Category: News
Commerce official awarded lucrative consulting gig — with Commerce Department
Cronyism in Kansas government is nothing new, but it may have reached new heights with a recent deal in which…
2023 Freedom Index shows liberty is not a red or blue issue
Seventy-three of the 165 Kansas House and Senate members scored better than 85% on the 2023 Kansas Freedom Index, including Wyandotte County…
Chief of Shawnee Tribe says KU professor falsely claims Indian descent
A University of Kansas professor who claims to be of Indian descent is falsifying his ancestory, according to Shawnee Tribe…
$1,000 KEEP grants available to Kansas students to combat pandemic learning loss
The Kansas Education Enrichment Program (KEEP), using $50 million in federal Covid-19 relief funds, offers $1,000 grants to eligible Kansas…
Federal judge hobbles “Kansas Two-Step”
Writing that the Kansas Highway Patrol “waged war on motorists,” U.S. District of Kansas Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil ordered…
Regulatory burden spikes under Biden
If president Joe Biden were to be reelected for a second term, the regulatory burden imposed by his administration could…
Recall of Leavenworth School Board Member Vanessa Reid fails
Supporters of a campaign to oust USD 453 board member Vanessa Reid failed to gather the required number of signatures…
Overland Park officials blow off residents’ requests for help with storm cleanup
You might think an elected offical of city that hiked property tax more than three times the combined rates of…
AFP-Kansas presents Frederick Douglass Award to Rep. Marvin Robinson II
A free-market group, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas, has given its first ever Frederick Douglass Award “for standing on principle…
BCBS Kansas hides Pride Parade participation from policyholders
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Kansas (BCBSKS), headquartered in Topeka, will not answer questions about the company’s role in the Pride Parade…
IT audit finds rampant cybersecurity issues at state agencies
More than two years after Kansas became the No. 1 state for unemployment fraud in the nation, a new IT…
Research shows poor people are the hardest hit by green energy costs
The price impact of green energy policies on necessities like gasoline, home heating oil and electricity impose a greater cost…
Ohio becomes 8th state to enact universal school choice in the last two years
With a stroke of his pen, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law the nation’s eighth School Choice legislation, all…
Kansas taxpayers snookered again; Oklahoma lands bigger Panasonic battery plant with smaller price tag
The Kelly/Toland administration told Kansas legislators they had to approve nearly $1 billion in subsidies to ‘win’ the competition with…
KJI appeals Covey Find Kennel 4th Amendment case
The Kansas Justice Institute (KJI) is continuing to fight for a Cowley County dog trainer’s rights under the 4th Amendment,…
Kansas #8 on list of least tax-friendly states for middle-class families
High income and sales taxes in Kansas, the result of Governor Kelly’s vetoes of two tax relief packages this year…
LPA issues scathing report on at-risk student spending
A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of…
Nebraska storm issues “Hail No!” warning for Johnson/Douglas County solar farm
A late June storm with baseball-size hail devastated the Community Solar Farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, shattering some 14,000 panels, and…
Connell says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper
Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe Board of Education…
Evidence-Based Grading: another attempt to obscure poor performance?
The Shawnee Mission School District will unveil the concept of “Evidence-Based Grading” (EBG) in the upcoming school year,fueling the conversation…
SCOTUS decision will have little effect on Kansas college admissions
A Supreme Court decision in late June will have little effect on college admissions in Kansas according to the Kansas…
Shawnee City Council members push back on staff departure complaints
A year ago, the Shawnee City Council was labeled “the only conservative-majority council in Johnson County.” Now that majority is…
Stanford CREDO study shows charter schools outperform traditional public school
A new study by Stanford University’s Center For Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) shows that charter school students outperform traditional…
Kansas has lost 5,500 private-sector jobs in 2023, rest of the region gains
Kansas is the only state in the region that has lost private-sector jobs so far in 2023 according to statistics…