Category: News
Executive order prohibiting debanking signed by President Trump
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for all Americans,” which aims to eliminate so-called…
Leavenworth County Commissioners will raise property tax 5%, blaming it on state, federal government
The Leavenworth County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to raise property tax by 5%, or about $2 million, for the…
Seven members of Kansas Board of Education vote to reduce proficiency standards
Last year, 22% of 8th-graders were proficient in English Language Arts (reading) on the Kansas state assessment. This year, 46%…
Attorney General Kobach says Kelly has no authority to join lawsuit against President Trump
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has moved to block Kansas Governor Laura Kelly from joining a lawsuit against the Trump…
War of words between Leavenworth County commissioners Culbertson and Reid over property tax increase
Even approving the date of a county budget hearing was ensnared in the contentious issues of property tax increases and…
Johnson County, Overland Park plan big tax increases while sitting on millions in reserves
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars in reserve, Johnson County Commissioners are planning to raise property taxes by 6.5% next…
Lawrence School District issues transgender policy, testing state law that banned males from female sports
In a challenge to Kansas state law, Lawrence USD 497 has issued a policy for the new school year on…
Citizen group makes recommendations to City of Wichita on spending
A recent review of the City of Wichita’s budget by the Wichita Organization for Government Efficiency Exchange (The Exchange) found…
Search for answers in 25-year-old cold case in woman’s disappearance stymied by Kansas law
Roughly 25 years ago, Jennifer Lancaster and her two young daughters left her mother’s house in Topeka, Kansas. They were…
Speaker Hawkins accuses Kelly administration of covering up fraud in SNAP program
Kansas Speaker of the House Dan Hawkins issued a press release accusing the Laura Kelly Administration of a cover-up of…
WYCO commissioners Davis and Lopez, on both sides of proposed 17% property tax increase, advance to November runoffs
Wyandotte County Unified Government commissioners, who took opposing votes on the recent contentious debate on exceeding Revenue Neutral and imposing…
Defense attorney faults Anderson County legal system for lack of prosecution of alleged killer of Wyandotte County Sheriff Deputy
Before Shawn Harris allegedly fired the shot that killed Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Elijah Ming on July 26th, his criminal…
Parent opt-out letters from controversial topics released by liberty group
In the wake of a United States Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, requiring school districts to allow parents…
Feds restore education funding to Kansas after review completed
The U.S. Department of Education has released some $45 million in funding to the State of Kansas that was delayed…
Commerce department continues pattern of oversight failures
After multiple audits of both rounds of the “Building a Stronger Economy” (BASE) Grant program have routinely found issues with…
Johnson County disagrees with AG opinion on sales tax extension
The Johnson County Commission is refusing to accept an Attorney General’s opinion warning that a proposed extension of a quarter-cent…
Over 150,000 Kansas students have a limited ability to read says state assessment
More than 150,000 Kansas K-12 students will have a difficult time reading this story. Not because of the subject matter,…
Wyandotte County votes to exceed Revenue Neutral by 17%, much more than residents were led to believe
(Editor’s Note: this story is revised to correct the tax increases proposed by USD 202 Turner and USD 203 Piper.)…
Audit: faulty free lunch eligibility by school officials cost taxpayers at least $38 million
Kansas, like many states, uses the number of students receiving free lunches to determine at-risk state funding for each district,…
New Hampshire expands school choice, removes income limits giving opportunities to all students
New Hampshire this year became the fifth state to expand its school choice options by removing income limits, allowing all…
Four Wyandotte County Commissioners end-run Mayor Garner to propose a tax increase
Tyrone Garner, Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas, who also serves as the CEO of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County,…
Johnson County school districts react to hold on federal education grants while ignoring $237 million cash reserves
The U.S. Education Department has announced it has put $6.2 billion in federal grants to state education agencies on hold…
Kelly administration dodging questions about Panasonic hiring delays
On Monday, July 14, 2025, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly proclaimed “Panasonic Day” in honor of the opening ceremonies for the…
Kansas is near the bottom of Advanced Placement rankings
The Sunflower State is tied for 48th in the nation for the percentage of students scoring a “3” or higher…