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School boards still diverting money to Schools for Fair Funding
Kansas school districts continue to pump money into Schools for Fair Funding, a coalition of school districts that successfully sued…
States locked down had worse earnings, wages and salaries loss in 2Q
According to personal income data published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the states with COVID-related lockdowns imposed by their…
Kelly administration obstructs, obfuscates on PPE distribution
In spite of a legislator’s concern that personal protective equipment — also known as PPE — isn’t getting to nursing…
KDHE won’t talk about COVID test kits purchased from unregistered company
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on April 7 issued a purchase order for $3.75 million worth of COVID…
Republicans for Bollier break with party on policy, too
Kansas media made a big deal about a ‘Republicans for Bollier’ announcement recently, when a group of Republicans endorsed Barbara…
August jobs report: not good for Kansas, ignored by media
A bad August jobs report would be front-page news if Kansas had a Republican governor, but mainstream media apparently has…
Health Freedom event draws nearly 900 to Newton
Hundreds crowded into the Wild Prairie Event Center in Newton Monday for the Heartland Freedom Revival, a symposium sponsored by…
Kansas Justice Institute questions legality of Timber Creek school quarantine
Kansas Justice Institute litigation director Sam MacRoberts this morning sent a letter to Timber Creek Elementary School in USD 229…
Kelly admin refuses to answer questions about $7 million no-bid contract
Despite stating opposition to giving out a no-bid contract, Democrat Kansas Governor Laura Kelly continues to use them — and…
Gov. Kelly’s September COVID deaths claim is grossly exaggerated
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly at yesterday’s press conference made a consciously exaggerated and deceptive claim about COVID deaths in September. …
Louisburg’s fulltime in-person learning successful at 5 weeks
Few schools in the Kansas City metro are open for all-day, in-person learning, but Louisburg USD 416 is bucking the…
COVID impact is relatively low for kids, young adults
You wouldn’t know it by listening to school boards and teacher unions, but kids and young adults who test positive…
Beverly Gossage, Dave Owen vying to replace Julia Lynn
Now that Kansas Sen. Julia Lynn’s name won’t appear on the general election ballot in November, Beverly Gossage and Dave…
State agencies that ignored lobbying audit inquiry named
(editor’s note: a previous version of this story said Kansas Public Employees Retirement System didn’t respond to the audit request,…
Reno County officials: COVID positivity rate is artificially high
Reno County Commissioners Tuesday adopted a temporary plan to test 1,000 asymptomatic individuals for COVID over four weeks, believing that…
Suspension, ‘acceptable feelings’ in Hutch mask policy
On the day before classes were to reopen for in-person learning in USD 308 Hutchinson, Kansas, Faris Elementary School posted…
Osage County commissioners ignore questions about no-bid contract
Osage County Commissioners Fred Diver, Gaylord Anderson, and Ken Kuykendall have refused to answer questions about a no-bid contract to…
Manhattan: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 383 Manhattan says average teacher salaries increased 3.1% in the 2019-20 school year to $50,779, but some district administrators received increases…
COVID Information Center: hospitalization, death rates falling
You wouldn’t know it from media’s and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s hyper-focus on case increases, but the rates of COVID…
Audit finds $1.3 million taxpayer money spent on lobbying
State agencies, local government entities, and school districts spent at least $1.3 million in taxpayer money lobbying for more of…
CDC: Kansas COVID deaths have average 2.7 comorbidities
The vast majority of deaths reported due to coronavirus involved patients with multiple underlying conditions, or comorbidities, the CDC reported…
USD 233 Olathe: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 233 Olathe says average teacher salaries increased 4.7% in the 2019-20 school year to $59,391, but some district administrators received increases…
USD 231: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton says average teacher pay increased 3.3% in the 2019-20 school year, but some district administrators received increases…
Wall Street Journal: Kansas Democrats’ COVID chart masks the truth
An opinion column in today’s Wall Street Journal by Allysia Finley, a member of their editorial board, says Kansas health…