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Kaylee Obisesan

Kaylee Obisesan is a Heartlander staff reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. A Miami University graduate, she has also reported for news outlets in Indiana and Ohio.

Courts
Judge blocks Indiana abortion ban, curiously citing religious freedom to abort

Indiana’s abortion ban can no longer be enforced after a judge issued a final court order Thursday declaring the law violates a heretofore unknown religious freedom… Read More

March 6, 2026
Kansas City
Bombs found near Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial; California man charged

A California man faces over 100 years in prison after reportedly admitting to leaving 20 homemade explosives in a trash can near Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial.  Kansas City Police… Read More

March 5, 2026
Kansas
Parents must OK student walkouts under proposed Kansas law

Kansas students would be prohibited from walking out of school to protest without parental permission, if a provision passed by the state Senate survives the legislative budget process. The Senate… Read More

March 5, 2026
Kansas
Kansas governor takes ‘phony victory lap,’ stops stalling on SNAP data release

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly belatedly agreed to release federally requested SNAP data in a “victory” announcement Friday after seven months of refusal.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested information… Read More

March 4, 2026
Education
Hard-hitting Kansas bill would publicly track school staff guilty of professional, criminal misconduct

A bold Kansas bill would create an education inspector general and require schools to report teacher misconduct and those responsible for the misdeeds to be listed on a statewide… Read More

March 3, 2026