Author: Danedri Herbert
Correction: Star Broke Details of KCI Contract Story
The Kansas City Star broke a story on a $1 billion, no-bid contract, but Tony’s Kansas City, a local blog,…
Trump Voter Commission, Kobach Notch Court Win
A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit against the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on Tuesday. A three-judge, U.S.…
Federal Court Motion Could Destroy Missouri Charter Schools
Missouri law only allows state-funded charter schools in Kansas City, St. Louis and unaccredited school districts. Adolphus Pruitt, president of…
Topeka Paper Labels Mathematic Reality “Strategic Spin”
The Topeka Capital-Journal takes a mathematical reality through the spin cycle in a Dec. 25 news story, entitled “K-12 funding…
St. Louis Leaders Hope to Reduce Crime with Gun Buyback Program
St. Louis boasted the highest murder rate in the United States in 2015, and the city is on pace to…
Kansas Marks Record Employment Numbers
More people are employed in Kansas now than ever before, the Kansas Department of Labor announced today. In November, 1,435,216…
Schmidt Urges Discussion on ‘Citizen’s Veto’ for School Financing
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt believes the people should have an opportunity to weigh in on the school financing war…
Like Generations Before Them, Millennials Fleeing Cities for Suburbia
Like their parents and their grandparents before them, Millennials are fleeing the cities and moving to the suburbs. That’s the…
Interim Committee Talks Tax Increases, Budget Cuts to Inject Money into Schools
Rep. Anthony Hensley said the legislature would have an additional $565 million in funding if property owners had been paying…
Organization Offers Alternative to Teachers’ Unions
The Kansas Association of American Educators (KANAAE) offers to professional educators an alternative to joining a teacher’s union. Though KANAAE…
Read Their Lips: No Tax Increase in Kansas
Leaders in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate say increasing taxes to pay a Kansas Supreme Court-imposed ransom to…
Yoder Opponent Drops Out Following Sexual Harassment Claims
Andrea Ramsey, a Leawood Democrat, announced she is dropping out of the race against Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder. In a…
Lobbyist, Guest Movements Captured at Senate Leadership Event
It wasn’t mentioned when guests slipped on name tags at a Kansas Senate Republican Committee fundraiser on Friday, but Harrison…
TIF Likely Doesn’t Create Jobs, According to Washburn Researcher
Tax increment financing doesn’t create jobs, according to research by a Washburn University professor. In a working paper for the Mercatus…
WIBW Reports Good Small Business News
Small business owners are optimistic right now, according to the National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism…
Voters Want School Accountability, Kansas Policy Institute Poll Reveals
Kansas voters want schools to be held accountable for educational outcomes, a new poll reveals. In the poll, commissioned by…
Orman Dips Toe into Kansas Gubernatorial Waters
Greg Orman is dipping a toe into the race for Kansas Governor in 2018. He filed paperwork to launch an exploratory committee…
Senator Announces Plan to Push for Changes to KS Constitution
State Sen. Dennis Pyle, a Hiawatha Republican, will introduce a Constitutional amendment to prevent the Kansas Supreme Court from closing schools. The…
JoCo Commissioners Sound off on Not Renewing County Manager’s Contract
A divided Johnson County Board of Commissioners declined to renew the contract of county manager Hannes Zacharias last week. Contract…
New Poll: Voters Prefer Constitutional Amendment to Resolve School Funding
An overwhelming majority of Kansas voters think Kansas lawmakers should consider a constitutional amendment to end the school funding wars,…
Kansas Unemployment Dips to Lowest Rate since 2000
Kansas’ unemployment rate dipped to a new low in October, according to preliminary estimates from the Kansas Department of Labor…
JoCo Commission Retires County Manager
The Board of County Commissioners declined to renew the contract of Johnson County Manager Hannes Zacharias on Thursday. The board…
Hutch District Sitting on Large Cash Reserve Balance
The Hutchinson School District, a plaintiff in the Gannon lawsuit, is maintaining cash reserves of almost half of the district…
NYT Editorial Board Lobbies Readers To Call Moran
The New York Times editorial board took over the paper’s @NYTOpinion Twitter handle and begged readers to call their Senators to…