Author: Dave Trabert
Gov. Kelly may close bars and nightclubs based on incomplete data
During last week’s State Finance Council meeting, Senator Jim Denning (R-Overland Park) said he’s seeing positive results from closing bars…
CDC: Pneumonia deaths exceed COVID deaths this year in Kansas
Between February 1 and July 11 this year, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says many more people died of…
June jobs report: not good for Kansas, ignored by media
A bad June jobs report would be front-page news if Kansas had a Republican governor, but mainstream media apparently has…
HHS COVID hospital utilization site shows available capacity
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new hospital utilization website shows utilization and available capacity for all…
Kelly administration rejects COVID open records requests
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly wants to delay opening schools and is hinting at closing the economy this fall over the…
Study: schools and colleges can safely open during COVID
A new study from The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) says America’s schools and colleges can safely reopen…
Kansas has almost 600 open ICU beds
For weeks, Kansans have been warned that a rise in COVID cases could cause hospitals to scramble for ICU beds,…
7 Kansas counties have more government jobs than private jobs
The Kansas Department of Labor just released data showing seven counties had more government jobs than private-sector workers in the…
COVID case hype pushes fear despite good news in the data
There’s considerable good news in this week’s COVID-19 update but you wouldn’t know it from media and many government officials,…
Mask mandates not driven by data
Government proponents of mask mandates say they’re driven by data, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says cloth…
Johnson County affirms mask mandate, enforcement unlikely
The Johnson County Board of Commissioners arguably made a political decision to affirm Governor Kelly’s statewide mask mandate, even though…
COVID mortality rate hits new low, Kelly imposes mask mandate
The COVID mortality rate in Kansas fell to a record-low 1.9% statewide, and the rate outside of state-identified clusters also…
Gov. Kelly’s budget plan creates $1.5 billion deficit in 2022
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced budget changes last week that she said would close a $653 million deficit in the…
Ruckus cancellation by KCPT seems related to conservative censorship
Kansas City public TV station KCPT announced today the effective cancellation of Ruckus, seen by many as the gold standard…
Oklahoma liberty group defends free speech suit
Questions surrounding where robust debate stops and libel begins are being asked in an Oklahoma lawsuit. Constitutional and legal issues…
Average daily COVID increase hovers around 1% in Kansas
Data released today by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows the 7-day moving average of new COVID cases…
107,000 fewer private jobs since February, state loses 200
Editor’s note: this story was revised on June 23 to reflect Oklahoma as being a locked-down state; we regret the…
Average daily increase in COVID just 1% in Kansas
Data released today by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows the 7-day moving average of new COVID cases…
New COVID case increase drops below 1% in Kansas
New data provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment through June 8 shows the 7-day moving average of…
Cities, counties use your money to fight property tax relief
City and county officials often justify tax increases as being necessary to provide services demanded by residents. But if they…
Overland Park proposes 6% property tax increase
The City of Overland Park is proposing a 6.2% property tax hike next year, according to their proposed 2021 budget. …
COVID average daily increase drops to all-time low
Data provided by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment through June 1 shows the COVID average daily increase dropped…
Facts refute KDHE Secretary’s concerns with interference
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Secretary Dr. Lee Norman told the Topeka Capitol-Journal that legislative efforts to curb…
Johnson County commission meeting devolves into autocracy
Autocracy is a system of government by one person with absolute power, and there were times in today’s Johnson County…