March 16, 2025

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: Featured

JoCo Boosts Big Box Appraisal 85% in Single Year, Retailers See Red

Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…

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Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments

Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…

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Trump 2020 Campaign Manager, Kansas Native Brad Parscale, Already Getting Death Threats

In 2015, when Donald Trump was exploring the idea of running for president, he hired Topeka native Brad Parscale to…

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Hartman Offers Use of Namesake Arena for NRA Events

Wink Hartman is offering the National Rifle Association the use of Hartman Arena for future NRA events. He tweeted his…

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OP-Based Lockton Affinity Caves to Anti-Gun Activists, Abandons the NRA

There is no longer a reason, one suspects, for the planned fly-over protest at the Overland Park headquarters of insurance…

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Committee Forwards Convention of States Resolution to Kansas Senate

Tony Gillette, Shawnee, would like to see a bloodless revolution that returns the power of the federal government back to…

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For New Shawnee Mission Super, Salary Is Sweet, Perks Are Sweeter

Parents who once urged their children to go to med school or law school may be redirecting them towards the…

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Fitzgerald Urges His Opponents to Follow Hartman’s Example

State Sen. Steve Fitgerald is urging his Republican opponents to get out of the race for U.S. Congress. Fitzgerald is…

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Shocker: Star Writes Honest Article On Syed Jamal’s Indifference to the Law

After literally scores of tear-jerking article from the Kansas City Star and the national media about the immigration authorities’ cruel…

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Education Finance Researchers Brief KS Lawmakers on Their Efforts

Lori L. Taylor, a Texas A&M professor, is set to deliver an educational cost function analysis to state lawmakers on…

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Colyer: Training, Arming Teachers Might Be Partial Solution

Gov. Jeff Colyer thinks arming teachers might be a good solution. He made the comments during an Axios 360 education…

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KCMO Adopts Airbnb, Short-Term Rental Regulations

Council members in Kansas City, Missouri, voted to ban short-term rentals in certain residential areas and regulate them in other…

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Sen. Roberts: NRA Will Need To Be Flexible

Sen. Pat Roberts, the dean of Kansas’ Congressional delegation, told reporters today that the National Rifle Association will need to…

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Hartman Suspends Gubernatorial Campaign, Endorses Kobach

The race for Kansas Governor is down by one. Wichita businessman Wink Hartman suspended his campaign today. In a letter…

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Kansas Senate Committee Advances “Campus Free Speech Protection Act”

On a voice vote Monday the Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Senate passed out of committee a…

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Teacher Effectiveness, Not Funding Amounts, Most Critical to Kansas Schools

Eric Hanushek doesn’t buy the conventional wisdom on education. Spending more doesn’t equal better outcomes, smaller class size doesn’t mean…

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Legislative Leaders Show Some School Finance Cards at Party Meeting

Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning and House Speaker Ron Ryckman didn’t make any pledges, but they gave attendees an idea…

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Rep. Willie Dove Advocates for Legalizing Industrial Hemp

Rep. Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs, seems an unlikely candidate to lead the charge for hemp legalization in Kansas, but the…

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Kansas Republican Bigs Back Constitutional Amendment on Abortion

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and all five members of the Republican congressional delegation present in Wichita at a Kansans for…

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Mueller Indicts Group Responsible for Fanning Flames at Mizzou

The first group Special Counsel Robert Mueller named in his indictment on Friday is the same group Lt. Col. Jared…

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Legislator Says Right-to-Shop Proposal Would Drive Down Health Costs

Rep. Abraham Rafie is seeking a solution to drive down healthcare costs. U.S. health care costs will outpace economic growth for the…

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Senate Committee Hosts Medicaid Expansion Hearing

The annual effort to expand Medicaid in Kansas cleared one hurdle Wednesday morning. Members of the Senate Public Health and…

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Russian Bots Reportedly Fueled Racial Unrest During Mizzou 2015 Campus Protest

According to Lt. Col. Jarred Prier USAF, writing in Strategic Studies Quarterly, “Russian trolls seemed to target multiple groups to…

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Colyer’s Position on Medicaid Expansion Veto Unclear

Gov. Jeff Colyer won’t say whether he’ll veto Medicaid expansion, but he may have a choice to make on the…

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