Jim McLean
Jim McLean is an editor and reporter for KCUR 89.3. He is the managing director of KCUR's Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KCUR and other public media stations across Kansas.
Jim was previously news director and Statehouse bureau chief for Kansas Public Radio and a managing editor for the Topeka Capital-Journal. He has received awards for journalistic excellence from the Kansas Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and Kansas Association of Broadcasters.
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KU students from Ukraine join Kansas lawmakers in protesting Russian invasion.
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Republicans in the House voted to override the governor's veto of the redistricting plan Wednesday, which was the last step to approving the map over Democratic opposition.
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A Kansas Senate committee quickly advanced a plan to protect doctors who prescribe unproven COVID treatments and let parents claim religious exemptions to school vaccine requirements.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration is lobbying lawmakers to clear the way for record-size tax breaks and incentives to lure a $4 billion manufacturing plant, but the identity of the company remains a secret.
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The Kansas House gave first-round approval to the congressional map Tuesday. It already passed the Senate, and final House approval Wednesday would send it to the governor's desk. Republicans say it accounts for population shifts. Democrats say it's intended to cost U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids her seat in Congress.
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Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wants to use billions in surplus cash to cut taxes. But Republican leaders appear reluctant to go along in an election year.
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At memorial services in the former presidential nominee's hometown and the state Capitol in Topeka, Kansans paid their respects to one of the state's most well-known leaders.
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Former Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman says politics hindered the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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Lawmakers used a one-day special session to approve the bill to allow no-questions-asked exemptions to vaccine requirements and fine Kansas businesses that don't comply.
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Dr. Lee Norman was the face of public health through the COVID-19 pandemic. That also made him a target of criticism from Republicans. He also faced internal tension with Gov. Laura Kelly's administration.