Scott Canon
Scott Canon is digital editor of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio covering health, education and politics. He started working for KCUR in January 2018.
Canon spent most of his career as a newspaper reporter, working in Illinois and California before landing in the newsroom of The Kansas City Star. At The Star, he covered mostly regional and national stories. As an editor at the newspaper, he oversaw political coverage. He also fielded a handful of overseas assignments to both very hot and very cold places.
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This time, it was in public Triveece Penelton has endured any number of racist remarks in her 16 years as a city planner. It was the one delivered in a...
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Moved how many times? One boy. In the care of the state since 2012. Shifted from one foster placement to the next. One hundred thirty times. A lawsuit...
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Revving up revenues Remember the tax cuts engineered by then-Gov. Sam Brownback? And recall how those tax cuts were followed, month after month and year...
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Worse in Kansas The foster care load in Kansas is growing faster than the rest of the country. Madeline Fox analyzed fresh national numbers on trends in...
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Kansas is America Laura Kelly is the latest Democratic governor-elect of Kansas. She portrayed her win Tuesday as a victory for bipartisanship and an...
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Kansas, a state that went for President Donald Trump by 20 points two years ago, on Tuesday turned one of its four Republican seats in Congress to...
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Democrat Laura Kelly fended off perhaps the most energizing and divisive figure in Kansas politics on Tuesday to become the next governor of Kansas....
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Vote Kansas It’s the day that will launch a million Thanksgiving arguments. For now, it’s time to cancel out the vote of your brother-in-law. Google...
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Waiting for Godot, um, JoCo The Kansas county with the most voters and the most money has also made its name as the state’s election night slowpoke....
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Vote the heck out of Dodge The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking a temporary restraining order requiring Ford County officials to increase the...