Author: Patrick Richardson
Retired federal judge reacts to Chevron and Jarkesy SCOTUS decisions
In two days last month, the United States Supreme Court dealt devastating blows against the administrative state and for constitutional…
DOJ issues damning report on discrimination in Wichita Public Schools
A report from the Department of Justice found pervasive evidence of discrimination in Wichita Public Schools against students based on…
Point Forward tax filings raise more questions about the Pittsburg non-profit
New questions are being raised about Point Forward, a Pittsburg, Kansas, non-profit that is remodeling the former Washington School into…
Districts that leave KASB can still participate in insurance pool
Emails obtained by The Sentinel show Kansas school districts that choose to leave the Kansas Association of School Boards can…
More controversy embroils Prairie Village as 9th Mikkelson recall effort moves forward
Invoices and emails show that some of the accusations that prompted a recall effort against Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson…
USD 413 Chanute attempts to stifle, marginalize board members
Chanute Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board…
Part 2: New solutions to fix the federal immigration system
In Part 1 of this series, retired federal immigration judge Elliot M. Kaplan explained why, in his view, the federal…
Retired immigration judge says the federal immigration system is broken
Calling it “anarchy,” former Federal Immigration Judge Elliot Kaplan said, in an exclusive interview with The Sentinel, that the federal…
Johnson County hires Government Relations Coordinator as taxpayer-funded lobbyist
Johnson County has hired a Government Relations Coordinator at a salary of $122,000 per year. The new position increases county…
JoCo Commissioners release Peg Trent opinion on library funding after Sentinel publication
In a victory for transparency, within hours of publishing a story about Johnson County Chief Counsel Peg Trent refusing to…
Johnson County avoiding questions about Library retirement funds
Johnson County Chief Counsel Peg Trent is refusing to answer questions about the legality of using more than $6 million…
Most Kansas cities lost population over the last three years
Most of the largest cities in Kansas have lost population over the last three years. According to data from the…
Kobach sues federal government over new Title IX rules
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing the federal government over changes to Title IX requirements that are supposed to…
USD 434 Santa Fe Trail seems in violation of building needs assessments law
Unified School District 434 Santa Fe Trail appears to be in violation of state law K.S.A. 72-1163, which requires local…
USD 233 Olathe surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials
After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USS 233 Olathe finally sent the records they…
Kansas House fails to override veto of youth “gender-affirming care”
A bill that would have banned so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors in the state is dead, at least for this…
Olathe school district dodging questions about legal fees
The Olathe Unified School District administration and board of education are either refusing to answer questions about legal fees defending…
Prairie Village resident sues over council appointment procedures
A Prairie Village man is suing over the appointment to a vacancy in the Prairie Village City Council. In his…
Judge orders Olathe school board to pay $259k legal fees for plaintiff in 1st Amendment case
Federal District Court Judge Holly Teeter on April 4 ordered the Olathe school board to pay Jennifer Gilmore’s attorney, Linus Baker,…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill to ban ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors
A new law that would have banned so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors has been vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly. Senate…
Kansas Blueprint for Literacy requires ‘science of reading’ in comprehensive education reform
Using the science of reading to teach literacy will soon be required in Kansas schools — and to train new…
‘United Kansas’ pushes fusion voting scheme in Sunflower State
A new political party, “United Kansas,” wants to institute fusion voting, which allows a candidate to be listed twice on…
Wolf Springs, Blue Valley refuse to answer questions about alleged ‘murder list’
More than a year after an alleged “incident” involving an alleged “murder list” at Wolf Springs Elementary School, questions remain…
Kansas Justice Institute wins civil asset forfeiture case
A Geary County woman will soon have her vehicle back after a state court dismissed the civil asset forfeiture case…