November 25, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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),…

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State Board of Ed slaps down executive order delaying school opening

In a stunning rebuke Wednesday, the Kansas State Board of Education declined to ratify Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s executive order…

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HHS COVID hospital utilization site shows available capacity

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new hospital utilization website shows utilization and available capacity for all…

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Executive order keeping schools closed flies in face of actual science

Despite compelling evidence that the spread of COVID-19 in schools is unlikely, and that closing school — and keeping them…

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Kelly administration rejects COVID open records requests

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly wants to delay opening schools and is hinting at closing the economy this fall over the…

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