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Kansas GDP Falls, But Lawyers Want $1.5 Billion “More” For Schools
Forget the GDP–the half billion or so of newly committed money is apparently not money enough for the lawyers representing…
FL Reaps Better Educational Achievement than KS for Less Money
Florida spends significantly less per pupil on education, but that didn’t stop its students from outperforming Kansas students on the…
Lawmakers Invoke Nazis, Slavery, Homosexual Agenda as Adoption Protection Act Passes
After a lengthy debate, lawmakers approved the Adoption Protection Act, a proposal that will allow faith-based agencies to continue operating…
Still Another North KC School District Teacher Faces Sex Charges
Although the media refuse to take notice of the trend, six employees of the North Kansas School district have been…
Oops! Cap-J Publishes False List of Businesses Opposed to Adoption Legislation
A full-page ad in the Topeka Capital-Journal demanding lawmakers oppose the Adoption Protection Act used the names of businesses listed…
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…