Category: News
NSBA wants schools to effectively have “one free rape”
The National Schools Boards Association (NSBA) and Fairfax County Public Schools want the U.S. Supreme to hear a case that…
SB 347: $1 billion+ taxpayer subsidy for one mystery company
Governor Laura Kelly and her Commerce Department are behind Senate Bill 347 (SB 347), which could provide more than $1…
Race not a factor in Kansas monoclonal antibody decisions
A race-based scoring system to determine who will get the relatively-scarce monoclonal antibody COVID treatments is found in some states,…
De Soto TIF subsidy unanimously approved despite concern
Despite numerous public concerns, the De Soto City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a Taxpayer Increment Financing District (TIF) to…
Sunflower subsidy to grow government, not help De Soto taxpayers
The city of De Soto will eventually reap millions of dollars in property taxes once the Sunflower Redevelopment subsidy is…
County Chair Ed Eilert mum on upwards of $1 million missing
Fox4 reports that as much as $1 million is missing from the Johnson County Courthouse, and County Chairman Ed Eilert…
Survey: Kansas parents should have primary say in education
Governor Laura Kelly thinks parents should butt out of curriculum issues, but a new poll shows parents overwhelmingly believe they…
No documentation for mask order at BVSW in USD 229
An email from Principal Scott Roberts on January 7 informed parents of Blue Valley Southwest (BVSW) students in USD 229…
Kansas ranks 34th in the nation in ‘Parent Power’ in education
According to the nonprofit Center for Educational Reform, Kansas ranks 34th in the nation in their “Parent Power Index,” which…
Kelly issues new disaster declaration — cautioned against overreach
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly again issued a disaster declaration on Jan. 6 — the first such since the previous state…
Kansas Supreme Court reverses district court ruling on SB 40
The Kansas Supreme Court reversed a ruling from a district court judge declaring Senate Bill 40, — which gave due…
Chamber business leader survey shows taxes are too high in KS
The Tax Foundation last year said Kansas has the highest effective tax rates in the nation on mature businesses, and…
Kansas lost population in 2021, residents seek lower tax burden
New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Kansas is one of 18 states that lost population in 2021. …
USD 231 superintendent Pam Stranathan gets $425k gift from taxpayers
Student achievement steadily declined in Gardner-Edgerton under Superintendent Pam Stranathan. The district consciously misled legislators, Stranathan asked county commissioners to…
SMSD considers revoking mask-optional policy on Jan. 3
The Shawnee Mission school district (SMSD) has called an emergency board meeting on January 3 at 5 pm to discuss…
Hospitalizations and deaths much lower with Omicron
A report from the BBC says the Omicron COVID variant is much milder, and very early results indicate that certainly…
Coal power rising as administration restricts natural gas production
After years of dropping, global coal-fired electric generation has rebounded strongly in 2021. According to a report by the International…
Gov. Kelly: parents should butt out of curriculum issues
She said it more covertly than Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe but the message is the same — Kansas Governor…
SCOTUS to hear arguments on OSHA mandate injunction
Late last week the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals removed a stay on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate via OSHA for…
Eleven KS counties reject 30×30 federal land grab
Kansas counties are pushing back against President Joe Biden’s “Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful” plan — often referred to…
Biden, Pelosi bill would cut Kansas DSH hospital payments
Fox News reports that the Build Back Better bill passed by the House includes a provision that would cut Disproportionate…
Huge middle-income cost hike in Biden’s childcare scheme
One of the provisions in President Biden’s Build Back Better plan professes to make childcare more affordable, but an opinion…
Parents prove state school board wrong on CRT
“Critical Race Theory – CRT – is not taught in schools,” is the constant refrain from administrators and school boards…
Judge blocks vaccine mandate for federal contractors in KS
A federal judge in Georgia has blocked the federal contractor vaccine mandate which would have required employees at any company…