Category: News
Kansas among 15 states suing to prevent illegal aliens from accessing Obamacare
Fifteen states are suing the Biden-Harris administration to prevent illegal aliens from being allowed to purchase tax-payer subsidized health insurance…
Easton USD 449 gives taxpayers a win with revenue-neutral budget in upcoming school year
Despite ever-increasing property assessments statewide, school patrons in Leavenworth County’s Easton School District will not pay additional property taxes in…
Former Emporia State professor suing for religious discrimination
A pair of lawsuits against Emporia State University for religious discrimination in 2022 is moving forward, with a trial scheduled…
School-level ACT scores show frightening declines since 2015
ACT scores for individual high schools in Kansas show concerning declines since 2015 in most cases. The statewide composite in…
KASB refuses to provide agenda for upcoming Title IX workshop
Weeks after a federal court placed a hold on implementing a new federal Department of Education (DOE) rule in Kansas,…
Court grants free-speech win for Fresh Vision community group in Overland Park
Writing that the “Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits,” United States District Judge for the District of Kansas…
City of Edgerton falsely claims people are paying less in property tax
The City of Edgerton claims property taxes have declined for the average homeowner since 2008. That’s the message to residents in…
Study finds wide disparity in county spending per resident in 2022
A new study by the Sentinel’s parent company, Kansas Policy Institute, shows massive differences in county government spending per resident…
USD 241 Wallace County refuses to allow homeschool athletes to participate in sports recognition
Homeschool students who played for Wallace County High School were unfairly neglected and discriminated against during athletic recognitions earlier this…
144,000 Kansas voters are “inactive”, counties work to reduce backlog
With elections approaching, nearly 144,000 Kansas voters are listed as “inactive”, defined in statute as a registered voter who has…
Judge expands Title IX injunction to hundreds of schools in 44 states
In early July, Federal Judge for the District of Kansas John Broomes issued a preliminary injunction halting the implementation of…
JoCo moving forward with hotel as new homeless shelter, wants cities to buy-in
After approving late last year a plan to spend $6 million in COVID relief funds to purchase the LaQuinta Inn…
Employment of non-teachers rose since 2015 in Kansas while outcomes and enrollment decline
The hiring of non-teachers (administrators and all other employees who are not teachers) has continued an upward trend in Kansas…
Retired federal judge reacts to Chevron and Jarkesy SCOTUS decisions
In two days last month, the United States Supreme Court dealt devastating blows against the administrative state and for constitutional…
DOJ issues damning report on discrimination in Wichita Public Schools
A report from the Department of Justice found pervasive evidence of discrimination in Wichita Public Schools against students based on…
USD 434 Santa Fe Trail administration won’t answer questions on declining student achievement
State assessment scores at Santa Fe Trail USD 434 overwhelmingly lagged behind state averages this year, but despite repeated efforts…
Point Forward tax filings raise more questions about the Pittsburg non-profit
New questions are being raised about Point Forward, a Pittsburg, Kansas, non-profit that is remodeling the former Washington School into…
Shawnee County schools offer different approaches to upcoming Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment debuts in Kansas K-12 this fall. The bipartisan legislation signed into law in 2022 allows students to transfer…
Kansas judge blocks Title IX rule change
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach yesterday won a preliminary injunction halting the implementation of the Biden administration’s Title IX transgender…
Districts that leave KASB can still participate in insurance pool
Emails obtained by The Sentinel show Kansas school districts that choose to leave the Kansas Association of School Boards can…
Kansas lawmakers send governor another tax cut bill
After multiple vetoes, the Kansas Legislature believes “Groundhog Day” has ended, and Governor Laura Kelly says she will sign its…
More controversy embroils Prairie Village as 9th Mikkelson recall effort moves forward
Invoices and emails show that some of the accusations that prompted a recall effort against Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson…
“Scoop and Score” makes false claim, won’t substantiate rosy economic impact of bringing the Chiefs to Kansas
Much like quarterbacks use the “silent count” in noisy situations near vocal opponents, the organizers of “Scoop and Score” working…
Cowley County dog trainers win appeal; case on warrantless searches will proceed
The Fourth Amendment lawsuit filed by award-winning bird dog trainers Scott Johnson and his wife, Harlene Hoyt of Cowley County,…