October 13, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

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“We can line all those guys up (Trump voters) and shoot ‘em”: KU professor suspended after classroom rant

The University of Kansas has suspended professor Dr. Phillip Lowcock after a video of a classroom lecture surfaced in which…

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Software error causes Kansas counties to issue incorrect Revenue Neutral notices

As many as 80 of the 105 counties in Kansas sent out miscalculated revenue neutral notices to their taxpayers. The errors…

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Kansas should adopt new budget process and spending limits, KPI economist says

Kansas is spending too much and needs to reform the way it creates the yearly budget, was the message Dr.…

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Democrat-controlled FCC fast tracks sale of 200 radio stations to George Soros

The Federal Communications Commission recently bypassed its own rules to fast-track the purchase of more than 200 radio stations by…

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Fluoride in water poses ‘unreasonable risk’ to children, federal court rules

A federal court has recently ruled that fluoride in drinking water poses “an unreasonable risk” to children, and ordered the…

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“No More Lines Coalition” calls for end to school district boundaries

With a backdrop of the historic Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Ground Zero of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision…

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Districts still won’t allow school boards to “conduct” school needs assessments

For four straight years, school districts across the state have refused to allow school board members to “conduct” needs assessments in…

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Homeschoolers discuss opportunities and challenges in Heartland Hybrid and Micro School Summit

Dozens of Kansas homeschoolers and experts from around the country gathered in Overland Park to exchange ideas about how to…

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JOCO commissioners squander $500,000 in failed homeless shelter deal

Two days after the Lenexa City Council rejected their pressure to approve a Special Use Permit to convert a hotel…

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SoS Schwab: nearly 1,000 Kansans’ votes went uncounted in August primary due to USPS failures

Nearly 1,000 Kansans were disenfranchised in the August primary due to errors by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in…

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USD 286 Chautauqua school board fined over KOMA violations

The Chautauqua County Board of Education has been found liable for multiple violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. According…

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D.C. ‘voter access group’ sends 43,000 personalized ballot applications with wrong return address

A Washington D.C. non-profit “voter advocacy group” injected itself into the upcoming general election in Kansas after sending 43,000 pre-filled-out…

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Lenexa City Council rejects converting LaQuinta Inn to homeless shelter

At the end of a 6 ½ hour marathon meeting that stretched into the wee hours of the morning, the…

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government waste spending

Johnson County audit shows lax purchasing controls

The first page of a recent audit of purchasing controls in Johnson County government shows a startling lack of oversight.…

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Point Forward says it will donate Washington School if no childcare provider can be found

Ron Scripsick, chairman of Point Forward, the developer of the approximately $10 million Washington School daycare project, said in a…

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School board members share ideas on improving student outcomes at 2nd annual KSBRC conference

With the goal of reversing the downward trend in K-12 proficiency levels, school board members and superintendents from across Kansas…

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economic development

Commerce Department dodges questions about seemingly flawed Panasonic, Integra impact claims

The Kansas Department of Commerce claims thousands of jobs created by a pair of large projects and billions in economic…

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KBI clears retired Morris County sheriff of wrongdoing in fuel theft investigation

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) has found no wrongdoing in its investigation of retired Morris County Sheriff Jay Simecka…

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BLS data: Kansas lost 13,000 jobs over the last 12 months

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor/Secretary of Commerce Doug Toland have routinely touted tens of thousands of “jobs created…

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500% tax increase, lack of transparency frustrates Douglas County taxpayer

Citing property taxes in Douglas County are up more than 500% in the last 25 years, nearly five times as…

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Sedgwick County sales tax proposal would simply the tax shift burden and likely increase it

Sedgwick County is floating a new “property-tax relief” proposal that — while it would theoretically lower property taxes — would…

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Taxes compound and are stacked up over time.

Homeschool parents now eligible for a sales tax exemption

A lawsuit seems to have led to the Kansas Department of Revenue’s reversal of policy on sales tax exemptions for…

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Research shows states not expanding Medicaid spend much less per enrollee

New York’s Empire Center analyzed data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and found that the ten states that have…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas files another KORA complaint against Commerce Dept.

Just hours after the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas was again forced to file a Kansas Open Records complaint against the…

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