March 29, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Author: Dave Trabert

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…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Senator Sykes misleads on Kansas Medicaid expansion

Senator Dinah Sykes (D-Lenexa) took time out during last week’s legislative session to send a very misleading fundraising email about…

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Property tax reform survives efforts to scuttle the bill

Local elected officials will have to be honest about the entire property tax increase they impose starting next year.  The…

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Legislature restricts Gov. Kelly’s power, adds liability protection

A 24-hour marathon legislative session last week added legislative and local government oversight to Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s emergency management…

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April jobs: private sector down 10.5% , state gov’t. steady

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s mandatory shutdown order caused the loss of almost 122,000 private-sector jobs in April, but state government…

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Average daily COVID increase down to 2% in Kansas

As of May 20, the 7-day moving average of the daily increase in COVID cases is down to 2%.  That’s…

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Gov. Kelly withholds federal COVID funds from localities

The National League of Cities reported this week that Kansas is one of thirty-two states that are withholding federal COVID…

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States not shut down have a lower COVID mortality rate

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said her statewide shutdown order was necessary to “slow the spread” of COVID-19, but data from…

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House tax committee chooses government interests over taxpayers

At Tuesday’s House Taxation Committee, Rep. Ken Corbet (R-Topeka) expressed frustration that the committee seems to favor government interests over…

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COVID cases trending down but Kelly extends shutdown order

Legislators and others feared Kansas Governor Laura Kelly would drag out her economic shutdown when she wouldn’t identify specific criteria…

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Senate tax committee tees up property tax reform

Kansans are another step closer to major property tax reform, thanks to bipartisan efforts of the Senate tax committee.  The…

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House committee discusses property tax transparency

The House Taxation Committee held met virtually this afternoon to discuss Senate Bill 294, a property tax transparency bill, and…

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COVID update: states not locked down have better outcomes

As citizens are becoming increasingly frustrated with lingering shutdown orders, residents of the eight states whose governors didn’t shut them…

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COVID mortality rate just 1% aside from nursing homes

As of Friday, May 8, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) said 85 of the state’s 152 COVID…

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Sharice Davids silent on federal bailout for McClatchy pension plan

Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, representing the state’s 3rd Congressional District, says she wants transparency on companies receiving aid through the…

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County health officers issue conflicting stay-at-home orders

The extension of stay-at-home orders in Johnson and Wyandotte counties are causing quite a bit of online backlash from business…

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COVID-19 cases continue trending down across Kansas

Aside from a few ‘hot spots,’ the 7-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases continues trending down in Kansas.  Those hot…

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Activist falsely accuses Open Up Kansas! ralliers of harassing nurses

Hundreds of people gathered in Topeka yesterday at the Open Up Kansas! rally in opposition to the economic impact of…

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