Category: News
JoCo Boosts Big Box Appraisal 85% in Single Year, Retailers See Red
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments
Dark Store Showdown: Executives Back Bus over JoCo Tax Assessments Johnson County is ground zero in “dark store theory” controversy, an ongoing legal…
Judge Thwarts Prosecutors, Sets May Trial Date for Greitens
For all the hell that Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has brought down on himself, it is hard not to see…
Trump 2020 Campaign Manager, Kansas Native Brad Parscale, Already Getting Death Threats
In 2015, when Donald Trump was exploring the idea of running for president, he hired Topeka native Brad Parscale to…
Hartman Offers Use of Namesake Arena for NRA Events
Wink Hartman is offering the National Rifle Association the use of Hartman Arena for future NRA events. He tweeted his…
OP-Based Lockton Affinity Caves to Anti-Gun Activists, Abandons the NRA
There is no longer a reason, one suspects, for the planned fly-over protest at the Overland Park headquarters of insurance…
Committee Forwards Convention of States Resolution to Kansas Senate
Tony Gillette, Shawnee, would like to see a bloodless revolution that returns the power of the federal government back to…
For New Shawnee Mission Super, Salary Is Sweet, Perks Are Sweeter
Parents who once urged their children to go to med school or law school may be redirecting them towards the…
Fitzgerald Urges His Opponents to Follow Hartman’s Example
State Sen. Steve Fitgerald is urging his Republican opponents to get out of the race for U.S. Congress. Fitzgerald is…
Huh? Manhattan Named “Most Boring” City in Kansas, 2nd “Most Livable” City in America
It has been a roller coaster of a month for those Manhattan town boosters who take seriously national publications that…
Shocker: Star Writes Honest Article On Syed Jamal’s Indifference to the Law
After literally scores of tear-jerking article from the Kansas City Star and the national media about the immigration authorities’ cruel…
Education Finance Researchers Brief KS Lawmakers on Their Efforts
Lori L. Taylor, a Texas A&M professor, is set to deliver an educational cost function analysis to state lawmakers on…
Colyer: Training, Arming Teachers Might Be Partial Solution
Gov. Jeff Colyer thinks arming teachers might be a good solution. He made the comments during an Axios 360 education…
KCMO Adopts Airbnb, Short-Term Rental Regulations
Council members in Kansas City, Missouri, voted to ban short-term rentals in certain residential areas and regulate them in other…
Sen. Roberts: NRA Will Need To Be Flexible
Sen. Pat Roberts, the dean of Kansas’ Congressional delegation, told reporters today that the National Rifle Association will need to…
Benedictine College Honors 50th Anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
To those not paying attention, it may not seem newsworthy that a Catholic college would honor a papal encyclical, but…
Hartman Suspends Gubernatorial Campaign, Endorses Kobach
The race for Kansas Governor is down by one. Wichita businessman Wink Hartman suspended his campaign today. In a letter…
Lawrence City Commission Nixes Citizen Demand to Limit Free Speech
Seemingly untroubled by a planned “flag-dragging march” in downtown Lawrence, certain Lawrence citizens were offended by the “Defend our Flag”…
Strange But True: Maoist-Fascist Battle Disrupts KC Heavy Metal Scene
You almost have to feel sorry for the members of the Norwegian “black metal” group Taake. For the last 25…
Kansas Senate Committee Advances “Campus Free Speech Protection Act”
On a voice vote Monday the Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Senate passed out of committee a…
Teacher Effectiveness, Not Funding Amounts, Most Critical to Kansas Schools
Eric Hanushek doesn’t buy the conventional wisdom on education. Spending more doesn’t equal better outcomes, smaller class size doesn’t mean…
Derby Voters Head to Polls for School Bond Issue
Derby voters head to the polls today, Feb. 20, to determine the fate of a 25-year, $123 million bond issue.…
Legislative Leaders Show Some School Finance Cards at Party Meeting
Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning and House Speaker Ron Ryckman didn’t make any pledges, but they gave attendees an idea…
Rep. Willie Dove Advocates for Legalizing Industrial Hemp
Rep. Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs, seems an unlikely candidate to lead the charge for hemp legalization in Kansas, but the…