Author: David Hicks
Property tax declines if Olathe school bond issue fails
Olathe USD 233 officials stress in their campaign materials and public statements promoting the upcoming $298.3 million school bond issue…
APRN collaborative practice elimination clears Senate Committee
A bill permitting an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to practice without having to pay a fee to a physician…
Washington Post: expecting freedom is white supremacy
An opinion piece in the Washington Post last week declaring that expecting individual freedom is a “key component of white…
Cities, counties oppose Open Records cost reforms
Representatives from Kansas local governments spoke in opposition to a measure to lower the costs they charge for fulfilling Open…
School officials oppose Parents’ Bill of Rights, transparency
A Parents Bill of Rights guaranteeing transparency and to be informed and involved in their children’s K-12 education was the…
Kansas school calls domestic terrorism a ‘right-wing’ issue
A 9th-Grade history assignment and discussion at Blue Valley West High School in Kansas asked students to explain “What is…
K-12 enrollment still down, but funding keeps rising
Full-time equivalent enrollment is still about 10,000 students lower than pre-pandemic levels, but state and local funding is $840 million…
Johns Hopkins: minimal mortality effect from Covid lockdowns
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have concluded that lockdowns in Europe and the United States resulted in only…
ACTA critical of KS colleges’ degree requirements, graduation
The 2020-21 edition of “What Will They Learn?” by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is sharply critical…
JCCC’s Bowne won’t explain his ‘equity of outcomes’ proposal
Johnson County Community College President Dr. Andy Bowne has upset some faculty members with his call for ‘equitable student outcomes.’…
Sunflower subsidy to grow government, not help De Soto taxpayers
The city of De Soto will eventually reap millions of dollars in property taxes once the Sunflower Redevelopment subsidy is…