Author: Patrick Richardson
Citizen group makes recommendations to City of Wichita on spending
A recent review of the City of Wichita’s budget by the Wichita Organization for Government Efficiency Exchange (The Exchange) found…
Search for answers in 25-year-old cold case in woman’s disappearance stymied by Kansas law
Roughly 25 years ago, Jennifer Lancaster and her two young daughters left her mother’s house in Topeka, Kansas. They were…
Speaker Hawkins accuses Kelly administration of covering up fraud in SNAP program
Kansas Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins issued a press release accusing the Laura Kelly Administration of a cover-up of…
Parent opt-out letters from controversial topics released by liberty group
In the wake of a United States Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, requiring school districts to allow parents…
Commerce department continues pattern of oversight failures
After multiple audits of both rounds of the “Building a Stronger Economy” (BASE) Grant program have routinely found issues with…
Johnson County disagrees with AG opinion on sales tax extension
The Johnson County Commission is refusing to accept an Attorney General’s opinion warning that a proposed extension of a quarter-cent…
Audit: faulty free lunch eligibility by school officials cost taxpayers at least $38 million
Kansas, like many states, uses the number of students receiving free lunches to determine at-risk state funding for each district,…
Four Wyandotte County Commissioners end-run Mayor Garner to propose a tax increase
Tyrone Garner, Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, who also serves as the CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County,…
Kelly administration dodging questions about Panasonic hiring delays
On Monday, July 14, 2025, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly proclaimed “Panasonic Day” in honor of the opening ceremonies for the…
Kansas is near the bottom of Advanced Placement rankings
The Sunflower State is tied for 48th in the nation for the percentage of students scoring a “3” or higher…
Kansas Attorney General releases new guidance on KOMA, KORA changes
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has released new guidance on the Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA) and the Kansas Open…
Rep. Davids requests $3.9 million for city hall projects which Prairie Village claims no details exist
Calling it an “evolving project,” The City of Prairie Village claims it doesn’t have more than a general breakdown of…
Federal judge allows foreign funding ban to go into effect
A law banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution…
Kansas receives “F” grade on Parent Power Index
In the three years since the Sentinel last reported on the Center for Educational Reform’s Parent Power Index, Kansas has…
Kobach tells state board to remove ‘gender identity’ language from school lunch contracts
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach in a letter released June 25, 2025, is warning the Kansas State Board of Education…
Kobach urges U.S. Department of Ed to investigate four Kansas districts for civil rights violations
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is urging the United States Department of Education to open an investigation against four school…
Prairie Village resident sues city over $30 million ‘municipal complex’ bond issue
A new lawsuit by a Prairie Village resident contends the charter ordinance the city is using to authorize $30 million…
SCOTUS upholds Tenn. law banning ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors
In a landmark 6-3 ruling earlier this week in United States v. Skrmetti, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a…
Evergy seeking new rate hikes that would total more than 33% since 2022
If the Kansas Corporation Commission approves several rate increases Evergy is requesting, Evergy Kansas Central customers will find their electric…
Federal court strikes down warrantless search regime in Kansas
A Cowley County couple and the Kansas Justice Institute won a major victory earlier this week after a federal court…
KSDE now says districts don’t have to use Biden-era ‘gender identity’ guidance on food service forms
Documents received by The Sentinel as part of a Kansas Open Records Act request show that the Kansas State Department…
Prairie Village 2024 payroll includes a city administrator and three deputy/assistant administrators
According to information obtained in a recent Kansas Open Records Act request, Prairie Village taxpayers are paying about $775,000 for…
KSDE declines to answer questions about gender identity in school lunch contract
The Kansas State Department of Education is declining to answer questions about why the language in the state’s “Child Nutrition…
NCTQ: Major Kansas universities earn failing grade for teacher math instruction
Nearly half of the undergraduate teacher education programs in Kansas have earned an F grade in preparing future educators to…