March 28, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Author: David Hicks

Tax fairness, profitability at the heart of the debate over HB 2062

The House Taxation Committee hearing on HB 2062 featured the relatively-new idea of car sharing and an established rental car…

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Satellite, streaming services defeat Fort Scott franchise fee in court, urge passage of SB 144

Streaming service giants Netflix and Hulu, along with satellite providers DIRECTV and Dish Network, emboldened by a state court decision…

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“Mama Bears” mom wins free speech lawsuit against school board that banned her

A Fulton County, Georgia,  member of the “Mama Bears” who was banned from her school board meetings for reading from…

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School Board Member Free Speech and Transparency Act has hearing

HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before…

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McPherson superintendent contract’s unique fringe benefit raises pension-spiking concern

USD 418 McPherson Superintendent Dr. Shiloh Vincent receives four hours a week, 208 hours a year, or the equivalent of…

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Parent cites Leavenworth High School for lack of transparency, accountability

What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year…

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KCK district officials silent on gender-transitioning “Julian is a Mermaid” being read to kindergartners

A Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500 kindergarten teacher proudly, but anonymously, posted on a social media page that they had…

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Sabetha High School track renovation may doom Wetmore Academic Center

The Prairie Hills USD 113 School Board has set a date of February 13th to vote on the controversial closure…

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Wabaunsee rolls out the state’s first electric school buses

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan was joined by USD 329 officials and community members in Alma as the school…

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Kansas Board of Regents may drop algebra as a college graduation requirement

One out of three college students in Kansas fails algebra, the vice president for academic affairs for the Kansas Board…

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Kansas landowners warned about possible identity theft, real estate scam

Property owners in more than a dozen Kansas counties have received a proposal letter and a purchase agreement offering to…

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School board resource center offers unbiased information for board members

The Kansas School Board Resource Center, an information source for school board members and taxpayers, was introduced in Topeka before…

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Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol

It was standing…and sitting on the floor…room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined…

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Performance-based budgeting law is effectively ignored by state agencies

A report on performance-based budgeting in Kansas reminds readers of a famous quote about government spending: “A billion here, a…

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Lansing parent wins school curriculum challenge

Kirsten Workman, the Lansing mom who withdrew her 12th-grade daughter from an English Composition class over content she found objectionable…

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Study: large school funding increase but lower achievement, teacher pay

A report on education spending and student achievement covering the last three decades in Kansas shows that many students have…

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Interstate compact could bring out-of-state teachers to fill Kansas vacancies, state board hesitates

An interstate compact that would recognize teacher licenses from other states and alleviate the classroom instructor shortage is stalled in…

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Property tax relief this year for low-income seniors, disabled vets

Action taken last year by the Legislature and governor will result in several types of property tax relief, including a…

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GOP legislators offer Kansans “A Better Way” in 2023

As the Kansas Legislature reconvenes, Republican leaders unveil their 2023 agenda, offering “A Better Way: Our Commitment to Kansas” The…

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JOCO Commission Chair’s YouTube excuse for limiting public comment seems bogus

The Sentinel has challenged Johnson County Board of Commissioners Chair Mike Kelly’s excuse for restricting public comments and meeting access…

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JOCO Commission Chair Mike Kelly acts to restrict public access to meetings

Incoming Chairman of the Johnson County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) Mike Kelly has announced changes to public access and comment…

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Ohio adopts universal occupational license acceptance, Kansas agencies resist

Ohio’s Governor Mike DeWine recently signed into law a Universal Occupational License Recognition allowing licensed professionals such as real estate…

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OP councilman says apartment complex approval violates ordinance

The recent approval in the Overland Park City Council of a 413-unit apartment complex is another example of undue influence…

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Kansas loses population while neighboring states gain

Kansas is one of 18 states to see a decline in population between July 2021 and July 2022, according to…

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