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Brownback Say He Will Sign Tax Plan on His Desk

This comes after the Kansas Senate blocked debate Friday on a smaller tax-cutting compromise.

Wichita Transit Board Wants Quarter-Cent Sales Tax Increase

The next step is for the Wichita City Council to consider the request and determine when to put the issue on the ballot or if it should go to a public vote at all.

Kansas Senate Majority Leader Remains Hospitalized

Senator Emler’s office confirmed Friday that he would not return to the Statehouse for the day’s business.

President Obama To Deliver Commencement Address In Joplin

The administration says the Joplin community’s resilience and selflessness in the face of tragedy continues to inspire our nation.

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Transit Meeting Called; Tax Compromise Could Fall Apart; Pension Measure Approved; Jobless Rate Drops

Kansas Jobless Rate Drops In April

State labor officials say the Kansas economy continues to show growth this spring as evidenced by a decline in the April unemployment rate.

Tax Compromise in Kansas Statehouse Could Be Falling Apart

This week House and Senate negotiators reached a tax-cutting compromise as an alternative to a massive tax reduction plan waiting on the desk of Governor Sam Brownback.

Wichita Transit Calls Special Meeting On Sales Tax Resolution

At the meeting, the board will vote on a resolution to present to the City Council, which would include a dedicated transit sales tax.

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Reports: Lockerbie Bomber Dies

The former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie, Scotland, bombing has died, according to reports. He was 59.

White House Balances Money, Security In Afghanistan

The White House is urging war-weary NATO leaders to dig deeper into their pockets to share the commitment to get Afghanistan's forces to stand up on their own so U.S. and NATO forces can pull out in 2014. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Ben Rhodes, White House spokesperson on national security issues.

A Lawman Killed By Hate; Now, ATF Remembers

Host Rachel Martin takes a moment to remember William Henderson Foote, a black federal agent in Mississippi in the late 1800s. He was honored this week by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The View Of The War From Afghanistan

Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Julie McCarthy in Islamabad and Quil Lawrence in Kabul about the situation on the ground in that region of Afghanistan.

Lost, Found And Replaced: Lincoln's Sword

Last fall, President Abe Lincoln lost his sword. The copper blade went missing from atop Lincoln's burial site in Illinois. Authorities eventually recovered it, but in two pieces. Now, as Rachel Otwell reports, the artifact has been replaced.

Donor Resurrects Endangered Bookmobile

When a bookmobile broke down last winter in rural Vermont, patrons, especially preschoolers, really missed it. Then a donor, who heard an NPR story about the rolling library's demise, came up with over $100,000 for a replacement. The town can't believe its good fortune. Vermont Public Radio's Charlotte Albright reports.

Sports Injuries: A Look At The Data

If life is a ballgame, then NPR's Mike Pesca is the guy in the stands, carrying his own stat-sheet and searching out empirical evidence. Host Rachel Martin speaks with Pesca about what the numbers have to say about injuries.

Where Chen Fits In A History Of Dissidents

Host Rachel Martin talks with China scholar Perry Link about activist Chen Guangcheng's arrival in the U.S. Link has followed the lives of Chinese dissidents involved with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.

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