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Have a felony record? You still might be eligible to vote

Josh Merchant
by Josh Merchant
 The Trust Project

Until they get in touch with him, organizer TJ James says, many people with a felony conviction have no idea that they have the right to vote.

And it’s not for a lack of interest, said James, an organizer with the Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity, or MORE2.

“I’ve had people that I work with where they’ve been told specifically at the polls that they cannot vote,” James said. “They’re being told while in prison, ‘You can never vote again.’ And people, unfortunately, just don’t do the research.”

Posted inHealth

An Overland Park pharmacist quit the drug insurance game. He says it could save you money

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by Suzanne King
 The Trust Project

Nick Romo spent a decade as a pharmacist under the rule of insurance companies and their middlemen. Too often, customers couldn’t get the drugs their doctors prescribed or ran into prices so high they walked away empty-handed. So two years ago, he opened Pharmington Drugs in south Overland Park in rebellion against it all. “I […]

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One child overdosed and another cut his own neck at a Kansas foster office. What that says about the system

Blaise Mesa
by Blaise Mesa
 The Trust Project

Paramedics had to rush a Kansas foster teen to the hospital because the 15-year-old girl was overdosing on muscle relaxants at a foster care contractor’s office.  One month later, paramedics rushed back to that same Topeka office because a different foster child found glass and cut himself.  “Child on (scene) cut up his arms and […]

Posted inState Government

Kansas settled a lawsuit by promising better foster care. The latest audit shows it’s failing

Blaise Mesa
by Blaise Mesa
 The Trust Project

Kansas foster children are not getting proper mental health treatment, they’re moved between too many homes and caseworkers carry excessive workloads, a report released Monday auditing the state’s foster care system says.  The court-mandated report paints a bleak picture of the Kansas foster care system — a system that is not only showing no improvement […]

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State Rep. Marvin Robinson II, a Kansas Democrat known for siding with Republicans, has died

Blaise Mesa
by Blaise Mesa
 The Trust Project

State Rep. Marvin Robinson II, a Kansas City, Kansas, Democrat, died of pancreatic cancer. He was 67.  The U.S. Navy veteran served one term in the Kansas House and just lost reelection in a crowded Democratic primary. He was controversial in his party for siding with Republicans on some high-profile issues. He was one of […]

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