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Sen. Carolyn McGinn, second from right, earned the 2024 Kansas Water Legacy Award at the Governor’s Water Conference Nov. j14 in Manhattan. She is pictured with Dawn Buehler, chair of the Kansas Water Authority; Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Connie Owen, director of the Kansas Water Office. (Photo by Bill Spiegel.)
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Kansas set to act upon water issues

Gov. Laura Kelly, her administration and Kansas lawmakers are working to put a working plan together on water, Bill Spiegel writes. Read More

(Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)
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Governor Kelly announces more than $320,000 for seven Kansas Water Plan Partnership Initiative projects

Kansas Wind Farm with agriculture in Pratt, KS. (Photo: iStock - Cavan Images)
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Gov. Kelly announces $9M investment for drought mitigation in Kansas



Kansas Governor Laura Kelly spoke March 18 at the Ogallala Aquifer Summit in Liberal, Kansas. (Courtesy photo.)

Governor Kelly tells Ogallala Aquifer Summit that Kansas’ future depends on water 

Kansas short line railways granted $16.5 million

Tree row. (Journal photo by Jennifer Theurer.)

Governor Kelly receives Wildfire Task Force report

Gov. Laura Kelly delivers remarks at the 2023 Governor's Conference on the Future of Water. (Courtesy photo.)

Kansas governor speaks at water conference 

Wooden sign with "Future home of the American Royal" printed on it. (Courtesy photo.)

Barn raising celebrates American Royal’s new facility construction

Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy tour roundtable in Manhattan, KS, November 8, 2023 (Photo: courtesy of the Kansas Office of the Governor)

Governor Kelly and agriculture leaders discuss medicaid expansion during Manhattan roundtable

The High Plains Aquifer provides 30 percent of the water used in the nation’s irrigated agriculture. The aquifer runs under South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Governor Kelly Announces Kansas Receiving Nearly $25 Million to Support High Plains Aquifer

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hilmar Cheese plant in Dodge City, Kansas. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Cheese plant on pace for 2024 opening