Author: Danedri Herbert
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kansas Labor Report a ‘Mixed Bag’
The Kansas unemployment rate ticked up in August, according to the Kansas Department of Labor. The state’s unemployment rate in…
Town Hall Meeting about Tyson Chicken Set for Tonight
Area residents will have an opportunity to voice some of their concerns about a proposal to build a Tyson Foods chicken manufacturing…
Media Tallies Stolen Gun in Macabre Countdown
The Kansas media’s bizarre, almost hopeful, countdown longing for a gun incidence on a university campus tallied a non-event today.…
Newsweek Runs Column that Reads Like Satire
Sidney Harman was robbed. Harman, now deceased, purchased Newsweek for $1 back in 2010, and judging for the news periodical’s…
Democratic Candidate Calls KS Dem Party Controversy ‘Witch Hunt’
Some Kansas Democrats are trying to ouster the Kansas Democratic Party Secretary Casey Yingling, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported a few…
Kansas AG, Secretary of State Weigh In on Dreamer Program
According to the Hill, rumors are circulating that President Trump may cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama-era policy,…
Is Trump Taking Page from Kansas?
President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Wednesday that it will require work for welfare recipients. The move marks a return…
K-State Earns Green Light for Free Speech
Kansas State University earned a green light from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). FIRE rates colleges and universities…
Jury Rejects Claim of Woman Fired from Kobach’s Office
A jury rejected the claim of a woman who said she was fired from the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office…
Mizzou Applies Economic Bandage in Hopes of Staunching the Bleeding
The University of Missouri is hemorrhaging students following the political unrest of 2015. What started with a graduate student’s hunger…
Newsflash: WSJ Strives for Wall between News, Editorial
The Wall Street Journal editors edited “selective criticism” of President Trump out of its coverage of a political rally in Phoenix.…