Author: Danedri Herbert
Breaking: Senate Passes School Funding Bill
The Kansas Senate passed school finance legislation similar House school finance legislation that will increase school funding by $230 million…
Kansas in Top 10 Best Places to Make a Living
Kansas is the 10th best state in the nation for making a living, according to MoneyRates.com. The website bases its…
Editorial Boards Bemoan Limited Kansas Judiciary Funding
Those working in the Kansas judicial system might be underpaid. Keyword, “might.” Of course, the Kansas City Star editorial board…
Mainstream Coalition Mainstream? Not Exactly
For more than two decades, the Mainstream Coalition has billed itself as a “rational voice in irrational times.” Initially created…
Regents Names New KU Chancellor
The Kansas Board of Regents named Doug Girod as the 18th Chancellor of the University of Kansas Thursday. Girod is a…
Kansas House Adopts School Finance Formula
The Kansas House adopted a school finance formula that will pump an additional $279 million of state funding into K-12…
Special Senate Committee Debates School Finance
An averaging choice, district accountability concerns, and a decision to give full-ride scholarships to out-of-state students in Kansas public schools…
Kansas Tax Credit Scholarship Program Under Fire
A small scholarship program that allows some kids in failing schools to attend private schools is under fire in the…
Coalition Proposes Kansas Budget without Tax Increase
A coalition of Republicans announced a budget proposal to balance the budget without tax increases Monday afternoon. Chuck Weber, a Wichita…
Student Journalists Seek School Official Accountability
Student journalists are demanding in an editorial that the Pittsburg School District Superintendent Destry Brown be held accountable for hiring…
Newton Kansan Warns Schools May Close
The Newton Kansan warns readers schools will close unless lawmakers pony up more than $750 million in less than five…
Kansans Want Spending Cuts; Lawmakers Propose New Taxes
Despite a recent poll showing a large majority of Kansans prefer cutting government spending to increasing taxes, lawmakers continue to…
State Failed Adrian Jones So Solution Is More State
Abusive parents murdered a child, so homeschoolers should pay. That’s apparently the thinking behind proposals to require homeschooled children have contact…
Wamego Tourist Boom Coincides with Marshall Town Hall
Wamego experienced a tourist boom last week. That’s good news for a struggling ag sector in Kansas. Cars with tags…
Gov. Brownback May Become Ambassador for Religious Freedom
World Magazine, a highly respected Christian publication, says today that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback may be the next ambassador-at-large for…
Lansing Student May Miss Graduation over iPad Screen
Andrew Rogers missed his senior prom, and his mother believes a politically-motivated stalemate with school administrators may cost him the…
Huffy City Officials Plead for Removal of Tax Lid
The McPherson Mayor and plenty of his cohorts in municipal government are gearing up for a snit fit over the…
Kansans Enjoyed Low Rates before Obamacare
There’s a side of the healthcare debate that isn’t being told, according to Mike Pirner. The Lenexa small business owner…
KS Lawmakers, Former Govs Weigh in on Tax Negotiations
Kansas lawmakers are attempting to thread a needle on a tax proposal that will gain Gov. Brownback’s support or garner…
Rural Community Defeats School Bond Issue by 2-to-1 Margin
Voters approve most school bond issues in Kansas. It’s rare for one to fail by a wide margin, but that’s exactly…
Taxing Rich Doesn’t Work, Connecticut Learns
Kansas legislators may want to heed Connecticut’s warning. Lawmakers in the Nutmeg State face a $2.2 billion deficit next year,…
KU Research: Defending Free Speech Is Racist
People who adamantly defend free speech likely aren’t principled. They’re racist, according to research conducted at the University of Kansas.…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Suspends Columnist for Supporting NRA
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch suspended a conservative editorialist over a column that pointed out media bias on gun control. In the column, Stacy…
KJI to Assist Citizens in School Funding, Other Liberty Issues
The Kansas Justice Institute, or KJI, will assist citizens in litigating property tax issues, private property issues and civil asset forfeiture,…