Jim McLean
Jim McLean is managing director of the Kansas News Service, a collaboration between KMUW 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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A retiring incumbent with no clear replacement, a pandemic and a president who's slipping in the polls creates a rare opportunity for Democrats – and trouble for Republicans.
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NewsThe party has held both Senate seats in the state since the Great Depression, but ahead of a Monday deadline Republicans aren't confident that any of the candidates are assured of winning in November. -
Republicans have had both of Kansas' Senate seats since the Great Depression. But this year they are worried they could lose them — some state's suburbs have started trending towards Democrats.
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There is a political fight in Kansas over whether churches can gather more than 10 people for Easter Sunday.
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NewsAs lawmakers returned to the Kansas state capitol this year, three seats won by Republicans are now in the hands of Democrats. That's after three suburban Republican women left the GOP. -
Election night brought some power shifts to Kansas. A Democrat won the governor's race while another flipped a congressional seat.
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In the Kansas race for governor, established Republicans are throwing their support behind the Democrat. Why? They say the Republican nominee would be bad for the state.
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The Senate has confirmed Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback for a State Department post. That means Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer inherits Brownback's tax cut experiment that saddled the state with budget shortfalls.
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NewsRepublican Gov. Sam Brownback said the 2012 tax cuts would deliver a "shot of adrenaline" to the state's economy. Instead, revenues crashed, spending cuts, borrowing and accounting tricks followed. -
Brownback, a staunch social conservative, was one of the least popular governors in the country after tax cuts he championed failed to ignite the state's economy and led to deep spending cuts.
