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Star Headline on IHOP N-Word Slur Only Tells Half The Story, Less Actually
“Teen ‘distraught and upset’ after KC-area IHOP server prints N-word on her receipt,” shouts the headline of this hot-breaking story…
Unreported: “KCPD Pigs” Arrest 5 “Comrades” At Marxist May Day March
One would think that if the Kansas City Police were required to arrest five right wing protestors at a public…
Economist: “Kansas Has Fallen Back To Where It Was Before Tax Reform”
According to Jonathan Williams, chief economist with the American Legislative Exchange Council, “Kansas has fallen back to where it was…
Scout Program Capitulates; Drops ‘Boy’ from Name
The Boy Scouts are no more. According to USA Today, the revered program announced it would be dropping “boy” from…
Only One-Third of Public School Eighth Graders Proficient in Math
Two-thirds, or 67 percent, of American public school eighth graders aren’t proficient in math, according to the 2017 National Assessment…
Twitter Explodes Over News That Newspaper Publisher Paid 50K To Expose Greitens
Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn was working on a book about the 2016 Missouri Governors’ race–yawn!–and thought what better way…
Tax Increase Coming to KS Individuals, Businesses If Legislature Does Nothing
Kansans will get a tax increase unless the Kansas House and Senate adopt legislation that mirrors federal tax reforms before…
Nearly 300 Kansans In Higher Ed Make 200K, More Than 100 At KU
According to figures released by the Kansas Policy Institute for the 2017-18 academic year, the State of Kansas pays 292…
KS House Spikes Budget Provision for Automatic Cuts If Court Demands More School Money
A budget provision to automatically reduce next year’s budget if the Kansas Supreme Court demands lawmakers add more money to schools…
Religious Freedom Opponents Fly in to Oppose Adoption Protection Act
The Human Rights Campaign flew its top leader to Kansas to advocate against an adoption bill that doesn’t change the…
Merriam Dem: Lawmakers Are Constitutionally Obligated to Fund Schools, Not Roads
Schools need to be priority one, Rep. Jarrod Ousley, a Merriam Democrat, told a meeting of several Johnson County lawmakers…
Another Trump-Inspired Hate Crime That Wasn’t, St. Louis Cemetery Vandalism
In the months following the inauguration of Donald Trump, the media struggled to pin a series of bomb threats against…
Catholic Lobbyist: Electing Republicans Doesn’t Guarantee Religious Liberty
Kansas is a case study in the idea that nothing will be fixed if Christians continue voting for Republicans, writes Michael…
Compressed Veto Session Means Lawmakers Can’t Override Colyer Veto
Kansas lawmakers ceded some of their authority when they scheduled Sine Die — of final adjournment. As they adopted a…
Clownish St. Louis Prosecutors Turn Greitens Case Into Farce
The remarkably patient defense attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens cannot be sure from day to day what new bit…
AFP-KS Plans Advocacy Day during ‘Sausage-Making’ Time
When lawmakers return to Topeka to wrap up the 2018 legislative session, they’ll be met by advocates for limited government and…
Political Report Theorizes Risks for 2 KS Congressional Incumbents
The Cook Political Report, a newsletter than analyzes elections and campaigns, theorizes that Congressmen Kevin Yoder and Ron Estes may…
Can Lincoln University’s All-White Golf Team Win The PGA Minority Championship?
On May 11, the male golf team of Lincoln University, an historically black college in Jefferson City, will compete in…
Who Wrote The Threatening Letters To Gay Kansas School Teacher?
The Kansas City Star headline sums up the nearly universal media angle on this unfolding story: “‘Queers will burn’: Gay…
How Are Those Gun-Free School Zones Working Out? Not Well, Kobach Tells 2A Supporters
As Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach watched 16-year-old gun control advocates rally following a school shooting in Parkland, Florida,…
Judge in Greitens Case Slams State For “Sanctionable Discovery Violations”
Having reminded the prosecutors in the Greitens case that “these rules are not mere rules of etiquette,” Circuit Judge Rex…
With Sheriff Scandal, If Jackson County Is “Garden of Eden” It’s After The Fall
The anthemic song, “I Believe,” in the Broadway megahit Book of Mormon has this one eye-popping lyric, “I believe that…
Would Online Sales Tax Collections Be a Savior of Kansas’ Budget?
Lawmakers are banking on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning a 1992 decision, known as Quill, that limits the ability of…
Greitens’ Prosecutors Admit “Egregious Mistakes,” Face Dismissal of Case
Two separate Associated Press reports on the criminal investigation into Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens use the word “egregious,” each in…