Author: Patrick Richardson
‘Value Them Both’ allows regulations but doesn’t ban abortions as opponents imply
Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment known as Value Them Both on August 2 to determine whether there should…
Educational inequality creates economic inequality in Kansas
Kansas ranks in the bottom half of states in educational equality, which an economist says is directly related to the…
Lansing school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights
On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas, Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing…
Kelly’s bipartisan pretensions are contradicted by record veto numbers
Governor Laura Kelly is attempting to position herself as a moderate, bipartisan governor to get re-elected, but her veto record…
Overland Park Mayor Skoog, staff pushing for (another) 10% property tax hike
Overland Park taxpayers could see their property taxes jump 9.7% for fiscal 2023 — on top of a 10.4% jump…
Kansas is #32 in educational racial equality, belying officials’ anti-racism claims
Kansas is the 32nd-worst state in the nation for racial equality, showing once again school officials’ alleged devotion to ending…
KCC reverses course, allows retail ratepayer groups to weigh in on transmission project
Despite calling the brouhaha surrounding a controversial transmission project “a circus” and “drama trauma,” Kansas Corporation Commission Commissioner Susan K.…
Is KCC using biased analysis to justify higher electric rates?
The masthead on the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) website declares it is serving the people of Kansas, but testimony indicates…
Kansas adds government jobs, loses private employment in April
Kansas already ranks as the second-most over-governed state in the nation, behind only Wyoming as the state with the most…
KDOL deflects responsibility for stunning fraud numbers
The stunning report detailing extensive cybersecurity fraud issues at the Kansas Department of Labor that led to more than 80,000…
Confidential reports detail rampant incompetence, identity theft at KDOL
In 2019, Kansas ranked 39th in the nation in identity theft on a per-capita basis. But Kansas shot up to…
Eudora girl forced to room with biological male on school-sponsored overseas trip
On a school trip to Costa Rica earlier this month, three female high school students in the Eudora school district…
Is Ethics Advisory Board ruling on solar project politically motivated?
Some people in Johnson County believe a recusal order by the Ethics Advisory Board is selectively applying ethics guidelines to…
Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard wins partial victory in pronoun lawsuit
Geary County teacher Pamela Ricard has won an initial victory in her lawsuit against her school district’s pronoun policy. On…
Butler County Community College continues to fail transparency test
For the second time in as many years, it has taken pointed questions from the Sentinel to get the Butler…
City of Shawnee votes to make housing more expensive
While the Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly were working in a bipartisan fashion to address issues with affordable rural housing,…
Kelly appointees limit consumer input on eminent domain, rate hikes
In an almost unprecedented move, the Kansas Corporation Commission limited the ability of a consumer interest group to intervene on…
House fails to override Kelly’s veto of civil rights bills
The Kansas House of Representatives failed on April 28, 2022, to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of two civil rights…
Kansas Health Institute uses flawed assumptions to push Medicaid expansion
A new white paper from the Kansas Health Institute suggests that new federal incentives would lower the cost of Medicaid…
RSPS: Kansas is in bottom half of state economic performance
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly ranks in the bottom half of governors nationally, but according to the American Legislative Exchange Council,…
Land taken by eminent domain would send electricity out of state
If a federal agency and a wind power developer have their way, a swath half a football field wide will…
Mississippi becomes third state this year to move to flat tax
While Governor Kelly’s handpicked Tax Council recommends adding a fourth income tax bracket as suggested by her Council on Racial…
City, Wind Surge hit customers with undisclosed tax & fee
Wichita city leaders are up in arms after the Wichita Eagle reported the owners of the Wind Surge — the…
A-F Grading of Kansas schools: just one A but 80 Fs
Based on the 2021 state assessment scores, only one public school in Kansas earned an “A” on Kansas Policy Institute’s…