Category: News
Quick Facts on the Kansas Budget
Kansas lawmakers hoisted a $1.2 billion tax increase on taxpayers last session, but they piled on new spending, too. The…
ACLU Bullies Kansas State Senator for Managing Her Own Facebook Page
The ACLU has historically talked a good game about free speech, but the organization has been notoriously selective in challenging…
Kansas Looks To Retain 4 Congressional Seats in 2020
Though the 2020 Census is still a few years away, most experts predict Kansas will retain all four of its Congressional…
Correction: Star Broke Details of KCI Contract Story
The Kansas City Star broke a story on a $1 billion, no-bid contract, but Tony’s Kansas City, a local blog,…
Despite Pressure, DA Refuses to Press Charges Against Topeka Cops Involved in Fatal Shooting
In the face of extended protests by members of Black Lives Matter and other activists, Shawnee County District Attorney Mike…
Trump Voter Commission, Kobach Notch Court Win
A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit against the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity on Tuesday. A three-judge, U.S.…
Federal Court Motion Could Destroy Missouri Charter Schools
Missouri law only allows state-funded charter schools in Kansas City, St. Louis and unaccredited school districts. Adolphus Pruitt, president of…
Topeka Paper Labels Mathematic Reality “Strategic Spin”
The Topeka Capital-Journal takes a mathematical reality through the spin cycle in a Dec. 25 news story, entitled “K-12 funding…
MU Diversity Dean Said to Call Missourians “Bumpkins, Hicks and Illiterates Who Lived in Hootersville”
UPDATE from MU Curator: “Obviously with litigation now ongoing, we will have to dig even harder to get to the…
St. Louis Leaders Hope to Reduce Crime with Gun Buyback Program
St. Louis boasted the highest murder rate in the United States in 2015, and the city is on pace to…
Kansas Marks Record Employment Numbers
More people are employed in Kansas now than ever before, the Kansas Department of Labor announced today. In November, 1,435,216…
Schmidt Urges Discussion on ‘Citizen’s Veto’ for School Financing
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt believes the people should have an opportunity to weigh in on the school financing war…
Media Bury Racial Motive in Murder of Overland Park Teen
As its custom when the victim is white, the Kansas City Star buried the racial motive behind a murder, in…
Like Generations Before Them, Millennials Fleeing Cities for Suburbia
Like their parents and their grandparents before them, Millennials are fleeing the cities and moving to the suburbs. That’s the…
Interim Committee Talks Tax Increases, Budget Cuts to Inject Money into Schools
Rep. Anthony Hensley said the legislature would have an additional $565 million in funding if property owners had been paying…
Organization Offers Alternative to Teachers’ Unions
The Kansas Association of American Educators (KANAAE) offers to professional educators an alternative to joining a teacher’s union. Though KANAAE…
The Richest Politician in the Midwest? Missouri’s High Flying Sen. Claire McCaskill, Hands Down.
According to a recent survey by howmuch.net, the richest politician in the Midwest is Missouri’s own high-flying Sen. Claire McCaskill…
16 Illegals Busted for Identity Theft in Clay County, Hundreds Slip By, Star Chooses Not to See
Kudos to the Courier Tribune of Liberty for reporting a hugely significant story that the Kansas City Star did not…
Read Their Lips: No Tax Increase in Kansas
Leaders in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate say increasing taxes to pay a Kansas Supreme Court-imposed ransom to…
Yoder Opponent Drops Out Following Sexual Harassment Claims
Andrea Ramsey, a Leawood Democrat, announced she is dropping out of the race against Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder. In a…
Shocker: Edgemoor Plan Skids Off KCI Runway
Just a month after city fathers and mothers popped the corks on their shotgun marriage to Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real…
Lobbyist, Guest Movements Captured at Senate Leadership Event
It wasn’t mentioned when guests slipped on name tags at a Kansas Senate Republican Committee fundraiser on Friday, but Harrison…
TIF Likely Doesn’t Create Jobs, According to Washburn Researcher
Tax increment financing doesn’t create jobs, according to research by a Washburn University professor. In a working paper for the Mercatus…
Jury Rejects Suit of Leawood Tomato Growers Raided in Imagined Pot Bust
This is the kind of story that could only happen in a placid, affluent burg like Leawood. In 2012, Adlynn…