Category: News
Star: Democratic Honcho Mike Sanders Used Disabled Man in Illegal Kickback Scheme
As former Jackson County Exec and state party chair Mike Sanders has learned, you have surely outlived your value to…
Voters Want School Accountability, Kansas Policy Institute Poll Reveals
Kansas voters want schools to be held accountable for educational outcomes, a new poll reveals. In the poll, commissioned by…
Liberty High Makes Drudge, School Suspended Debater for Criticizing Islamic Extremism
Senior Alex Lonsdale, a member of Liberty High School’s nationally ranked debate club, discovered after the fact that not all…
KC Council Puts Down Insurrection, Moves Forward on Convention Hotel
It was not much of an insurrection in the larger scheme of things, but the resistance of three Kansas City,…
Orman Dips Toe into Kansas Gubernatorial Waters
Greg Orman is dipping a toe into the race for Kansas Governor in 2018. He filed paperwork to launch an exploratory committee…
Kansas Dems Groan at Possible Orman Entry into Governor’s Race
The specter of independent businessman Greg Orman is haunting Kansas Democrats once again. In 2014, Orman’s message proved popular enough…
Senator Announces Plan to Push for Changes to KS Constitution
State Sen. Dennis Pyle, a Hiawatha Republican, will introduce a Constitutional amendment to prevent the Kansas Supreme Court from closing schools. The…
JoCo Commissioners Sound off on Not Renewing County Manager’s Contract
A divided Johnson County Board of Commissioners declined to renew the contract of county manager Hannes Zacharias last week. Contract…
3 KC Council Members Challenge Funding of Downtown Hotel
On a roll of late–with a new KCI terminal safely secured–Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Sly James and his allies, political…
Police Release Color of Handgun and SUV in Westport Murder But Not of the Perps
“Please call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS if you have any information that could help police in their investigation,” pleads…
New Poll: Voters Prefer Constitutional Amendment to Resolve School Funding
An overwhelming majority of Kansas voters think Kansas lawmakers should consider a constitutional amendment to end the school funding wars,…
Kansas Unemployment Dips to Lowest Rate since 2000
Kansas’ unemployment rate dipped to a new low in October, according to preliminary estimates from the Kansas Department of Labor…
Anti-Israel Kansas Teacher Gets Double Barrel Media Blast
When both the conservative Front Page magazine and the liberal Huff Post run articles blasting your anti-Israel lawsuit, it might…
JoCo Commission Retires County Manager
The Board of County Commissioners declined to renew the contract of Johnson County Manager Hannes Zacharias on Thursday. The board…
Kansas Supreme Court Says Rape Victim Has No Claim on Truth, Overturns Rapist’s Conviction
On Friday, the Kansas Supreme Court Friday threw out the 2013 Shawnee County kidnapping conviction of an immigrant from Monaco…
Strange But True: KU Grad Students “Walk Out” to Protest Higher Taxes
Earlier this week the KU Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition (GTAC) staged something of a “walk out” on campus to protest…
Controversy Around Scarborough Staffer Death Is Legit And Has KC Roots
On Wednesday President Donald Trump tweeted, “Will [NBC] terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the ‘unsolved mystery’ that took…
Hutch District Sitting on Large Cash Reserve Balance
The Hutchinson School District, a plaintiff in the Gannon lawsuit, is maintaining cash reserves of almost half of the district…
NYT Editorial Board Lobbies Readers To Call Moran
The New York Times editorial board took over the paper’s @NYTOpinion Twitter handle and begged readers to call their Senators to…
Brownback To Meet with McConnell Today
Gov. Sam Brownback will meet with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today, but the Governor’s Office isn’t releasing information…
Donald Trump Jr. Headlines Kobach Fundraiser
President Donald Trump is a blue collar billionaire, according to his son, Donald Trump Jr. “He’s very much more like…
CNN Makes False Claims in Opposing Small Business Tax Cut
It’s easy to sound convincing when you’re not constrained by the truth. Such is the case in a recent piece…
“Air” McCaskill Fires Up Private Plane, Attempts to Hide Flights
Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, took steps to hide the use of her family’s private plane from the public,…
Breaking: Good Guy With Gun Drops Bad Guy With Gun at Lenexa Costco
The details remain to be sorted out, but it appears that a man wildly brandishing a gun was shot and…