Category: News
Judicial selection amendment proposed by Masterson
Senate President Ty Masterson is proposing a constitutional amendment on judicial selection, which would change the manner in which Kansas…
Olathe super continues dodging questions about DEI, 1619 Project
Olathe school officials last year said they purged the school website of DEI resources and links, but the widely-debunked 1619…
Legislation would bring standardized regulation to wind farms
Kansas — like most states — is a mish-mash, patchwork quilt of regulations on wind farms, with each county setting…
Rose Hill super gets $50k increase to be COVID coordinator
The Rose Hill school board last fall gave its superintendent what appears to be a $50,000 annual increase to also…
Property tax declines if Olathe school bond issue fails
Olathe USD 233 officials stress in their campaign materials and public statements promoting the upcoming $298.3 million school bond issue…
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
Symposium to discuss COVID-19 early treatment
Several nationally-known physicians will soon speak at a symposium being sponsored by Kansas Senator Dr. Mark Steffen and Kansans for…
APRN collaborative practice elimination clears Senate Committee
A bill permitting an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to practice without having to pay a fee to a physician…
Washington Post: expecting freedom is white supremacy
An opinion piece in the Washington Post last week declaring that expecting individual freedom is a “key component of white…
Cities, counties oppose Open Records cost reforms
Representatives from Kansas local governments spoke in opposition to a measure to lower the costs they charge for fulfilling Open…
School officials oppose Parents’ Bill of Rights, transparency
A Parents Bill of Rights guaranteeing transparency and to be informed and involved in their children’s K-12 education was the…
Kansas school calls domestic terrorism a ‘right-wing’ issue
A 9th-Grade history assignment and discussion at Blue Valley West High School in Kansas asked students to explain “What is…
Eyebrow threading exemption approved for Kansas Senate vote
Practitioners of the ancient art of eyebrow threading may no longer have to spend thousands of dollars to get what…
Deleted tweet reveals KNEA, ONEA opposition to transparency
The Kansas National Education Association and its Olathe chapter, ONEA, came out in opposition to transparency legislation that requires school…
‘Shall conduct needs assessment’ confuses K-12 officials
Two state senators last week bluntly rebuked the Kansas Association of School Boards and the United School Administrators when they…
K-12 enrollment still down, but funding keeps rising
Full-time equivalent enrollment is still about 10,000 students lower than pre-pandemic levels, but state and local funding is $840 million…
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
Salina parents object to the district’s COVID segregation policy
Salina Public Schools have maintained they do not have an exclusion policy for students who are either unvaccinated or who…
Kansas Press Association hopes to curb open records costs
With little incentive to be transparent, the state and some local governing bodies often fight Kansas Open Records Act requests…
Johns Hopkins: minimal mortality effect from Covid lockdowns
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have concluded that lockdowns in Europe and the United States resulted in only…
Transparency works: 52% of local entities won’t increase property tax
Property tax transparency is working even better than proponents hoped, with 52% of local taxing authorities in Kansas deciding to…
ACTA critical of KS colleges’ degree requirements, graduation
The 2020-21 edition of “What Will They Learn?” by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is sharply critical…
Responsible Kansas Budget would control spending
As the Kansas Legislature weighs Governor Kelly’s budget proposals during the current session, the Kansas Policy Institute — which owns…
JCCC’s Bowne won’t explain his ‘equity of outcomes’ proposal
Johnson County Community College President Dr. Andy Bowne has upset some faculty members with his call for ‘equitable student outcomes.’…