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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…
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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…
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Kansas AG says counties can opt out of Kelly’s school mask order
In another apparent abuse of the rule of law, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly insists — contrary to the advice of the top…
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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…
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Governor Kelly ignores Majority Leader’s COVID transparency request
Don’t expect additional COVID transparency from the State of Kansas any time soon. Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, (R-Wichita),…
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State Board of Ed slaps down executive order delaying school opening
In a stunning rebuke Wednesday, the Kansas State Board of Education declined to ratify Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s executive order…
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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…
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Executive order keeping schools closed flies in face of actual science
Despite compelling evidence that the spread of COVID-19 in schools is unlikely, and that closing school — and keeping them…
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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…
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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…
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Kansas school shutdown extension likely hurts students
Despite recommendations from pediatric experts and others saying schools be opened, Democrat Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced Wednesday she would…
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Bari Weiss’ unconscionable treatment at NYT no surprise
Bari Weiss is a self-described “left-leaning centrist,” who the Washington Post says, “portrays herself as a liberal uncomfortable with the excesses of…
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Wichita Eagle climate change reporter fails objectivity test
In December of last year, the Sentinel raised concerns about the objectivity of a new climate change reporting position for…
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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…
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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,…
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Kansas has 9th highest state and local sales tax rate
According to the Tax Foundation 2020 mid-year sales tax ranking, Kansas has the ninth-highest combined state and local sales tax…
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Gov. Kelly on no-bid contracts: do as I say, not as I do
Despite roundly criticizing the use of no-bid contracts in previous administrations, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly finally admits she hired an…
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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…
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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…
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Whistleblower alleges serious fraud, abuse at state agency
A whistleblower complaint by a former Kansas Division of Emergency Management (KDEM) employee alleges serious misconduct by the division management.…
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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…
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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…
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Media crucified Brownback, but glosses over Kelly’s budget tricks
When Republican Governor Sam Brownback used budget tricks to avoiding spending cuts, media pounded him on the front page and…
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Michigan decision rejects county’s ‘Dark Store’ appraisal theory
For years, Johnson County, and others, have — illegally, according to courts — been attempting to use a different method…