Author: Dave Trabert
COVID restrictions: medical, educational, or political decisions?
Before any new action is taken on COVID restrictions, citizens deserve a straight answer from officials to this question: What…
Kansas lost population in 2021, residents seek lower tax burden
New population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Kansas is one of 18 states that lost population in 2021. …
SMSD considers revoking mask-optional policy on Jan. 3
The Shawnee Mission school district (SMSD) has called an emergency board meeting on January 3 at 5 pm to discuss…
Hospitalizations and deaths much lower with Omicron
A report from the BBC says the Omicron COVID variant is much milder, and very early results indicate that certainly…
Gov. Kelly: parents should butt out of curriculum issues
She said it more covertly than Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe but the message is the same — Kansas Governor…
Threat of mask-related accreditation loss appears to be bogus
The latest mask mandate excuse from education officials – ‘we have to follow county orders or we will lose accreditation’…
Health and Safety Advisory Council (HSAC) is a very bad idea
The left-leaning Johnson County Commission is entertaining an amendment to the County Charter to form a left-leaning Health and Safety…
Blue Valley inflates COVID positivity rate for staff’s benefit
The Blue Valley school administration, notorious for putting the interests of adults ahead of students, has done it again. This…
Mainstream Coalition: no say for parents in curriculum
Like Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, the Mainstream Coalition in Johnson County says parents should have no say on curriculum…
Johnson County officials push CRT with your tax dollars
It’s no secret that Johnson County schools are indoctrinating kids with the tenets of critical race theory, but now a…
Biden, Pelosi bill would cut Kansas DSH hospital payments
Fox News reports that the Build Back Better bill passed by the House includes a provision that would cut Disproportionate…
Huge middle-income cost hike in Biden’s childcare scheme
One of the provisions in President Biden’s Build Back Better plan professes to make childcare more affordable, but an opinion…
No, Gov. Kelly, business isn’t booming in Kansas
With less credibility than Eddie Haskell, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly this week declared that business is booming in Kansas. The…
KSDE conceals low, declining student achievement
The Kansas Legislature’s Special Committee on Education held a hearing on student achievement this week, and the message from the…
Biden wants $4,500 taxpayer subsidy for union-built electric cars
President Biden’s so-called Build Back Better proposal includes a $7,500 tax credit for purchasing electric cars, but union-built electric cars…
Schools ignore legal requirement to conduct needs assessments
State law requires local school boards to conduct annual building needs assessments of each school as part of the budget…
KSDE de-emphasizes instruction in new accounting handbook
The new KSDE Accounting Handbook provides another stark reminder that academics and the importance of instruction are being de-emphasized in…
Edgerton city spending pushes property tax higher
The City of Edgerton had a council member resign earlier this year over allegedly misleading residents about property tax increases. …
Kansas falls again in Economic Freedom rankings
Kansas falls from the 17th most free place in North America to the #20 slot, finds the Economic Freedom of…
Federal court says Biden administration can’t prohibit state tax cuts
A federal court yesterday agreed with Kansas and held that an attempt by Congress and the Biden administration to prohibit…
Edgerton councilman resigned in protest over property tax fib
Local elected officials and bureaucrats routinely fib about property tax increases, and most often, those who know that their constituents…
School newspaper editorial criticizes free speech, religion
An editorial in the Blue Valley Northwest school newspaper recently called for a limitation on religious speech based on –…
U.S. Fifth Circuit stays OSHA vaccination mandate
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court today issued an order staying the Biden administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate covering…
2021 state assessment results show continued decline
The new state assessment results from the Kansas Department of Education show achievement continuing to decline, with many more high…