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Beverly Gossage, Dave Owen vying to replace Julia Lynn
Now that Kansas Sen. Julia Lynn’s name won’t appear on the general election ballot in November, Beverly Gossage and Dave…
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State agencies that ignored lobbying audit inquiry named
(editor’s note: a previous version of this story said Kansas Public Employees Retirement System didn’t respond to the audit request,…
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Reno County officials: COVID positivity rate is artificially high
Reno County Commissioners Tuesday adopted a temporary plan to test 1,000 asymptomatic individuals for COVID over four weeks, believing that…
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Suspension, ‘acceptable feelings’ in Hutch mask policy
On the day before classes were to reopen for in-person learning in USD 308 Hutchinson, Kansas, Faris Elementary School posted…
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Dodge City: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 443 Dodge City says average teacher salaries increased 1.6% in the 2019-20 school year to $59,977, but some district administrators received…
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Osage County commissioners ignore questions about no-bid contract
Osage County Commissioners Fred Diver, Gaylord Anderson, and Ken Kuykendall have refused to answer questions about a no-bid contract to…
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Manhattan: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 383 Manhattan says average teacher salaries increased 3.1% in the 2019-20 school year to $50,779, but some district administrators received increases…
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COVID Information Center: hospitalization, death rates falling
You wouldn’t know it from media’s and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s hyper-focus on case increases, but the rates of COVID…
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Audit finds $1.3 million taxpayer money spent on lobbying
State agencies, local government entities, and school districts spent at least $1.3 million in taxpayer money lobbying for more of…
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CDC: Kansas COVID deaths have average 2.7 comorbidities
The vast majority of deaths reported due to coronavirus involved patients with multiple underlying conditions, or comorbidities, the CDC reported…
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USD 233 Olathe: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 233 Olathe says average teacher salaries increased 4.7% in the 2019-20 school year to $59,391, but some district administrators received increases…
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Blue Valley parents to district: Let Them Play
Though the atmosphere mirrored a pep rally leading to a big game, the more than 400 “let them play” protesters…
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USD 231: Big pay hikes for administrators, achievement down
USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton says average teacher pay increased 3.3% in the 2019-20 school year, but some district administrators received increases…
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KDHE hides low testing rate to push COVID positivity scare
First, there was mask-querade, when Governor Kelly’s administration hid and manipulated data to justify her mask mandate. Now, Kelly’s Health…
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Wall Street Journal: Kansas Democrats’ COVID chart masks the truth
An opinion column in today’s Wall Street Journal by Allysia Finley, a member of their editorial board, says Kansas health…
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AIER: States that stayed open during COVID fare better
A new analysis from the American Institute of Economic Research (AIER) shows the seven states that didn’t shut down during…
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COVID Information Center on Kansas Policy Institute website
The Sentinel’s parent company, Kansas Policy Institute, announced the addition of a COVID Information Center to its website today. Communications…
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Austin, Nolan appointed to Civil Rights Advisory Committee
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced the appointment of 12 people to the Kansas Civil Rights Advisory Committee, including…
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Study says privatizing Kansas Turnpike could generate $1 billion
With the state facing an approximately $1.5 billion budget deficit next year, legislators are looking at unpalatable options to fill…
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JoCo COVID positivity rate includes some who tested negative
The COVID positivity rate, which Johnson County health officials say is too high for schools to safely open, includes people…
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USD 229: free daycare for certified staff, parents on their own
Parents already upset with USD 229 Blue Valley’s decision to severely limit in-person instruction come fall are fuming over the…
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Big pay hikes for Blue Valley administrators
Parents remain frustrated over the lack of dyslexia services in USD 229 Blue Valley, which has been partially blamed on…
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Top-heavy Wichita school district shortchanges teachers and students
The Kansas education tradition – suing taxpayers on the pretense of not having enough money to educate students but not…
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KPI: Johnson County should fix flawed COVID policy metrics
The COVID policy metrics being used to make public health decisions and to decide when — or if — to…