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Just in the time for the holiday shopping season a new pop-up art gallery is opening up at Block 22 in downtown Pittsburg. The theme of the exhibit is ‘Bringing Pittsburg of the Past into Pittsburg of the Present’. It’s a collaboration between Pittsburg State professor S. Portico Bowman, the Kansas Small Business Development Center […]

Kansas Democrats are offering up a new Medicaid expansion plan ahead of the 2020 session. As Stephen Koranda of the Kansas News Service reports, there’s a significant shift on the topic, as some Republicans who previously opposed expansion are ready to take a look. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into two incidents […]

The EU ambassador put Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the center of the impeachment investigation Wednesday, saying Pompeo knew about President Trump’s reasons for withholding military aid from Ukraine. The company responsible for a toxic cloud of chlorine gas in Atchison, Kansas, has pleaded guilty to a violation of the federal Clean Air Act. […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Wednesday was tied more directly to the events surrounding Ukraine that have driven efforts to impeach President Trump. That development comes as speculation continues about whether Pompeo might return to Kansas to run for the U.S. Senate. Stephen Koranda of the Kansas News Service reports. Kansas higher education officials say […]

As we countdown the days left in 2019 and look to start anew in 2020 officials at state universities across Kansas are looking at what the new legislative could hold in store for higher-ed funding in the coming year. In his monthly appearance on the KRPS’s Crimson and Gold Connection, Pittsburg State President Steve Scott […]

A troubled contractor in the Kansas Medicaid system has been making improvements. But as Stephen Koranda of the Kansas News Service reports, Aetna Better Health still faces the risk of being fired. Neodesha students in southeast Kansas found out Tuesday  they can go to college tuition free … up to the cost of the University […]

Governor Laura Kelly heard concerns Tuesday night about shortages ranging from water to internet to health care in southwest Kansas at the first stop on a listening tour the Democrat says will shape the budget she submits to lawmakers. Corinne Boyer of the Kansas News Service reports. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly … along with state […]

The Grammy-Award winning quartet Third Coast Percussion is coming to Southeast Kansas for the first time this Friday night as a part of the 2019-2020 Solo and Chamber Music series hosted by the Pittsburg State’s Music Department. Ensemble Member and Technical Director Sean Connors of TCP joined KRPS’s Morning Edition on Wednesday to speak about […]

Kansas U.S. Representative Sharice Davids is taking aim at surprise medical bills with a new piece of legislation. From KCUR Alex Smith reports. Officials say that at current sedimentation rates, the Kansas River Basin will not be able to meet the eastern part of the state’s water needs as early as 2057. Missouri  Governor Mike […]

New rules for tracking carbon monoxide poisoning showed Kansas saw more than 170 cases in a year. Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service has more. Kansas is not doing very well when it comes to how much money people are earning since the recession, landing in the bottom 10 states in the last year. […]