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The Kansas Free Press strives to be the most trusted state-wide online newspaper, featuring both opinion and news, written exclusively by citizen journalists. By writing about the places, local events, politics and, especially, the people of Kansas, our journalists hope to coax others into meaningful public conversations about our way of life and the future of Kansas. Our writers are chiefly interested in examining what the people of Kansas value most and how we, our communities and our governments respond to those values.
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Too Soon to Predict Doom for Kansas Democrats in 2010
GREAT BEND, KS. While some believe the announcement that six-term Democrat Congressman Dennis Moore will not run for reelection is another nail in Kansas' Democrats 2010 coffin, it is far too soon to say anything definitive about next year's elec...
Close Encounters of an Undocumented Kind
Next month, the Spanish edition of Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives is coming to bookshelves near you. Edited by Peter Orner, Underground America is the third installment of McSweeney's Voice of Witness series. It consists of 24 ...
KS - 03 Congressman Dennis Moore Retiring
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Deputy Communications Director, Megan McClendon confirmed this afternoon that, "He (Moore) is indeed stepping down." U.S. Congressman Dennis Moore, 64, now serving his 6th term, will become the first member of Congress to ret...
Citizens Believe Kansas Health Care Should Change
HAYS, Kan. - A recent survey by the non-partisan Docking Institute of Public Affairs sought to understand what Kansans think about Kansas. Through a 2009 telephone survey of random adult residents between April and September, 2,082 households were c...
The Way of the Brain
HAYS, Kansas--Lately, there has been a spate of media coverage on the connection of brain damage to the sport of football. The New York Times, NPR, and PBS have all weighed in. Congress held hearings about it, too. Probably the most influential pi...
Fort Leavenworth\'s International Officer Program and People to People International
BASEHOR, Kan. - The United States Army's Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth is the premier military command staff training school in the world. In addition to training U.S. officers to assume command staff positons, it invi...


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