Category: News
Kansas Jobs Grow Thanks to High Costs of Business in Seattle
A Seattle-area business is picking up stakes and hitching a wagon east to cash in on the lower cost of…
McCaskill Getting Unexpected Resistance from Black Community
Sen. Claire McCaskill is facing a resistance from the black community in her 2018 reelection quest that she did not…
New Spending Should Help Schools, But There’s No Guarantee, Researcher Tells Lawmakers
Jesse Levin, a researcher at the American Institutes for Research, told legislators on Thursday that an education study they commissioned…
Lawmakers Forward $500M Education Plan Likely To Require Tax Increases
A committee of lawmakers forwarded a proposal that would increase school funding by about $500 million over the next 5…
Kansas Bill Would Hold Schools Responsible For NOT Arming Teachers
As reported by CNN, a newly introduced bill in the Kansas House would not just encourage school districts to arm…
Lawmaker: When Is the Day We Can Discuss Medicaid Expansion?
Democrats in the Kansas House attempted for the fourth time this year to attach a Medicaid expansion to other legislation…
UMKC Blows Whistle on Fired Whistleblower
In her extraordinary memo, Interim UMKC Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer concedes that Dr. Richard Arend, recently a tenured faculty member at…
Some Kansans To Receive Credits That Lower Utility Bills, Thanks to Federal Tax Reform
Some Kansans are about to realize credits that reduce their monthly utility bills. The Kansas Corporation Commission approved agreements with Atmos…
Measure to Decriminalize CBD Oil Users Advances in Kansas House
An amendment to legalize medical marijuana failed in the Kansas House yesterday, but lawmakers forwarded for passage the underlying legislation…
Parents Terrorized by Bill that Limits School Insurance Rates for Conceal and Carry
The Left and their media allies are misrepresenting an insurance bill scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday morning. Contrary to…
What Media Aren’t Saying About Garden City Bomb Plot
“The plot to bomb an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas was just the beginning of a plan…
Faith-Based Adoption Agencies Under Attack, Fight for Right to Serve
When Cara DeCoursey faced an unplanned pregnancy 28 years ago, the Catholic teen knew she was going to give her…
Huh? Profs Object to Bill That Protects Whistleblowing Profs
Greg Comer, a physics professor at St. Louis University and president of the Missouri Conference of the American Association of…
Colyer Provides Outline for Acceptable School Funding Solution
Gov. Jeff Colyer hasn’t formally issued a statement on how he would like to see lawmakers deal with what could become a…
Will K-State, UMSL Mobilize To Protest Male-On-Male Rape?
There have been various marches and meetings on area campuses this year protesting rape and lesser varieties of sexual offense.…
Federalist: Greitens Prosecutor Could “End Up in Jail”
Writing for the Federalist, an influential online magazine, Dave Grossman makes a highly detailed case that Kim Gardner, the St.…
St. Louis To Pay Radical Harvard Prof Up to $120K to Help Prosecute Greitens
In hiring radical Harvard Law professor Ronald Sullivan to help in the prosecution of Republic Gov. Eric Greitens, St. Louis…
Sour Political Wrangling Pickles Amendment to Lower Food Sales Tax Rate
A bill that would have lowered the sales tax on groceries is dead due to political wrangling, according to Rep.…
Budding Bromance Turns Full Partnership as Kobach, Hartman Join Forces
A budding bromance on display during the Kansas GOP debate has turned into a political partnership. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced…
Thank Goodness for Nebraska; KS Makes Top 10 for Highest Tax Burdens
First the bad news: Kansas’ state and local tax burden is one of the highest in the nation. According to…
Education Study a ‘$200K Birdcage Liner’, Lawmaker Says
Lawmakers are balking at an education study that recommends spending up to an additional $1.77 billion on school funding. Lori…
Author of Republican Transgender Identity Text: “There Is No Love In A Lie”
Eric Teetsel, the author of the Kansas GOP resolution on transgender identity, was given space in the Kansas City Star…
McCaskill on Hillary: “You’re Killing Me Here”
On a recent visit to India, defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton added a new riff on the “Deplorables” theme…
4X Property Tax Rates? 10% Sales Tax? KPI Does Math on School Study’s Proposed Spending Hikes
Nearly quadrupling property tax rates or the highest sales tax rates in the country are two possible ways lawmakers could…