Category: News
Prosecutor considers election bribery charge against Hays superintendent
Ellis County Attorney Robert Anderson, Jr. is reviewing the results of an investigation into election bribery by Hays USD 489…
Is Ethics Advisory Board ruling on solar project politically motivated?
Some people in Johnson County believe a recusal order by the Ethics Advisory Board is selectively applying ethics guidelines to…
Ohio mom prevails in free speech case over local school board
An Ohio mother filed a free speech lawsuit in federal court against her school board after being ordered to “zip…
Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard wins partial victory in pronoun lawsuit
Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard has won an initial victory in her lawsuit against her school district’s pronoun policy. On…
Butler County Community College continues to fail transparency test
For the second time in as many years, it has taken pointed questions from the Sentinel to get the Butler…
City of Shawnee votes to make housing more expensive
While the Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly were working in a bipartisan fashion to address issues with affordable rural housing,…
KSHSAA competitive balance effort for schools, not biological girls
The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) allows transgender biological males to compete against biological girls, but it draws…
Education officials top the 2021 KPERS ‘millionaires’ list
Data provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows Kansas has 3,349 KPERS ‘millionaires’ – state and local government…
Kelly appointees limit consumer input on eminent domain, rate hikes
In an almost unprecedented move, the Kansas Corporation Commission limited the ability of a consumer interest group to intervene on…
Audit reveals growing pains in tax credit scholarship program
The Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program is helping low-income students escape some of the worst-performing schools in…
House fails to override Kelly’s veto of civil rights bills
The Kansas House of Representatives failed on April 28, 2022, to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of two civil rights…
WYCO cyberattack was more serious than officials admit
After initially discounting the event, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County is in recovery mode following the Easter Weekend cyberattack…
Kansas Health Institute uses flawed assumptions to push Medicaid expansion
A new white paper from the Kansas Health Institute suggests that new federal incentives would lower the cost of Medicaid…
Higher, fourth tax bracket proposed by governor‘s Tax Council
Single tax filers in Kansas earning over $50,000 and couples with incomes over $100,000 would be subjected to a new,…
RSPS: Kansas is in bottom half of state economic performance
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ranks in the bottom half of governors nationally, but according to the American Legislative Exchange Council,…
Tax, education issues await legislators’ return this month
The Kansas Legislature returns on April 25th with a host of issues awaiting its attention and that of the governor.…
Land taken by eminent domain would send electricity out of state
If a federal agency and a wind power developer have their way, a swath half a football field wide will…
Legislation finalizes raw milk free speech win in court
Got raw milk? If you produce it, you can now advertise it wherever you wish. Governor Kelly recently signed into…
Tracking resident, business carbon footprint raises privacy issue
Prairie Village residents and businesses can monitor their own and their neighbor’s alleged carbon footprint on the city website, and…
Masterson vows override efforts on PBR, fairness vetoes
Senate President Ty Masterson criticized Governor Laura Kelly’s vetoes of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,…
Mississippi becomes third state this year to move to flat tax
While Governor Kelly’s handpicked Tax Council recommends adding a fourth income tax bracket as suggested by her Council on Racial…
City, Wind Surge hit customers with undisclosed tax & fee
Wichita city leaders are up in arms after the Wichita Eagle reported the owners of the Wind Surge — the…
Small Kansas counties lead the way on spending control
Good things do come in small packages…like taxpayer-friendliness and accountability. Amid the public outcry over ever-increasing property tax bills, several…
A-F Grading of Kansas schools: just one A but 80 Fs
Based on the 2021 state assessment scores, only one public school in Kansas earned an “A” on Kansas Policy Institute’s…