March 28, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: Featured

Special Interim Committee Will Examine School Finance

The Legislative Coordinating Council agreed to convene a special study committee to examine the most recent Kansas Supreme Court ruling.…

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Hutch News Writes Love Letter to Former Editor-Turned-Representative

The Hutchinson News wrote a glowing story about Hutchinson state Rep. Jason Probst. The Democrat stepped down as the Hutchinson…

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LGBTQ Lobby Pressures Dems to Stall Brownback Nomination

The LGBTQ lobby showed its muscle at Gov. Sam Brownback’s confirmation hearing for the position of U.S. ambassador at large…

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Breaking: “Disgruntled Employee” Said To Be Suspect in “Racist” Church Vandalism

Fox4kc is reporting that a disgruntled employee of the Concord Fortress of Hope Church in south Kansas City is in…

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After The First 48, More Questions than Answers in Lawyer Murder Case

In the hit TV Show, “The First 48,” viewers are told that the first 48 hours after a murder are…

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KU Hires Previously Banned BLM Activist

Caleb Stephens, a social worker and Black Lives Matter activist, was once banned from the Twente Hall, the social welfare studies building…

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CBS Touts Tonganoxie Take Down of Tyson Chicken

“Industry and state officials are a bit mystified that any community would turn away 1,600 jobs,” says CBS News, but…

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Star: Airport Design Will Attract Next Cerner, Garmin

Incomes in the Kansas City area aren’t rising fast enough, and economic growth isn’t creating quality jobs, economist Frank Lenk…

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Lawyer Slaying in KC Takes Law and Order-Like Twist

Tom Pickert, a trial lawyer with the firm Fowler Pickert Eisenmenger LLC in Kansas City, was shot Wednesday morning while…

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Attorney Shot Dead on Brookside Porch, One of 3 Men Killed in KC in 24 Hours

While the City of Kansas City spends millions trying to sell its citizens on a new airport terminal and a…

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Business Is Brisk For KU’s Famed Hate Crime Hoax Detector

Laird Wilcox, arguably the nation’s foremost hate crime hoax detector, was back in the news. The hoax du jour unfolded–and…

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School Districts Sitting on Record Amounts of Cash Reserves

Kansas school districts are sitting on record reserves. According to the Kansas State Department of Education, public schools are sitting…

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College Readiness Scores Stagnant; Former Rep. Calls Information “Inaccurate”

The Kansas Department of Education released state assessment scores last week and the results weren’t good. They showed that only…

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Transparency Becomes Focus of Wichita School Board Campaigns

Members of the USD 259 Wichita school board are in a sparring match over a letter to the editor outgoing board member Joy…

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Wow! Overland Park Power Bloc Bullies Challengers to Maintain Status Quo

The entrenched powers in Overland Park have resorted to playing hardball to keep a handful of feisty outsiders at bay…

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Kiplinger Moves Kansas from “Mixed Tax Friendly” to “Not Tax Friendly”

A business forecasting and financial advice periodical compares tax rates and rules of the 50 states each year. In 2016,…

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KC Star Fails To Add Context to Report on State Services

The Kansas City Star published an expose on the shrinking size of state government without providing accurate context. “A review…

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Big Potential for Cost Savings at Kansas Universities

An analysis of staffing levels prepared by Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) shows the University of Kansas appears to be far…

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Two Arrested for Deadly Lawrence Shoot-out. “Main Guy” Still At Large?

On early Sunday morning, October 1, three people people were shot dead in Lawrence, Kansas. On Tuesday, October 17, the…

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KU Could Be on The Hook for Millions If Football Coaches Are Fired

There is something about losing five straight football games and giving up an average of more than 50 points a…

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Dem Leaders Request Interim Committee on School Finance

Legislative leadership will consider whether to create an interim committee on school finance in light of the Kansas Supreme Court’s…

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If the Folly Can Ban Milo, Can the Sprint Center Ban Kid Rock?

Kid Rock, the entertainer Democrats fear most, will be hosting the “Greatest New Year’s Eve Bash on Earth” at the…

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Wind Blamed for Destruction of Jewish Symbol at K-State

Severe weather damaged a Sukkah on the Kansas State University campus, but that didn’t stop K-State President Richard Myers from…

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Adidas Scandal May Have Left its Footprint on KU

A trio of reporters at KU’s Daily Kansan–Conner Mitchell, Sean Collins and Wesley Dotson–are getting some deserved national attention for…

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