Author: Danedri Herbert
Legislators signal they’ll reject Kelly’s tax-and-spend budget proposal
Gov. Laura Kelly’s FY 2022 budget proposal appears to be dead on arrival at the Kansas Legislature. Her record-setting $8…
De Soto students headed back to in-person learning Feb. 1
Middle and high school students in the De Soto School District return to full-time, in-person learning on Feb. 1. That…
Lawmakers fast-track SB 13 Truth in Taxation property tax bill
The Truth in Taxation transparency measure vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly last year is back as SB 13, which requires…
Osage, Coffey Counties missing vaccine, despite KDHE claims
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says all 105 Kansas counties received doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but that’s not…
Microschools could offer solutions to frustrated parents
Parents frustrated by COVID school closures may soon be able to enroll students in neighborhood microschools in Kansas, according to…
Kansas vaccine distribution progress is the lowest in nation
Kansas ranks dead last among states and U.S. provinces in COVID vaccine distribution, according to a running tally collected by…
Kelly administration contradicts media reports of post-Thanksgiving surge
Even though there wasn’t a Thanksgiving surge, Dr. Lee Norman, Kansas Secretary of Health and Environment, warned Kansans to avoid…
Officials adopt population priorities for the COVID vaccination
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended on Sunday that people 75 and older and frontline workers should…
Outsourcing could make more money available for instruction in SMSD
The Shawnee Mission School District will ask voters to approve a property tax increase next January in order to hire…
Controversial Commerce Secretary promoted to lieutenant governor
Gov. Laura Kelly tapped Commerce Secretary David Toland to serve as her lieutenant governor on Monday. Toland replaces Lt. Gov.…
Kansas Attorney General: legislators should meet in-person
As legislators prepare to return to Topeka for the 2021 session and safely deal with COVID-19, an opinion from Kansas…
In pandemic’s 9th month, Gov. Kelly turns focus to nursing homes
Nine months after the start of the pandemic, Gov. Laura Kelly issued an executive order requiring testing protocols in Kansas…
Doctors say health officials ignore early COVID treatments
There are four pillars of combatting a pandemic but state and federal officials are ignoring an important one — early…
JoCo in, Wyandotte out of shortened CDC quarantine guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control issued new quarantine guidelines allowing shorter quarantine periods following close contact with a COVID-positive individual.…
KPI: $264 million Shawnee Mission bond issue is built on false premise
Shawnee Mission Superintendent Mike Fulton says shifting funding from capital outlay to operating expense and passing a bond issue is…
Religious facilities exempt from Sedgwick County health order
A new Sedgwick County health order prohibits gatherings of more than 25 people and demands mask-usage and social distancing, but…
JoCo eliminates public comment for Dec. 3 meeting
Johnson County commissioners will not permit verbal public comment at their next board meeting. Instead, the commission will meet by…
Eyebrow threaders sue state board over the right to earn a living
Jyotsna Biscuitwala is fighting for a slice of the American Dream. Along with her son and daughter-in-law, the Olathe woman…
Criminal case backlog creates pressure to amend speedy trial law
Alleged criminals awaiting trials in Kansas could be released without having their day in court for lack of a speedy…
JoCo ignores resident pleas, adopts tighter COVID restrictions
Bars and restaurants in Johnson County must close by midnight beginning Monday. That’s part of the decision of a divided…
Gardner school board rejects pleas to open schools
Despite hours of heartfelt pleas from parents and students, members of the Gardner Edgerton USD 231 school board declined to…
Election puts liberty-centric reforms on the agenda in Kansas
There’s good news on the horizon for Kansas voters who want less government control over their lives and constitutional liberty…
JoCo charter commission to recommend changes in 2021
The Johnson County Charter Commission could make changes to its home rule charter next year, which could add elected positions…
Kansas public school enrollment down, school funding up
Kansas public school enrollment is down, but school funding is up, according to estimates from the Kansas State Department of…