Category: News
JoCo commission approves property tax hike despite opposition
(Update – the original version of this story referenced a 5.3% property tax increase for 2021; a tiny quarter-mill reduction…
Emporia drops COVID shutdown prosecution against restaurant owner
In a victory for common sense, the City of Emporia dropped their prosecution of a local restaurant owner after he…
JoCo doc: COVID positivity rate artificially high, from skewed sample
Dr. Christine White, a pediatrician with Johnson County Pediatrics, says the COVID positivity rate is artificially high because “the data…
COVID cases jumped last week in counties with mask mandates
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment spent the last two weeks trying to convince Kansans that their manipulated data…
McClatchy cover-up of KDHE deception mask-querades as news story
The McClatchy-owned Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle on Sunday published a lengthy endorsement of the Kelly administration’s use of…
Public outcry over Johnson County’s 5% property tax increase
Residents gave Johnson County commissioners an earful at the August 12 public hearing on the county’s 2021 budget proposal, which…
More deception: KDHE hid data to justify mask mandate
Data obtained in an Open Records request from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment shows KDHE didn’t ‘just’ manipulate…
Justice Institute stops mandatory contact tracing in Riley County
A letter from the Kansas Justice Institute to the Riley County Board of Health brought a swift victory for liberty,…
Gov. Kelly shuts down legislator’s COVID transparency inquiry
For the second time in less than a month, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly shut down a discussion and refused to…
Encouraging trends continue in the latest Kansas COVID data
Encouraging trends that developed over the last few weeks on hospitalization and mortality continued with the last Kansas COVID data…
KDHE doctored a COVID case chart to justify mask mandates
KDHE Secretary Lee Norman shared a COVID case chart with media this week, which he said shows the counties that…
Kansas media, governor hide warning signs in July tax collections
July tax collections included a few warning signs for Kansas legislators and taxpayers, but you wouldn’t know it from Governor…
Top-heavy USD 500 Kansas City shortchanges teachers and students
USD 500 Kansas City gave Superintendent Charles Foust a 17% pay increase last year, while the approximate $92 million spent…
COVID hospitalization and death rates drop again, shutdown still threatened
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s administration is still threatening to close the economy when legally permitted on September 15 even though…
Misleading COVID stats in Wichita Eagle; trends down, not up
It may not have been intentional, but a July 29 story in the Wichita Eagle misrepresented the trend of COVID-related…
A guy named ‘Bill’ decides which Kansas businesses are essential
A spreadsheet obtained in an Open Records request details a pattern of arbitrary and questionable decision-making by a guy named…
Wind industry spends $180,000 supporting candidates
A July 23 campaign finance report from American Energy Action Kansas shows the Kansas wind industry spent more than $180,000…
Kelly claims credit for foster care ideas after vetoing them
Not only is Kansas Governor Laura Kelly accepting credit for an idea in a bill she vetoed, but the Kansas…
Are Future Vision mailers about the election for Senate President?
Kansans recently received mysterious mailers from a group called Future Vision attacking multiple Kansas Senate candidates, and this prompted questions…
Gov. Kelly may close bars and nightclubs based on incomplete data
During last week’s State Finance Council meeting, Senator Jim Denning (R-Overland Park) said he’s seeing positive results from closing bars…
CDC: Pneumonia deaths exceed COVID deaths this year in Kansas
Between February 1 and July 11 this year, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says many more people died of…
Kansas AG says counties can opt out of Kelly’s school mask order
In another apparent abuse of the rule of law, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly insists — contrary to the advice of the top…
June jobs report: not good for Kansas, ignored by media
A bad June jobs report would be front-page news if Kansas had a Republican governor, but mainstream media apparently has…
Governor Kelly ignores Majority Leader’s COVID transparency request
Don’t expect additional COVID transparency from the State of Kansas any time soon. Kansas House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, (R-Wichita),…