Category: News
McKinsey & Company selected over experienced, less costly firms for study
The Kansas Department of Commerce disregarded bids from experienced and less expensive companies to create an economic development strategy for…
Frontenac continues to obfuscate on open records requests
The City of Frontenac continues to delay and refuse to hand over documents relevant to the decision in September of…
Commerce Committees hear about barriers in Kansas economy
The Kansas Senate and House Commerce Committee held hearings in Topeka this week on barriers to economic growth in the…
Kelly’s KPERS reamortization would cost taxpayers $4.4 billion
For the second straight year, Democratic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has proposed a KPERS reamortization plan for the Kansas Public…
Legislation requires local elected officials to vote on full property tax increase
Senate Bill 294, co-sponsored by 15 state senators, would require city and county elected officials to vote on the entire…
NCTQ: Most Kansas university programs don’t effectively teach science of reading
Only a third of colleges and universities in Kansas are effectively teaching the science of reading, according to a new…
Wichita baseball stadium project skyrockets to $210 million
Details buried in documents associated with the January 21st City Council agenda show the Wichita baseball stadium project has skyrocketed from…
Polls show overwhelming support for school choice
A new study by the American Federation for Children, conducted by Beck Research shows national support for school choice is…
Medicaid expansion won’t save rural hospitals
Preventing rural hospitals from closing is one of the main arguments legislators face in the less-populated areas of Kansas, but…
Electric rates hurt economic development; Evergy customers getting $41 million rate hike
Having significantly higher electric rates than surrounding states isn’t just a millstone around the neck of the average Kansan, it’s dragging…
Ethics complaint: Sedgwick County Dems improperly report donations and spending
An ethics complaint filed against the Sedgwick County Democratic Central Committee (SCDCC) alledges the party is inappropriately hiding the sources of…
FAQs on Kansas Medicaid Expansion with Beverly Gossage
Beverly Gossage is a consumer-based health care expert and is a senior fellow with Independent Women’s Voice. She is also…
Tax increases on the table in Wichita riverfront design unveiling
After months of ‘no comment’ from city officials and downtown boosters, a sales tax increase in officially on the table…
Kansas utility rates include bogus state income tax cost
Not only are Kansans paying higher utility rates — as much as 35% higher than some surrounding states — but…
Kansans pay 25% higher electric rates than neighboring states
A recently released audit of the electric rates Kansans pay concluded that Kansans pay anywhere from 22 to 25 percent…
Olathe teacher seminar loaded with political bias
Several teachers walked out of an in-service presentation on finding reliable news sources when the presenter said Fox News should…
Voters oppose tax increase for Wichita riverfront development
A new survey shows voters oppose a tax increase to pay for the Wichita riverfront development project being pushed by…
Kansas private-sector GDP growth ranked #45
The tax-and-spend ways of the Kansas legislature over the last three years has been a serious drag on private-sector GDP…
Kansas GOP leaders react to Medicaid expansion agreement
Over the weekend more Kansas politicians and stakeholders chimed in on the Medicaid expansion agreement announced last week in Topeka…
Spirit Aerosystems lays off 2,800 workers in Wichita
Spirit Aerosystems announced layoffs of 2,800 employees at the company’s Wichita location. The layoffs are the impact of Boeing’s suspension…
Gov. Laura Kelly out of touch with average Kansan on budget issues
In a press release just before the first of the year, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said she’s going to “rebuild”…
Kelly-Denning Medicaid expansion plan defies voters
Governor Laura Kelly and Kansas Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning held a press conference in the Capitol rotunda to announce…
What is Kansas Department of Commerce hiding from public scrutiny?
Two requests filed by the Sentinel under the Kansas Open Record Act (KORA) with the Kansas Department of Commerce for…
Wichita approves sales tax increase and paying $3 million for a parking lot
A week after approving a 22% hike that customers will pay for a natural gas franchise tax, For the second…