Category: News
Budding Bromance Turns Full Partnership as Kobach, Hartman Join Forces
A budding bromance on display during the Kansas GOP debate has turned into a political partnership. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced…
Thank Goodness for Nebraska; KS Makes Top 10 for Highest Tax Burdens
First the bad news: Kansas’ state and local tax burden is one of the highest in the nation. According to…
Education Study a ‘$200K Birdcage Liner’, Lawmaker Says
Lawmakers are balking at an education study that recommends spending up to an additional $1.77 billion on school funding. Lori…
Author of Republican Transgender Identity Text: “There Is No Love In A Lie”
Eric Teetsel, the author of the Kansas GOP resolution on transgender identity, was given space in the Kansas City Star…
McCaskill on Hillary: “You’re Killing Me Here”
On a recent visit to India, defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton added a new riff on the “Deplorables” theme…
4X Property Tax Rates? 10% Sales Tax? KPI Does Math on School Study’s Proposed Spending Hikes
Nearly quadrupling property tax rates or the highest sales tax rates in the country are two possible ways lawmakers could…
Alleged “Anti-Gay” Flap Shakes KC Catholic Diocese
One has to believe that pro-LGBT forces within the Catholic Church have little idea how vicious they sound when attacking…
Study Recommendation: Enormous Piles of Fresh Cash for Public Schools
Lawmakers got a preview of an education finance study commissioned to assist them in drafting a new school funding mechanism.…
Sticker Shock: JoCo Payroll Spikes Beyond Rate of Inflation
Johnson County government’s top paid employee makes nearly three times the median household income in the county and two-and-a-half times the…
House Slams Brakes on Banking Bill as Medicaid Expansion Vehicle
Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward tried to slip amendments related to Medicaid into legislation dealing with banks yesterday. The…
Why Did Tax Cuts Work In NC, IN, and TN But Not in Kansas?
The question that Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert raises in his new book, “What Was Really the Matter with…
Absentee, Party-Switcher Sen. Doll Escapes Consequences
Sen. John Doll announced he would be leaving the Kansas Republican Party on March 6, and then he promptly stopped showing…
MU Removes Sanger Poster, Denies Removal Related to Racial Macro Aggression
The University of Missouri last week quietly removed from its library a poster honoring Margaret Sanger, the racist eugenicists credited…
Denning: ‘We Did Our Work on Schools Last Year’
The Kansas Legislature will have a solution for school funding by April, Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning told the Sunflower…
MU Election Fiasco So Creepily PC Even Star Calls It “Maoist”
For a Kansas City Star editor to call the subversion of a student election “Maoist” some students had to do…
Bollier “Horrified” by Senate Delay on Gun Legislation She Would Change
A gun proposal supported by the National Rifle Association and Moms Demand Action is stalled in the Senate. Senate Majority…
Cleaver Faces Possible Ethics Charges Over “Ghost Employee,” Awan Connection
On March 7, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) submitted a detailed brief with the Chairman of the…
Hutton Exits Race for Kansas Governor
Mark Hutton is bowing out of the race for Kansas Governor. The former state representative’s departure narrows the Republican field…
Lawmakers Debate Whether to Legitimize Unlawful Transportation Funding to Schools
Passing legislation that will codify the way the Kansas State Department of Education determined state funding for school transportation should…
Local Maoists Prep For Armed Conflict, Now “Red Guards” KC
No sooner does the Sentinel run a piece on the Maoists known as the “Kansas City Revolutionary Collective” than the…
Not 1 More Mill, Opponents of Property Tax Increase Tell House Committee
Opponents of legislation that would nearly double the property tax rate for public schools didn’t mince words during a hearing…
Local Anarchists, Maoists Clash Over Control of “Antifa” Brand, Violence Looms
While the media fret over every pick-up truck with a Confederate flag decal, local Maoists are plotting violence on a…
2 Docs, 2 Pastors, 2 CEOs, 1 Sheriff Included in Diverse 2018 Leadership Kansas Class
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce does not list the age, race, sex, religion, or ethnicity of the 40 members of…
Bill To Maintain Adoption Status Quo Smacked by Hostile Media, LGBT Lobby
Legislation that protects faith-based adoption services is languishing in the Kansas House Fed and State Affairs committee, and proponents of…