekender: New Year’s Eve 2015 Edition
New Year’s Eve is a terrible, terrible holiday. Just ask Jennifer Lawrence. The star recently told British talk show host Graham Norton how much she hates the holiday. J. Law knows. New Year’s Eve, after all, celebrates nothing. Most holidays have a spiritual or historical significance. Not New Year’s. The entire holiday exists as a…
Music | Best of Local Shows and National Sounds
To say the hosts of The Bridge‘s Eight One Sixty music show, Sarah Bradshaw and Chris Haghirian, have heard some tunes this year would be a massive understatement. Here’s their actual statements on the year that was in music: Chris Haghirian: Top Ten Shows of 2015 6/27/2015 The Rolling Stones | Arrowhead Went into it with no expectations and…