Category: News
Missouri House Passes Right-to-Work
By a 100-59 vote the Missouri House passed a bill on Thursday barring mandatory union fees in the workplace. Newly…
Kansas Wrestles with School Centralization
The Kansas legislature is wrestling with an issue that tests the ideological purity of the state’s legislators. The question…
More Off-Court Problems for KU B-Ballers
The way things are going KU basketball players may be spending more time in court than on the court. The…
Hard Left Turns on Soft Left in KC Protest
On Friday at 4:30 p.m. a coalition of hard left organizations will be holding a rally at the Oppenstein Park…
KU Basketball Fans Don’t Know What to Think
According to the University Daily Kansan, fans are not conflicted about the play of their team. Hardly! The #3-ranked Jayhawks,…
Missouri Executes First Man in Greitens Era
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens declined a clemency request for Mark Christeson, 37, and on Tuesday the Missouri man moved on to…
Cap-J Headline Confuses on Procurement Bill
The House K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony on a bill that would require school districts to use strategic sourcing…
Kansas City on Pace to Pass 2016 Homicide Rate
The most serious problem that the city of Kansas City, Missouri, faces is one that its elected officials refuse to…
Cap-J Reporter Deems Tweets “Disparaging”
Senate Republicans met in closed caucus last week where they discussed potential ways to address Kansas budget shortfall. Former Sen.…
House Committee Hosts Conceal and Carry on Campus Hearing
Members of the Kansas House Fed and State committee heard fresh testimony on a bill that would allow Kansas public…
Dated Poll Suggests Kansans Favor Medicaid Expansion
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, or ACS CAN, is touting a poll of 500 Kansans that suggests voters…
Legends Honors Communist Pornographer–And That’s Just the Half of It
Among the Kansas “legends” that the Legends Outlets Kansas City currently celebrates on its website is one Frank Marshall Davis.…
31 States Have Higher Gasoline Taxes Than Kansas
Drivers pay less in gasoline taxes at Kansas pumps than they do in many other states, according to data released by the…
Convicted Serial Killer Gosnell Sent Hard Cases to Kansas
Unlikely bestseller, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, holds a surprise for those who still believe…
Yael Pushes Kander for President in 2020, Seriously
Long time Star editorialist turned blogger Yael Abouhalkah believes that former Missouri secretary of state Jason Kander is presidential timber (or…
Senate Republican Closed Caucus Meeting Goes Public
Senate Republicans met in closed caucus on Jan. 30 at the Topeka headquarters of the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents.…
KC Seven Times More Lethal in 2016 than NYC
In its article on Kansas City homicides, “Half of 2016 KCMO homicides cleared or solved,” KSHB missed the larger story.…
Trouble Retaining Teachers? Not Exactly
Democratic state Reps. Jerry Stodgill, Prairie Village, and Steven Crum, Haysville, introduced a bill to restore mandatory so-called due process, or…
Hawver’s Bemoans ‘Sketchy’ Fiscal Note
Hawver’s Capitol Report, a subscription-only digital publication, called a fiscal note presented last week to the Kansas House Tax Committee…
Can New Star Editor Live Down Wikileaks Revelation?
The Kansas City Star has recently shaken up its editorial board. Management put out to pasture long time editorial writers…
Stand Up Blue Valley: Institution before Students
On its Facebook page, Stand Up Blue Valley, touted the positions of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of the U.S. Senate’s ultra-liberal…
A Cap-J Tale of Two Topeka Rallies
The Topeka Capital-Journal covered two marches on Jan. 21. The headline of one–“Women’s March on Topeka draws thousands, thumps Trump”…
Olathe Increases Recycling despite Mandate
Olathe residents are saving the Earth one recyclable at a time, according to a press release the city issued last…
Media Backed Into Covering KC Pro-Life Rally
Reporters and cameramen from virtually all the local television and radio stations descended on the Downtown Federal Courthouse to cover…