Kansas
State Government
Governor
Laura Kelly (D)
State Senate
11
Democrats,
29
Republicans
State House
40
Democrats,
84
Republicans
Economic well-being - Kansas
Extreme poverty rate
0.1
Food insecurity
0.1
Minimum wage
7.3
Percent of working families under 200% of the poverty line
0.3
Poverty rate
10.9%
Unemployment rate
3.8
Number of Black or African American children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Number of Hispanic or Latino children living in families where no parent has full-time, year-round employment
Percent of individuals who are uninsured
8.5
The Kansas City Star, December 02, 2012: (Editorial) Building a bridge across the digital divide
"Time Warner is working with nine school districts and about 30 charter schools, appealing to families of low-income students with offers of Internet connections for $9.95 a month. Families that relocate will obtain Internet service at their new address at no added cost. That's important in districts where students and parents move often."
The Kansas City Star, October 23, 2012: KC district loses federal grant to help homeless students
"Past recordkeeping problems have come back to trouble Kansas City Public Schools and threaten the district's services for homeless students. The district has lost a $150,000 federal grant and this week let go of three of the five employees who had been on the homeless services team, including the program coordinator."
The Wichita Eagle, October 11, 2012: (Op-Ed) Digital textbooks unfair to low-income kids
"The cost of buying a computer to keep up with new software and demands for Internet speed and memory requires an affluent income in a recession economy. Since 2008, a flood of data has shown the growing number of schoolchildren who live in poverty. A substantial number do not have enough to eat. It should be evident to school administrators who work outside of the rich suburbs that large numbers of households lack computers and Internet connections."