Author: Danedri Herbert
Sour Political Wrangling Pickles Amendment to Lower Food Sales Tax Rate
A bill that would have lowered the sales tax on groceries is dead due to political wrangling, according to Rep.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
21,904 People Died Waiting for Services in Medicaid Expansion States, Report Finds
Medicaid expansion isn’t what the doctor ordered. Gov. Jeff Colyer told a handful of lawmakers on Monday that he isn’t interested…
Teacher Trusted with Everything Will Quit If Trusted with a Gun
A teacher who refused to be named or go on air tells KCTV 5 News she’ll quit teaching if she’s…
KCPD Do What Florida Police Won’t: Investigate Reports of Potential Mass Shooters
The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Chief is willing to do some of the work federal officers and their local counterparts…
KS Revenues Beat Expectations; State Budget Still Broken
The good news: Kansas revenues continued to beat projections in February. The bad news: Kansas budget is still out of…
JoCo Boosts Big Box Appraisal 85% in Single Year, Retailers See Red
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…
Hartman Offers Use of Namesake Arena for NRA Events
Wink Hartman is offering the National Rifle Association the use of Hartman Arena for future NRA events. He tweeted his…
Committee Forwards Convention of States Resolution to Kansas Senate
Tony Gillette, Shawnee, would like to see a bloodless revolution that returns the power of the federal government back to…