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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…
KU researchers understate COVID case growth to justify mandates
A University of Kansas researcher last week told the Lawrence Journal-World that counties with mask mandates have far less case…
Sharice Davids misleads Kansans on school funding, COVID deaths
Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, representing the state’s 3rd Congressional District, is running a TV ad claiming the Brownback tax relief…
KSRA-PAC banned from supporting gun rights candidates on Facebook
The Kansas State Rifle Association Political Action Committee (KSRA-PAC) is banned from placing ads on Facebook in support of legislative…
Gov. Kelly wants legislative approval for statewide mask mandate
Gov. Laura Kelly told reporters on Wednesday that she intends to host bipartisan talks with legislative leaders to craft a…
JoCo officials don’t know how many COVID tests may be false positives
As reported last week by the Sentinel, many labs are setting the cycle threshold on COVID tests above the recommended…
$99k no-bid deal for Thrive Allen County to process CARES paperwork
While businesses all across Kansas are struggling to stay afloat, officials in Allen County diverted over $99,000 of the $2.4…
Police drop investigation into criminal vehicle strike in Mission Hills
Prairie Village Police will not charge the driver of a vehicle that struck Dwight Sutherland, a former Kansas Republican National…
Kansas is being bombarded with unemployment fraud
Dave Trabert, the CEO of Kansas Policy Institute, was surprised to learn that he was a victim of unemployment fraud. …
Kansas schools continue to issue bogus quarantine orders
The Blue Valley and Olathe school districts aren’t the only ones deliberately deceiving parents with bogus quarantine orders that are…
AG Schmidt backs constitutional amendment to prevent court packing
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt signed onto a bipartisan constitutional amendment proposal to set the number of U.S. Supreme Court…
Hospital capacity data contradicts ‘bursting at seams’ headline
Data published by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), the Kansas City Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) and the…
Mission Hills resident Dwight Sutherland assaulted over Trump signs
Prairie Village Police are investigating an aggravated assault with a motor vehicle after an alleged altercation injured Dwight Sutherland in…
Lack of oversight leads to high surcharges at KCK BPU
Employee pay and electric rates aren’t the only things that are sky-high at the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public…
County officials: Olathe school quarantines are just recommendations
Students who received a quarantine notice from the Olathe school district may be able to return to the classroom, despite…
JoCo health officials mum on Olathe school quarantine
More than 200 students and teachers are in quarantine after an alleged COVID outbreak in the Olathe school district, but…
Kansas Justice Institute, Sandbar owner sue over unconstitutional curfew
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A curfew forcing the Sandbar and other bars to stop serving alcohol at 11 p.m. due to…
Kansas labs set cycle thresholds too high, detect non-contagious virus
The New York Times reported in August that some of the nation’s leading public health officials say the standard COVID…
High electric rates fund big salaries at KCK Board of Public Utilities
Kansas City, Kansas residents pay some of the highest electric rates in the region to the city-owned Board of Public…