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Obamacare Changes Could Cut Insurance Cost, Selzer Says
Former Kansas Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer said two recent federal changes to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, will help…
Sentinel acquired by Kansas Policy Institute
Special to The Sentinel After two years of operating as an independent entity, The Sentinel has become a subsidiary of…
Delay in Kansas Supreme Court Abortion Decision Has Watchers Wondering
Democrats or abortion-friendly moderates appointed six of the seven justices on the Kansas Supreme Court. As is perhaps even more…
Researchers Brutally Smack Down Laura Kelly’s Favored KU Welfare Report
The Wichita Eagle headline sounds awful: “Kansas child welfare agency trying to undercut research cited by incoming governor.” This is…
RIP, Steamboat Arabia’s Bob Hawley–Patriarch, Patriot, Adventurer
After a long and remarkably fruitful life, Bob Hawley of Independence, Missouri, died on Monday. The patriarch of a large…
Top Republicans Push Pompeo to Replace Retiring Pat Roberts
According to the Washington Examiner, “Senior Republicans are floating Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as their preferred successor to Sen.…
First Time Ever, Dorothy, A Year With No Violent Tornadoes in US
“We’re now days away from this becoming the first year in the modern record with no violent tornadoes touching down…
Kansas Students Getting Squeezed Out of Kansas JUCO Football
Beyond KU and perhaps WSU basketball, little about college sports in Kansas makes economic sense, but almost nothing in Kansas…
McClatchy, Wishing For a “Purple” Kansas, Boosts Dem For Roberts Seat
McClatchy, the ailing mothership of the Wichita Eagle and the Kansas City Star, has designated its challenger for the seat…
Kansas House Majority Leader: State “Just Robbing” Taxpayers
Apparently no one told the new House Majority Leader, Dan Hawkins, a Wichita Republican, that a blue wave had transformed Kansas…
Facing Deep Cuts, KU Staff Push Back Against Administrative Fat Cats
Facing cuts of more than 150 positions, angry employees of the University of Kansas are finally speaking out about the…
Kansas to Pay “Controversial” Outfit $270,000 to Recruit 3 Teachers
In 2015, the Washington Post published an entire chapter from a book called “Good Intentions Gone Bad” about the “controversial”…
Mad Chase to KU Hospital Ends in Shooting, Suicide
A shooting and subsequent suicide at KU Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas late on Monday night shows why hospitals, especially…
Who Knew? Conservatives Gained Strength in Kansas, Elect Majority Leader
For all the self-congratulatory bluster coming out of the media this past month, who would have known that conservatives actually…
No Charges Filed Against 74-Year-Old Kansas Woman Who Shot Intruder
“She called 911,” said Leavenworth Police Major Dan Nicodemus of the unnamed 74-year-old woman who shot an intruder. “She stayed…
Whoa! Missouri Teacher Busted on Sex Charges Rehired by Neighboring District
The arrest of a male Missouri teacher may force open the doors on a scandalous practice that has much too…
Despite Promises Not To, KC May Dun Taxpayers for KCI
In October 2017, when still helping sell the new single terminal at KCI, the Kansas City Star ran a story…
15 Months Into Campus Carry, KU Reports First Teeny Violation
Some 15 months into the University of Kansas’s “controversial” campus carry law, the Lawrence Journal-World inquired to see how many…
Oops! Two Airlines Tell KC They Can’t Afford New Terminal
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, sold its citizens on the idea of a brand new terminal with the oft-repeated…
UMKC Prof Accused of “Modern Slavery”
For the second time in three years, a seemingly successful, high profile UMKC professor hailing from Asia has been accused…
Shoot-Out At Overland Park’s Oak Park Mall: Updated
Update: The Kansas City Star, to its credit, has reported the race of the perpetrator: “Lacy said police were looking…
Hawley Catches McCaskill In Major Lie About Undercover O’Keefe Video
During their final debate on KMBC-TV in Kansas City Thursday, moderator Kris Ketz asked Senate candidate Josh Hawley about the…
Whoa! DOJ Investigates Sex Crimes, Harassment in Shawnee Mission Schools
For nearly two years now the Sentinel has been documenting the lack of media attention to sex crimes within area…
Star Commenter Threatens to Shave Heads of Trump Supporters
To be clear right up front, the person threatening to shave heads of Trump supporters has nothing to do with…