RURAL BROADBANDTrump Cuts Washington Red Tape—and Kansas Gets to Pick Its Broadband Weapon
Nearly $452 million and a technology-neutral contest put rural Kansas communities closer to a connection that works.
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FARMER HEALTHMarshall Drags Farmer Mental Health Out of the Shadows in a Senate Hearing
The Kansas physician-senator brought farm-family pressure and the stigma around it into the Senate.
RURAL HEALTHMarshall vs. Medicare’s Mileage Rule: Let Rural Kansans See the Doctor
The CONNECT for Health Act would stop geography and temporary federal rules from blocking modern care.
SOUTHWEST KANSASMarshall’s Southwest Kansas Tour Puts Washington on Notice
From Liberal’s pancake race to water, jobs, public safety, and mental health, the senator carried local priorities into the federal fight.
EDUCATIONRepublican Susan Estes Puts Kansas’ Reading Bureaucracy on Notice
The GOP education chair’s House Bill 2660 puts a price tag and deadline behind the promise that Kansas children will learn to read.
BIOSECURITYMoran Makes Washington Back Down, Clears Hiring Roadblock at Manhattan Biosecurity Lab
The Kansas Republican went after a federal hiring freeze that threatened NBAF. USDA gave him the exemption he demanded.
VETERANSMoran Puts Rural Veterans First as VA Greenlights Major Junction City Clinic
The Republican Veterans’ Affairs chairman is championing a 40,000-square-foot facility designed to bring primary, specialty and mental-health care closer to Kansas veterans.
PUBLIC SAFETYRepublican Kyle McNorton Draws a Harder Line on Repeat Felons
The GOP lawmaker’s HB 2444 targets the repeat-felony cycle with presumptive prison, secured bonds and accountability that does not disappear at the jailhouse door.