Category: News
Supreme Court Rejects School Funding Model It Once Used
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional lawmakers’ most recent attempt at a school financing formula, in part, because the formula…
Republican Legislative Leaders Call Court Disrespectful of Legislative Process
Kansas Senate leadership is drawing a line in the sand. Sen. President Susan Wagle, Vice President Jeff Longbine and Majority…
KS Supreme Court Rules New School Funding Inadequate, Inequitable
Lawmakers have until April 30 to craft a new school financing formula. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled legislators’ latest school…
Former Editorialist, State Legislator Rips Hutch News Ownership
Editorial-writer-turned-state-legislator Jason Probst penned an early obituary for the Hutchinson News, his employer for 15 years before he was selected…
Woman Warned Away from Westport Violence Dies in Lawrence Shoot-Out
“I encouraged them to go to Lawrence instead of Westport because Westport has been so violent and dangerous,” Gretchen Brown…
More Kids Enroll in College Thanks to Florida School Choice
More Florida kids are enrolling in college, and one study concludes the nation’s largest school choice program, the Florida Tax…
MO Political Operative in Bannon Crosshairs
Steve Bannon, a former advisor to President Trump, is trying to blackball Missouri political operative Jeff Roe, according to CNN.…
Facebook Suspends MO Senate Candidate over Gun Raffle Video
Austin Petersen is suspended from Facebook for 30 days over the content of a Facebook Live video. Petersen is an Independence…
Number of Kansas Kids in Poverty Dips Well Below National Average
Fewer Kansas kids are in poverty, according to the annual Kids Count Survey. Only 14 percent of Kansas children live…
Pizza Hut Suspends Worker After Defending Shop in “Good Old-Fashioned Gunfight”
Selling pizza–and delivering it–is a dangerous business. A week ago in Kansas City, a group of young adults attacked a…
SFFF Lawyers Clean Up with $7M from Schools
School districts funneled more than $7 million in taxpayer funding to attorneys who sued the state for additional taxpayer money.…
Kansas Democratic Party Showdown Possible at DemoFest
The Kansas Democratic Party will gather this weekend in Wichita for the organization’s annual DemoFest. There, they’ll host special guest, Democratic…
MO Centenarians To See First Income Tax Decrease of Their Lifetimes
How long does it take for an income tax, once introduced, to decrease? Longer than U.S. life expectancy in Missouri.…
CNBC Writer Gets It: Kansas Mistake Was Not Cutting Spending
The conventional wisdom on Kansas tax reform is wrong, according to Jake Novak, a CNBC columnist. He hopes Washington will…
Southeast KC Highways “Safe,” 10-Plus Shootings in Last Month Are “Random”
In one of the least reassuring explanations in recent memory, the Kansas City Police Department insists “there is no highway…
Prison Fix: Could State Reduce Recidivism, Retain Guards through KCI?
A partial solution to Kansas’ budget challenges and problems in the state’s prison facilities may be overlooked from the Alvarez & Marsal…
New School Super: “Kansas Really Supports Their Educators”
Angela Holloway-Payne, who left her native Memphis for a job as a school superintendent in Kansas, told the Hutchinson News…
MU Pays Up to $475,000, $625 an hour to Chicago Firm for PR Crisis Consulting
In the wake of its fall 2015 campus meltdown, the University of Missouri reached out to a Chicago public relations…
Top Google News Story: Murderer Sues Kansas Prisons for Imposing Christianity
Each day Google sorts through the various news stories about Kansas, and on Friday chose as top story one based…
Eagle Politicizes Shooting at Revenue Department
Within days of a Wichita shooting at a Kansas Department of Revenue office, the Wichita Eagle dragged out Democratic officials…
No Gun Incidents at K-State Since Campus Carry, Collegian Reports
The Kansas State Collegian reports zero gun incidents at the K-State since a law allowing individuals to carry concealed weapons…
Breaking: Kansas Suspends License of OP Planned Parenthood Abortionist
As reported by Operation Rescue, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts suspended the osteopathic medicine license of abortionist Dr. Allen…
Blue Valley District So Poor It Spent $130K in Legal Fees to Deny a Student Books
The Blue Valley School District is so poor officials spent $130,000 in legal fees trying to get out of an…
Lawrence High Grooms Fresh Snowflakes For Future Campus Meltdowns
On Monday as many as 100 students at Lawrence High staged something of a sit-down strike to protest “disrespectful” comments…