Category: News
Johnson County hires Government Relations Coordinator as taxpayer-funded lobbyist
Johnson County has hired a Government Relations Coordinator at a salary of $122,000 per year. The new position increases county…
JoCo Commissioners release Peg Trent opinion on library funding after Sentinel publication
In a victory for transparency, within hours of publishing a story about Johnson County Chief Counsel Peg Trent refusing to…
The promise of Brown v. Board of Education is still “unfulfilled”
The 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing state-sanctioned segregation in schools…
Johnson County avoiding questions about Library retirement funds
Johnson County Chief Counsel Peg Trent is refusing to answer questions about the legality of using more than $6 million…
New state assessment at odds with Legislature’s improvement targets
Deputy Education Commissioner Dr. Ben Proctor revealed that a new state assessment plan will be given to students during the…
Education officials at the top of the 2023 KPERS ‘millionaires’ list
Data provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System shows that Kansas has 4,375 KPERS ‘millionaires’—state and local government retirees…
Most Kansas cities lost population over the last three years
Most of the largest cities in Kansas have lost population over the last three years. According to data from the…
Prairie Hills / Sabetha USD 113 now in land transfer dispute with Nemaha Central
Its long-running financial disagreements with school districts in Jackson Heights and Vermillion over its closure of the Wetmore School was…
Kobach sues federal government over new Title IX rules
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing the federal government over changes to Title IX requirements that are supposed to…
Former Manhattan mayor defends city’s taxes, salary increases
Manhattan city taxpayers have seen their property taxes increase by 25% since 2019. Since 1997, taxes increased by 351%; that…
USD 434 Santa Fe Trail seems in violation of building needs assessments law
Unified School District 434 Santa Fe Trail appears to be in violation of state law K.S.A. 72-1163, which requires local…
Study shows Kansas tax burden is the 12th highest in the nation
While taxpayers await another threatened veto of tax relief, a new analysis shows Kansas has the 12th highest tax burden…
USD 233 Olathe surrenders records after nearly a month of obfuscations and denials
After weeks of back and forth reminiscent of a Franz Kafka novel, USS 233 Olathe finally sent the records they…
Some Kansas schools support Open Enrollment law, others seem hostile
The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip…
Kansas House fails to override veto of youth “gender-affirming care”
A bill that would have banned so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors in the state is dead, at least for this…
Legislature passes less expensive tax plan in SB 37, Kelly vows another veto
The Kansas House and Senate came together late last night to pass SB 37 with slightly higher tax rates that…
IVE Part 4: The impact of integrated voter engagement and the blueing of Kansas
Note: This is the final article in a four-part series on “Integrated Voter Engagement” in Kansas by Earl F. Glynn. …
IVE Part 3: Nonprofits receiving Integrated Voter Engagement funding from Kansas healthcare foundations
Note: This is the third article in a four-part series on “Integrated Voter Engagement” in Kansas by Earl F. Glynn. …
A-F Grading for Kansas schools results show continued declines in 2023
The new “A-F Grading for Kansas Schools,” based on 2023 state assessment scores, shows nearly half of Kansas public schools…
Olathe school district dodging questions about legal fees
The Olathe Unified School District administration and board of education are either refusing to answer questions about legal fees defending…
IVE Part 2: Healthcare foundations involved in funding Integrated Voter Engagement in Kansas
Note: This is the second article in a four-part series on “Integrated Voter Engagement” in Kansas by Earl F. Glynn.…
Kansas Supreme Court convenes special session in Lansing
The state Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases at the Lansing Middle School Auditorium before an estimated crowd of…
Prairie Village resident sues over council appointment procedures
A Prairie Village man is suing over the appointment to a vacancy in the Prairie Village City Council. In his…
Kansas Health Foundation spends big on “integrated voter engagement ” to change political landscape
Note: This is the first of a four-part series on “Integrated Voter Engagement” in Kansas. This article looks at the…