December 2, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Author: Dave Trabert

Gov. Kelly makes false statements on K-12 funding

Taxpayers can add K-12 funding to the list of false and misleading claims by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. Responding earlier…

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Wyandotte County officials won’t discuss 2020 pay increases

While many residents were struggling to pay bills last year, some of the highest-paid employees of the Unified Government of…

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Biden bailout (unconstitutionally) prohibits state tax cuts or rebates

Buried on page 579 of the $1.9 trillion so-called stimulus bill is a provision that prohibits state tax cuts between…

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Eye-opening 2020 pay increases for some JoCo employees

The COVID pandemic was tough on everyone, but the 2020 pay increases for some Johnson County government workers were pretty…

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Johnson Co. helps school districts mislead on quarantine letters

When a Johnson county student is thought to be exposed to someone with COVID, parents get quarantine letters from the…

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Hineman, Goossen make false claims about 2012 Kansas tax plan

People across the nation who are opposed to letting citizens keep more of their hard-earned money have repeatedly pointed to…

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How some government officials circumvent Open Records requests

The Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) declares, “It is the public policy of Kansas that public records shall be open…

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State Treasurer Lynn Rogers deceives taxpayers on ESA programs

State Treasurer Lynn Rogers, a Wichita Democrat, recently took a hard stance against legislation that would expand educational opportunities for…

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Parents frustrated by USD 437 officials in Black Lives Matter issue

The controversy over Black Lives Matter posters throughout the halls of Washburn Rural High School in the USD 437 Auburn…

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KASB, USD 231 mislead on education savings accounts

The USD 231 Gardner Edgerton school district is helping the Kansas Association of School Boards distribute misleading information in opposition…

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KBOE President Jim Porter deceives on student achievement (again)

State Board of Education President Jim Porter made a conscious attempt to deceive members of the House K-12 Budget Committee…

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KS education lobby attacks opportunity – Part 3, KASB

The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB), the taxpayer-funded lobbying arm of local school boards, this week renewed their opposition…

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Tips for handling school district ‘quarantine’ notices

Parents are growing increasingly frustrated with school districts over their handling of alleged exposure to COVID, particularly with the lack…

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KS education lobby attacks opportunity – Part 2, SMSD

The Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) is part of the education lobby that is attacking opportunity for students who are…

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Black Lives Matter speech controversy at Auburn-Washburn

A series of Black Lives Matter posters in the hallways of Washburn Rural High School in the USD 437 Auburn-Washburn…

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USD 231 said less than 25% of MS and HS kids remote

USD 231 Gardner Edgerton earlier this week blamed “confusing” questions from the Kansas Dept. of Education (KSDE) for reporting the…

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Framework for Growth: more of what failed to produce growth

With Kansas in its fifth straight decade of economic stagnation, Commerce Secretary David Toland’s Framework for Growth plan looks to…

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Delaying property tax honesty bill implementation is bad for taxpayers

A parade of city and county officials yesterday asked the House Taxation Committee to delay implementation of the property tax…

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Stanford study: no evidence that lockdowns slow COVID

A study conducted by researchers at Stanford University finds “no clear, significant beneficial effect of mrNPIs (more restrictive non-pharmaceutical interventions)…

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K-State gets only FIRE green light free speech rating in KS

Kansas State University ranks among the top colleges for free speech, according to an annual survey by the Foundation for…

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COVID survival rate holding at 99.8% for adults 18-64

Data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows the COVID survival rate for all ages in Kansas is…

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2020 ACT score falls again, Kansas now below national average

The average 2020 ACT score in Kansas declined for the fourth consecutive year, to 20.4, and the decline in college-readiness…

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Misleading ‘highest COVID death rate’ claim is just KDHE reporting issue

Today’s Wichita Eagle story about Kansas having the highest COVID death rate in the nation last week is just another…

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School districts lose 12,000 students but add 46 managers

(Editor’s note – this article has been updated with a revised calculation of virtual enrollment; the original article showed a…

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