Author: Danedri Herbert
Kansas Legislature Closes with Something Old, Something New
The Kansas Legislature formally wrapped for the session on its 114th day, Sine Die, but not before finishing two key…
Brownback Signs Budget Bill with Line Item Vetoes
Gov. Sam Brownback line-item vetoed two provisions of a $15.6 million budget he signed into law on Sunday. It was last…
Olathe Rep Announces Secretary of State Candidacy
And then there were two. Rep. Keith Esau, an Olathe Republican, announced he will seek the office of Kansas Secretary…
School Board Lobbyist Dispels Some School Funding Myths
Kansas Association of School Boards lobbyist, Mark Tallman, penned a blog post that dispels some myths about school funding and…
Kansas Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments on School Finance
Schools aren’t likely to be disrupted, but lawmakers may be on the hook for a special session sometime late this…
Reason Magazine Writes Reasonable Autopsy of Kansas’ Tax Policy
Reason Magazine draws thought-provoking conclusions in its autopsy of the Kansas tax policy the legislature just scrapped. The writer, an intern,…
Brownback Allows Gun Restriction to Become Law
Over the objections of Second Amendment advocates, Gov. Sam Brownback allowed a gun bill to become law without his signature…
Lawmakers Expand School Choice Program
Kansas lawmakers expanded a small school choice program as part of the new school finance formula. Gov. Sam Brownback signed…
Brownback Signs School Finance Bill
Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law today a school financing bill. The bill, which largely mirrors a 1992 financing formula,…
Can a Pro-life Candidate Win a Democratic Primary?
Kansas Democratic voters will have a primary for the first time in decades in 2018. Their choices will include a…
Yoder Worries Socialized Medicine Knocking on America’s Door
Socialized health care is bad medicine, according to Congressman Kevin Yoder, R-Kansas. He penned an editorial for Fox News this…
Still Waiting for Those Stories about Connecticut
Editorialists across the nation are scribbling furiously to announce tax cuts are bad, bad, bad. Don’t be Kansas, they warn.…
Wall Street Journal Comes Close on Kansas Politics
While it’s frustratingly apparent that most in the mainstream media have only seen Kansas via an airplane window, there’s one…
Star Fails to Find People Who Oppose Tax Increase
Somehow, a reporter for the Kansas City Star toured Kansas and could barely find a single person opposed to a…
Jake LaTurner Answers the Sentinel’s 20 Questions
Jake LaTurner was sworn in as the Kansas State Treasurer on April 26. He replaced Ron Estes, who was elected to…
Signs of K-12 Education Overspending Abound
There’s a possibility that some public schools spend more than necessary. Though that sort of blasphemy is rarely discussed in polite…
Bandage Rather Than Cure? Citizens Propose Trail Curfew
Kansas City, Mo., officials are brainstorming ways to increase safety on public trails following a series of murders along Indian…
Anti-Free Speech Extremists Launch Petition against Vitae Foundation
Fresh off Planned Parenthood’s successful censoring of innocuous Advice & Aid Pregnancy Crisis Center advertisements, anti-free speech extremists from UltraViolet are…
Representative Mentions Weapon, Media Imagines Threat
A Kansas representative tweeted to another that there are 25 people carrying guns in the House Chambers prior to a vote,…
Planned Parenthood pressures 96.5 The Buzz into dropping Advice & Aid advertising
Kansas City radio station 96.5, “The Buzz,” shut down an advertising campaign the station had contracted with Advice & Aid…
Conference Committee To Hash Out School Funding Legislation
A conference committee will hash out the differences between Kansas House and Senate school funding legislation. There will not be…
Kansas Revenue Hits May Target
Kansas revenue projections for May neared dead center. The Kansas Department of Revenue estimated the state would collect $443 million,…
Chamber Poll: Kansans Don’t Want Tax Hike
A new poll suggests Kansans prefer spending cuts to tax hikes on the middle class. The Kansas Chamber of Commerce yesterday…
Kansas Mod and Dem Battle Tax Plan on Twitter
A pair of Kansas lawmakers took to Twitter to continue the debate over differing votes on a tax bill in the Kansas…