Author: David Hicks
Prairie Village wants to strip homeowners of property rights and won’t answer questions
Discussions on changing zoning regulations to to strip homeowners of property rights to increase the supply of more affordable housing…
Kansas Senate OKs constitutional amendment capping property valuations
Three initial “No” votes on SCR 1610 changed to “Yes” for a revised proposal in SCR 1611 limiting increases in…
KSBRC workshops in June to cover creation of a school budget
The next round of training workshops for school board members sponsored by the Kansas School Board Resource Center, a subsidiary…
Douglas County officials consider reparations program to address homelessness
The Douglas County Commission has been presented a 5-year Strategic Plan to address homelessness in the county that includes a…
Constitutional amendment limiting property valuation to 3% annually is one vote shy of passing Kansas Senate
A proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution limiting yearly property valuation increases to 3%, except under certain conditions, is one…
Women’s Bill of Rights, defining male and female, passes Kansas House
The Kansas House has followed the Senate by approving SB 180, the Women’s Bill of Rights, codifying into state law…
Some Overland Park employees got big raises in 2022
The City of Overland Park last year stuck taxpayers with a 10% property tax hike and now we know that…
Median sales price isn’t valid basis to raise all property values
Taxpayers across Kansas are howling about double-digit valuation hikes on their homes, which some appraisers justify by an increase in…
KSBRC holds first training workshops on building needs assessments
The Kansas School Board Resource Center has begun a series of training workshops for board members to help them be…
At least 3 KS school districts hide students’ transgender status from parents
Over 160 school districts nationwide, including three in Kansas, have policies to keep students’ transgender status a secret from their…
Forever Fencing suit claims civil, constitutional rights violated by LVCO Commission
Forever Fencing, Inc. has filed a federal lawsuit against the Leavenworth County Commission, Commissioner Doug Smith individually, and Commission Attorney…
KC Star only reports half the story on Leavenworth School Board controversy
The Kansas City Star reported in its online edition of March 11th a remark by Leavenworth USD 453 board member…
USD 512 DEI administrator Tyrone Bates resigns; silent on his effect on student achievement
Shawnee Mission School District has announced that Dr. Tyrone Bates, Jr., is resigning effective at the end of this school…
Civic learning survey shows room for improvement in Kansas
March 6th-10th is designated as National Civic Learning Week. But a 50-state survey of curriculum and legislative initiatives shows Kansas…
SB 79 proposes theoretical property tax relief with a local earnings tax
A unique “tax swap”, allowing counties to institute an earnings tax, if approved by voters, to lessen some of the…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…