Category: News
Ethics Commission: No conflict of interest if school board member also works for KNEA
Shawnee Heights School Board Member Lauren Tice Miller’s additional responsibility as Director of Legislative and Political Advocacy for the Kansas…
Legal experts savage the Marion County Record affidavit
Two Kansas legal experts are not mincing words about the affidavit used to secure the search warrant that led to…
Fake Indian tribes bilk millions from taxpayers
“Pretendians” — like the three University of Kansas professors whose claims to be members of Indian tribes have recently been…
Controversy continues following closing of Wetmore Academic Center
The Wetmore Academic Center (WAC) buildings are vacant as its former students prepare to return to classes elsewhere this fall,…
County Attorney Joel Ensey: “insufficient evidence” for raid on Marion County Record
Marion County Attorney Joel Ensey issued a stunning press release, saying yesterday he reviewed the warrant application for the raid…
Police raid on Marion County newspaper raises First and Fourth Amendment concerns
The August 11th raid on the newsroom of the Marion County Record and its publisher’s home and confiscation of computers,…
Johnson County policy raises 1st Amendment issues
Last week the Johnson County Commission adopted a new policy that raises serious 1st Amendment issues. It was added as…
Homeschool, private school students begin applying to play public school sports
Applications for non-public school students to participate in public school activities began on Aug. 1 and so far, concerns schools…
Revenue-Neutral hearing dates set across Kansas…here’s where you can attend
Your chance to tell elected officials what you think of property tax increases is coming up soon, and history indicates…
Commerce official awarded lucrative consulting gig — with Commerce Department
Cronyism in Kansas government is nothing new, but it may have reached new heights with a recent deal in which…
2023 Freedom Index shows liberty is not a red or blue issue
Seventy-three of the 165 Kansas House and Senate members scored better than 85% on the 2023 Kansas Freedom Index, including Wyandotte County…
Chief of Shawnee Tribe says KU professor falsely claims Indian descent
A University of Kansas professor who claims to be of Indian descent is falsifying his ancestory, according to Shawnee Tribe…
$1,000 KEEP grants available to Kansas students to combat pandemic learning loss
The Kansas Education Enrichment Program (KEEP), using $50 million in federal Covid-19 relief funds, offers $1,000 grants to eligible Kansas…
Federal judge hobbles “Kansas Two-Step”
Writing that the Kansas Highway Patrol “waged war on motorists,” U.S. District of Kansas Senior Judge Kathryn H. Vratil ordered…
Regulatory burden spikes under Biden
If president Joe Biden were to be reelected for a second term, the regulatory burden imposed by his administration could…
Recall of Leavenworth School Board Member Vanessa Reid fails
Supporters of a campaign to oust USD 453 board member Vanessa Reid failed to gather the required number of signatures…
Overland Park officials blow off residents’ requests for help with storm cleanup
You might think an elected offical of city that hiked property tax more than three times the combined rates of…
AFP-Kansas presents Frederick Douglass Award to Rep. Marvin Robinson II
A free-market group, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas, has given its first ever Frederick Douglass Award “for standing on principle…
BCBS Kansas hides Pride Parade participation from policyholders
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Kansas (BCBSKS), headquartered in Topeka, will not answer questions about the company’s role in the Pride Parade…
IT audit finds rampant cybersecurity issues at state agencies
More than two years after Kansas became the No. 1 state for unemployment fraud in the nation, a new IT…
Research shows poor people are the hardest hit by green energy costs
The price impact of green energy policies on necessities like gasoline, home heating oil and electricity impose a greater cost…
Ohio becomes 8th state to enact universal school choice in the last two years
With a stroke of his pen, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law the nation’s eighth School Choice legislation, all…
Kansas taxpayers snookered again; Oklahoma lands bigger Panasonic battery plant with smaller price tag
The Kelly/Toland administration told Kansas legislators they had to approve nearly $1 billion in subsidies to ‘win’ the competition with…
KJI appeals Covey Find Kennel 4th Amendment case
The Kansas Justice Institute (KJI) is continuing to fight for a Cowley County dog trainer’s rights under the 4th Amendment,…