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Kansas ACT scores, college-readiness hit new lows
ACT scores for 2025 were released this week, showing yet another decline and hitting a new all-time low. The composite…
Kansas legislators get an earful from taxpayers over runaway property tax hikes
A trio of presenters testifying before the Kansas Special Committee on Taxation had a common theme: property tax reform has…
“Financial boondoggle and environmental disaster”: Lessons for Kansas on the failure of California’s Ivanpah Solar Project
When it went online in 2014, the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert was the largest solar facility…
Gardner-Edgerton School Board candidate vows to stay in the race despite filing in one district, moving to another
Business owner and USD 231 School Board candidate Keith Davenport finds himself in a unique position just weeks before voters…
LPA finds large inconsistencies in HPIP tax-credit program
A recent report by the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit found it was impossible to determine how many tax…
Kansas Commerce Dept: approve projects, then learn if they’re viable
When the Colby City Council met to discuss a new STAR bond project on Oct. 7, 2025, they had to…
Dr. Alveda King to headline “Living the American Dream” event in Kansas City
Dr. Alveda C. King, niece of Rev. Martin Luther King, will be the featured speaker at the next installment of…
Gardner-Edgerton officials silent on status of suspended teacher Leslie Hanzelka
USD 231 Gardner-Edgerton administrators and school board members refused repeated requests from The Sentinel for the status of high school…
Montgomery County Commission appears to retaliate against clerk over RNR hearing fiasco
Montgomery County Commissioners seem to be taking retaliatory action against Montgomery County Clerk Ami Standridge in the county’s revised budget,…
USD 365 Garnett: a study in how better budgeting can prevent property tax increases
Government entities are prohibited from spending more than the budget they publish, so they routinely budget more than they will…
Des Moines school superintendent was an illegal alien registered to vote as Democrat in Maryland
Contrary to the law — and claims that non-citizens and illegal immigrants cannot vote — it appears the former Des…
KSDE, State Board of Education ignore state literacy law
You might think that the State Board of Education would be laser-focused on addressing the serious literacy problem in Kansas.…
Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee show NAEP reading & math gains; Kansas faulted for lowering standards
The 2024 test results from the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” show…
Kansas Supreme Court upholds 2021 religious exemption law
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a 2021 law shielding workers who refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine over religious…
Comanche County school board president declines to answer questions about shooting
COLDWATER, Kansas — The Comanche County school board president whose car was recently shot up is declining to answer questions…
Audit finds disturbing lack of security controls on school district accounting systems
A new report from the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit has found a troubling lack of security control over…
Legislators hear property tax issues: land value manipulation, businesses fleeing Kansas and voter demands for reform
The Kansas Constitution (Article 11, Section 1) stipulates that “the legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal basis of…
Feds follow through on threat to withhold SNAP funds
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services division has apparently followed through on a threat to…
Katie Allen defiant, won’t agree to USD 383 BOE’s resolution demanding her resignation
Embattled Manhattan-Ogden School Board Member Dr. Katie Allen refused her colleagues’ demand that she resign her position, days after losing…
Pearson Eby Liberty Academy seeks to improve understanding, application of Constitutional principles
Can you name the three branches of our federal government? Only about a third of adults can. How about defining federalism? Which…
‘Assassination Culture’ report shows troubling trend on the left
In the wake of the September 10, 2025, political assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, an April study by Rutgers…
KSDE staffer Katie Allen terminated over her “well deserved” post on Charlie Kirk assassination
Kansas Department of Education staffer Katie Allen has been fired over her social media post that the assassination of conservative…
Park City STAR Bond project hits snag
In April of 2025, the Wichita Eagle reported the roughly $500 million “Champtown” development in Park City was “full speed…
Easton stands alone as other Leavenworth County school districts exceed revenue-neutral
USD 449 in Easton is the only school district in Leavenworth County that will not impose a tax increase on…