Category: News
Big pay increases for JoCo employees mean tax hikes for residents
While the “pronoun pins” the Johnson County government recently purchased are a fairly minor cost to the taxpayers, the big…
“Mama Bears” mom wins free speech lawsuit against school board that banned her
A Fulton County, Georgia, member of the “Mama Bears” who was banned from her school board meetings for reading from…
School Board Member Free Speech and Transparency Act has hearing
HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before…
Johnson County spends $4,648 on pronoun lapel pins
Johnson County officials are spending $4,648 on lapel pins and stickers for employees to declare their pronouns, according to emails…
McPherson superintendent contract’s unique fringe benefit raises pension-spiking concern
USD 418 McPherson Superintendent Dr. Shiloh Vincent receives four hours a week, 208 hours a year, or the equivalent of…
Morris County schools super allegedly misused federal funds, audit finds
A yearly audit of the Morris County Unified School District 417 found significant problems within the district — particularly in…
Parent cites Leavenworth High School for lack of transparency, accountability
What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year…
KCK district officials silent on gender-transitioning “Julian is a Mermaid” being read to kindergartners
A Kansas City, Kansas, USD 500 kindergarten teacher proudly, but anonymously, posted on a social media page that they had…
Derby Recreation Commission allows biological males in women’s locker room, even after used condom is found
The Derby Recreation Commission has refused to respond to questions about its transgender locker room policy, even after a used…
KC Star, KU prof consciously deceive Kansans on the flat tax
Tony Botello, the self-described ‘left-leaning’ brain behind the Tony’s KC blog, describes the Kansas City Star’s latest resurrection of the…
Sabetha High School track renovation may doom Wetmore Academic Center
The Prairie Hills USD 113 School Board has set a date of February 13th to vote on the controversial closure…
Senate tax committee bills would save $463 million over three years
A bill recently passed out of the Kansas Senate Tax Committee would be a significant boon to retirees on a…
Title IX does not cover gender identity, court rules
Title IX rules against gender-based discrimination do not include “gender identity,” according to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting…
Wabaunsee rolls out the state’s first electric school buses
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan was joined by USD 329 officials and community members in Alma as the school…
House committee approves ESA school choice bill
The Kansas House of Representatives K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony earlier this week on House Bill 2218, which would…
Kansas Board of Regents may drop algebra as a college graduation requirement
One out of three college students in Kansas fails algebra, the vice president for academic affairs for the Kansas Board…
Senate bill would eliminate competition in power transmission construction
A bill in front of the Kansas Senate would effectively give complete control over electric transmission projects in the state…
Wichita district: credit for class attendance requires just 10 minutes
Wichita Public Schools, USD 259, have declined to answer questions about an attendance policy which — theoretically — would allow…
Legislature considers bill to modify sports competition
Last year, the Kansas State High School Athletics Association — which governs all high school sports in Kansas — adopted…
Kansas landowners warned about possible identity theft, real estate scam
Property owners in more than a dozen Kansas counties have received a proposal letter and a purchase agreement offering to…
Legislature considers bill to modify sports competition
Last year, the Kansas State High School Athletics Association — which governs all high school sports in Kansas — adopted…
School board resource center offers unbiased information for board members
The Kansas School Board Resource Center, an information source for school board members and taxpayers, was introduced in Topeka before…
Students join in the call for school choice at the Kansas capitol
It was standing…and sitting on the floor…room-only, as some 200 students and educators from as far away as Wichita joined…
Performance-based budgeting law is effectively ignored by state agencies
A report on performance-based budgeting in Kansas reminds readers of a famous quote about government spending: “A billion here, a…