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Kansas Revenues Beat Expectations
Total tax receipts at the end of March topped expectations. State revenue for the fiscal year reached $4.8 billion, or…
Kansas Jobs Grow Thanks to High Costs of Business in Seattle
A Seattle-area business is picking up stakes and hitching a wagon east to cash in on the lower cost of…
New Spending Should Help Schools, But There’s No Guarantee, Researcher Tells Lawmakers
Jesse Levin, a researcher at the American Institutes for Research, told legislators on Thursday that an education study they commissioned…
Lawmakers Forward $500M Education Plan Likely To Require Tax Increases
A committee of lawmakers forwarded a proposal that would increase school funding by about $500 million over the next 5…
Kansas Bill Would Hold Schools Responsible For NOT Arming Teachers
As reported by CNN, a newly introduced bill in the Kansas House would not just encourage school districts to arm…
Lawmaker: When Is the Day We Can Discuss Medicaid Expansion?
Democrats in the Kansas House attempted for the fourth time this year to attach a Medicaid expansion to other legislation…
UMKC Blows Whistle on Fired Whistleblower
In her extraordinary memo, Interim UMKC Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer concedes that Dr. Richard Arend, recently a tenured faculty member at…
Some Kansans To Receive Credits That Lower Utility Bills, Thanks to Federal Tax Reform
Some Kansans are about to realize credits that reduce their monthly utility bills. The Kansas Corporation Commission approved agreements with Atmos…
Measure to Decriminalize CBD Oil Users Advances in Kansas House
An amendment to legalize medical marijuana failed in the Kansas House yesterday, but lawmakers forwarded for passage the underlying legislation…
Parents Terrorized by Bill that Limits School Insurance Rates for Conceal and Carry
The Left and their media allies are misrepresenting an insurance bill scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday morning. Contrary to…
What Media Aren’t Saying About Garden City Bomb Plot
“The plot to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas was just the beginning of a plan…
Faith-Based Adoption Agencies Under Attack, Fight for Right to Serve
When Cara DeCoursey faced an unplanned pregnancy 28 years ago, the Catholic teen knew she was going to give her…
Colyer Provides Outline for Acceptable School Funding Solution
Gov. Jeff Colyer hasn’t formally issued a statement on how he would like to see lawmakers deal with what could become a…
Will K-State, UMSL Mobilize To Protest Male-On-Male Rape?
There have been various marches and meetings on area campuses this year protesting rape and lesser varieties of sexual offense.…
Federalist: Greitens Prosecutor Could “End Up in Jail”
Writing for the Federalist, an influential online magazine, Dave Grossman makes a highly detailed case that Kim Gardner, the St.…
Sour Political Wrangling Pickles Amendment to Lower Food Sales Tax Rate
A bill that would have lowered the sales tax on groceries is dead due to political wrangling, according to Rep.…
Budding Bromance Turns Full Partnership as Kobach, Hartman Join Forces
A budding bromance on display during the Kansas GOP debate has turned into a political partnership. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced…
Thank Goodness for Nebraska; KS Makes Top 10 for Highest Tax Burdens
First the bad news: Kansas’ state and local tax burden is one of the highest in the nation. According to…
Education Study a ‘$200K Birdcage Liner’, Lawmaker Says
Lawmakers are balking at an education study that recommends spending up to an additional $1.77 billion on school funding. Lori…
4X Property Tax Rates? 10% Sales Tax? KPI Does Math on School Study’s Proposed Spending Hikes
Nearly quadrupling property tax rates or the highest sales tax rates in the country are two possible ways lawmakers could…
Alleged “Anti-Gay” Flap Shakes KC Catholic Diocese
One has to believe that pro-LGBT forces within the Catholic Church have little idea how vicious they sound when attacking…
Study Recommendation: Enormous Piles of Fresh Cash for Public Schools
Lawmakers got a preview of an education finance study commissioned to assist them in drafting a new school funding mechanism.…
Sticker Shock: JoCo Payroll Spikes Beyond Rate of Inflation
Johnson County government’s top paid employee makes nearly three times the median household income in the county and two-and-a-half times the…
House Slams Brakes on Banking Bill as Medicaid Expansion Vehicle
Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward tried to slip amendments related to Medicaid into legislation dealing with banks yesterday. The…