February 20, 2025

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: Editorial

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…

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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’…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 –…

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Shawnee Mission school district thinks Thanksgiving, Christmas are racist

Shawnee Mission Superintendent Dr. Michelle Hubbard tells parents the district is “pausing” their Thanksgiving and winter holiday meal celebrations because…

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Having 21% of HS students college-ready isn’t “pretty darn good”

Leavenworth teacher Ginger Riddle’s recent Letter to the Editor described student achievement as being ‘pretty darn good,’ citing the 2020…

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KC Star denies CRT in schools, OK with shaming children

Parents across Kansas are furious that schools are teaching children things like ‘white people are inherently racist and oppress students…

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Make no mistake: local elections aren’t nonpartisan

All across Kansas, people who never thought they would run for office are seeking election in nonpartisan races for local…

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Schools won’t talk about getting 135,000 students to grade level

There were about 135,000 students reading and writing below grade level in Kansas in 2019, with about 17,000 of them…

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Mayoral candidate Skoog makes false accusations of KPI

Curt Skoog, a candidate for Overland Park mayor, made some false claims about Kansas Policy Institute and me personally at…

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Leavenworth city officials: raise property tax or defund police

When Leavenworth residents asked city commissioners to hold property tax flat next year – like roughly 250 local jurisdictions are…

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Kansas tries to reduce standards to make achievement look better

The Kansas Department of Education dumbed down achievement standards about 20 years ago under No Child Left Behind, and now…

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More student achievement deception in Gardner-Edgerton

Parents in the Gardner-Edgerton school district in Johnson County are being horribly misled about student achievement.  The only question is…

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KU researchers mislead (again) on mask mandate efficacy

The University of Kansas issued a press release on Monday, quoting a study in the Journal of the American Medical…

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Overland Park’s lower mill rate doesn’t equate to efficiency

Several Overland Park city council members last week justified voting for a 10% property tax increase by noting that their…

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Prairie Village officials cause housing to be less affordable

Every time a government entity creates or contributes to a problem, the proposed solution is inevitably more government.  The City…

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Hypocritical hissy fits from SUBV, Game On over 1776 Project endorsements

They didn’t object when Democrats Laura Kelly, Sharice Davids, and Barbara Bollier got financial backing from out-of-state donors.  But Stand…

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Overland Park city council won’t be honest with citizens

Last night’s Overland Park revenue neutral hearing showed why Kansans support the new Truth in Taxation law.  Taxpayers are fed…

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