Category: News
KPI: $264 million Shawnee Mission bond issue is built on false premise
Shawnee Mission Superintendent Mike Fulton says shifting funding from capital outlay to operating expense and passing a bond issue is…
Audit: $20 million Angel Investor program rife with problems
A damning report from the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit says the Angel Investor tax credit program designed to…
Religious facilities exempt from Sedgwick County health order
A new Sedgwick County health order prohibits gatherings of more than 25 people and demands mask-usage and social distancing, but…
Wide disparity in COVID case rates, survival rates by county
Two sparsely populated counties have the highest and lowest COVID case rates in Kansas as of November 23, and that’s…
Lyon County preparing to ram through regulations despite heavy opposition
A protest petition to prevent Lyon County from dramatically altering zoning laws was delivered to the Lyon County Clerk between…
Kansas had 65,400 fewer jobs in October
The state of Kansas had 65,400 fewer jobs in October than in February, showing the economic devastation of COVID restrictions…
JoCo eliminates public comment for Dec. 3 meeting
Johnson County commissioners will not permit verbal public comment at their next board meeting. Instead, the commission will meet by…
Eyebrow threaders sue state board over the right to earn a living
Jyotsna Biscuitwala is fighting for a slice of the American Dream. Along with her son and daughter-in-law, the Olathe woman…
Rich pension, health benefits drive high electric rates at KCK BPU
Not only are high salaries driving some of the highest electric rates in the region at the Kansas City, Kansas…
Criminal case backlog creates pressure to amend speedy trial law
Alleged criminals awaiting trials in Kansas could be released without having their day in court for lack of a speedy…
JoCo ignores resident pleas, adopts tighter COVID restrictions
Bars and restaurants in Johnson County must close by midnight beginning Monday. That’s part of the decision of a divided…
COVID survival rate up to 98.9% in Kansas
Data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows the COVID survival rate reached a new high of 98.9%…
Gardner school board rejects pleas to open schools
Despite hours of heartfelt pleas from parents and students, members of the Gardner Edgerton USD 231 school board declined to…
Students, physicians detail detrimental effects of school lockdowns
Aly Arenholz, an 8th grader at Frontier Trail Middle School in Olathe, asked Olathe high school and middle school students…
KDHE shows no interest in obtaining cycle threshold data
Despite it being clear the State of Kansas is using overly-sensitive COVID tests that, according to officials, will return positive…
Election puts liberty-centric reforms on the agenda in Kansas
There’s good news on the horizon for Kansas voters who want less government control over their lives and constitutional liberty…
JoCo charter commission to recommend changes in 2021
The Johnson County Charter Commission could make changes to its home rule charter next year, which could add elected positions…
KU student targeted by sorority for conservative views
A KU sorority member who was put on probation for “conduct unbecoming” — i.e., conservative views — has apparently had…
Gov. Kelly makes another false claim about COVID deaths
At her October 28 press conference, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said 500 people died of COVID in a little more…
Kansas public school enrollment down, school funding up
Kansas public school enrollment is down, but school funding is up, according to estimates from the Kansas State Department of…
Electric Co-op CEOs make big money, rates highest in region
The electric cooperatives that serve approximately 500,000 mostly-rural customers in Kansas charge some of the highest rates in the state…
Sharice Davids Campaign Served with Tax Warrant
The Kansas Department of Revenue today issued a tax warrant to the Sharice Davids for Congress campaign for failure to…
Kansas GDP drops more than 30% amid lockdowns
U.S. GDP dipped by $2 trillion in the second quarter compared to the same quarter in 2019. Using data from…
States locked down: more job loss, higher COVID death toll
Every state had fewer private-sector jobs in September than a year ago, but the decline was 82% greater in the…