Jason and I retreated to the ICU waiting room to talk about his mother’s precipitous decline. Moments earlier the attending physician had spoken of her imminent death. “Six to 12 hours—maybe,” he said. I wanted…

Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well call us Evertilova. We have not always been so in step with each other; one of us is quiet, the other unquiet.  But…

This Tuesday’s conversation at Iola High School organized by Thrive Allen County’s high school interns brought around 300 students together to imagine what could be different and how things could improve in their hometown. It’s…

Lately, we seem to be so inseparable that you might as well call us Evertilova. We have not always been so in step with each other; one of us is quiet, the other unquiet. But…

Jason and I retreated to the ICU waiting room to talk about his mother’s precipitous decline. Moments earlier the attending physician had spoken of her imminent death. “Six to 12 hours—maybe,” he said. I wanted…

Dennis Pyle didn’t spoil the 2022 gubernatorial election for Kansas Republicans. But he did come awfully close. Pyle, you might remember, is the conservative state senator from Hiawatha who ran as an independent candidate against…

I was sitting in our apartment in Glendale, California, but I may as well have been on another planet that day in 1993. My grandmother, helping me with a sixth-grade report, was vividly recalling the…

Governor Laura Kelly rolled out her proposed budget Jan. 11 for the 2025 fiscal year. Her priorities include an array of strategic initiatives including cuts to property and sales taxes, expansion of Medicaid, and increased…

I’m the office nerd when it comes to sports, which can be pretty isolating.  I never played team sports growing up and as a family I don’t remember following any professional teams. It just wasn’t…

Rural Kansas communities are critical to the future of our state. We know that for our communities to thrive, rural Kansans require core services to raise a family — access to early childhood services, high…