Category: News
Blue Valley to spend $40k plus benefits on COVID contact tracer
It’s all good news on the COVID-front in Johnson County, but school districts continue to plan for apocalyptic levels of…
Education officials top the list of nearly 3,000 KPERS ‘millionaires’
The 2020 KPERS pension payment listing shows Kansas has 2,993 KPERS ‘millionaires’ – state and local government retirees who will…
City of Gardner backs off pool COVID restrictions
On Monday, Gardner resident Danedri Herbert, took to the podium to blast the Gardner City Council for a decision to…
Blue Valley cancels in-person 8th Grade graduation
Add the cancellation of in-person 8th Grade graduation to the list of traditional rites of passage ripped from students by…
Johnson Co. Commissioners hire unqualified County Auditor
Johnson County Board of Commissioners Charter Resolution 24-88 Sec.[XV]-(2) says, “No person shall be eligible for appointment to the position…
Goddard lifts mask mandate; SMSD, BV refuse
Calling masks “disruptive and divisive” in the school environment, at least one Kansas school district made masks optional for the…
Federal unemployment benefits stifle job growth in Kansas
President Joe Biden may not believe that the extra $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits is keeping people from…
Blue Valley parents say Diversity Club video sent divisive message
Frustrated parents of Blue Valley Southwest High School students say a Diversity Club video shown in a virtual student assembly…
Doctor says there’s no legitimate medical reason to mask children
One Kansas City-area mom had to fight tooth and nail to get a mask exemption for her children, despite having…
KDHE, county health officials won’t talk about COVID cycle threshold
Late last month the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention lowered the cycle threshold standard for COVID-19 tests to determine…
Schools are spending $100k on mask lawsuit for 16 kids
The attorney representing parents of 16 students fighting for individual mask exemptions says the Blue Valley and Olathe school districts…
Legislature overrides Kelly’s veto of tax relief bill
It took four years, but lawmakers yesterday overrode Governor Kelly’s veto of legislation that will reverse unintended state tax increases…
Sandbar suit leads to legislative due process victory
The Sandbar in Lawrence yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that prompted Kansas legislators to fix the Kansas Emergency Management Act. Sandbar…
CDC: maximum 28 CT for post-vaccine COVID PCR tests
As reported by Daniel Horowitz at Blaze Media, the new CDC guidance for “COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough case investigation” – meaning…
Biden’s STEP Act will tax farmers, small business owners hardest
President Joe Biden, who is promoting an effective tax increase on many middle-class Americans to pay back the unions that…
College of the Ozarks sues Biden admin over gender identity
Like a Missouri David facing the Federal Goliath, the small, Christian-oriented College of the Ozarks near Branson, Missouri, is challenging…
School boards ignore legislative intent on SB 40 hearings
Mask mandates are slowly disappearing in Kansas counties. At a recent count, only five Kansas counties retain the mandates. However,…
Biden admin pushes critical race theory in public schools
Federal lawmakers and the Biden administration are aiming to direct civics curriculum in public schools, and critics fear their efforts…
Some districts are considering masks for flu season
Many parents fear some districts will require masks in the next school year, and one school superintendent says some districts…
Pay increases, 9% property tax hike in Manhattan
Data from the Kansas Department of Revenue shows the City of Manhattan raised property tax by 9% last year, and…
Pratt chamber won’t answer questions about social justice survey
A “community survey” from the Pratt Chamber of Commerce raises a lot more questions than those in the survey. An…
Big pay hikes at KCK Board of Public Utilities
Big utility bills paid by customers of the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public Utilities helped fund some hefty pay…
Homeschool households doubled during pandemic, Census reports
The number of homeschool households doubled in the U.S. between spring 2020 and fall 2020, according to a U.S. Census…
Kelly vetoes tax relief in SB 50, wants to keep ‘found wallet’
Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed SB 50, legislation that would have reversed state tax increases resulting from the 2017…