Author: Patrick Richardson
Missouri electric co-op to provide wired rural broadband
The just-passed Congressional ‘infrastructure’ bill allocates $65 billion for finding rural broadband solutions, but the Osage Valley Electric Cooperative in…
Kelly decries federal vaccine mandate, stops short of backing lawsuit
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly came out against the federal vaccine mandate Friday morning, a day after Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
AG Schmidt to challenge federal vaccine mandate
The Biden administration is about to promulgate its latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate, using the Occupational Health and Safety Administration to…
KU ducks questions about CRT in education curriculum
As the furor over the teaching of controversial subjects such as critical race theory swings elections in other states, a…
‘Build Back Better’ backfire would cost Kansans 47,000 jobs
President Joe Biden’s $5 trillion Build Back Better plan would have significant negative impacts on the Kansas economy, according to…
Kansas schools duck questions about sex education standards
It has traditionally been a parent’s decision what — and when — their children are taught about sex. New national…
Politics get in the way of affordable rural broadband
Internet service providers say rural broadband is prohibitively expensive to install fiber or cable internet down the “last mile,” from…
Olathe schools silent on whistleblower academic allegations
While the Olathe school district is pushing Critical Race Theory under the guise of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, a whistleblower…
Biden $3.5 trillion boondoggle slaps methane tax on oil and gas producers
If the Biden administration and the progressive caucus have their way on what the Wall Street Journal calls the $3.5…
Kansas can avoid potential $200 million tax hike on business
Citing information from the National Council on State Legislatures, the Tax Foundation says the Kansas unemployment trust fund is $196…
Gardner School Board member deceives on remote learning
One Gardner-Edgerton Schoolboard member has made the claim on social media that the Kansas Legislature has made it impossible to…
Kansas paid Medicaid providers over $17 million for dead people
An internal state audit of the Kansas Medicaid system, released in late July, revealed $1.3 in inappropriate payments to the…
Petition asks legislature to halt skyrocketing electric rates
Kansas has some of the highest electric utility rates in the region, with residents paying — on average — 25%…
Biden proposal would give the IRS access to your bank account
Tax law and federal budgets are inherently boring things, so it comes as no surprise that language is often slipped…
Cherokee County Commissioners nix wind development
Surrounding counties have mostly allowed the introduction of wind farms, but the Cherokee County Commission took a stand Monday, unanimously…
Leavenworth Dems get school board candidate fired, call state rep ‘Nazi’
A candidate for school board in Leavenworth and a sitting state representative have found themselves the target of “Cancel Culture.”…
Supreme Court issues stay in SB 40 case
After intervention by Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the Kansas Supreme Court has issued a stay in the case involving…
Oklahoma new educator symposium blasts cops, white women
As the Sentinel has been reporting for several weeks now, Critical Race Theory — disguised as “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,”…
Labette County woman seeks to use initiative process to impose wind regs
In Reno County, a protest petition managed to stop the construction of an industrial wind generation facility, but a Labette…
Reno County wind farm blocked, lawsuit under way
At least one potential wind project in Kansas has been stopped — at least for now. A petition circulated in…
Critical race theory found in Hiawatha school district
On July 16, Hiawatha Superintendent of Schools Lonnie Moser sent a letter to parents stating unequivocally that “Critical Race Theory”…
8th circuit court accepts appeal of religious freedom case
In what is at least a short-term victory, a lawsuit by the College of the Ozarks will move forward after…
Legislation would establish statewide standards for wind turbines
Last legislative session Senator Mike Thompson introduced a bill that would have established statewide standards for the rapidly proliferating –…
Evidence of critical race theory in Olathe schools
Just as Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson argued to the State Board of Education that Critical Race Theory is not…