November 24, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

Greitens Prosecutors May Have Destroyed Key Witness Tape

Although she died more than 30 years after her boss Richard Nixon left office, the New York Times reminded its…

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School Finance Wars Wage On As Emasculated Legislature Awaits Court Decision

The school finance wars aren’t over, despite a legislative plan to add more than $500 million in new funding over…

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Breaking: Greitens Accuser Admits Photo Session May Have Been A “Dream”

One of the most contentious issues in the State of Missouri’s case against Gov. Eric Greitens has been the whereabouts…

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Greitens Attorney to House Committee: “There Is No Photograph”

In a lengthy and impressively lucid letter to Rep. Jay Barnes, chairman of the House Special Investigative Committee on the…

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Colyer Calls on Legislature to Adopt Plan That May Require Tax Increase

Gov. Jeff Colyer is calling on lawmakers to adopt a Kansas House school financing plan that would add $500 million…

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Senate, House to Work Out Details of School Finance Bills

After several Senators changed their votes and a call of the Kansas Senate was rescinded, 21 Senators voted passed a…

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Education Debate Whiplash: Constitutional Amendment Stalled, Funding Debate Next

The Kansas Senate is expected to take up debate on an education spending bill at some point today. That’s despite…

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Even with $2.1 Billion School Cash Infusion, Some Kansas Districts Would Lose Big

A cost study recommends adding $2.1 billion in new funding to public schools, but despite the overall influx of new…

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“Chappaquiddick” Opens Throughout Kansas-Missouri Region on Friday

For the the first time in anyone’s memory, Hollywood has produced a movie, Chappaquiddick by name, that features a prominent…

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Colyer, Kobach Appear To Part Ways on School Finance Solution

In all but tone, there’s little daylight between the policy positions of Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and Kansas Secretary of…

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Tired of Appeasing the Beast, Kansas Senate Leaders Want to Take Away Its Power

For years now, legislators in the State of Kansas have been paying nervous tribute to the Kansas Supreme Court. Indeed,…

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Wichita Biz Gives Employees Nation’s Largest Tax Cut Bonuses

Wichita Railway Services gave its five employees the highest tax cut bonuses in the nation, according to Americans for Tax Reform.…

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Tempers Flare in KS Legislature as Lawmakers Consider Constitutional Amendment for School Funding

Senate leadership announced they won’t schedule a debate on school finance until a constitutional amendment proposal moves through the House and…

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Missouri Priest Targets Trump Basher at Washington Post

Father Brian Harrison, a St. Louis-based Catholic priest and theologian, has had enough with the Washington Post, specifically its alleged…

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Breaking: State Rep Files Complaint Against Greitens Prosecutor

Marine Corps veteran Paul Curtman, a state representative from eastern Missouri, is preparing for battle once more, this time against…

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Kansas Revenues Beat Expectations

Total tax receipts at the end of March topped expectations. State revenue for the fiscal year reached $4.8 billion, or…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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