March 28, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

Kansas Schools Earn D Grade in Student Achievement

Kansas public schools earn a D grade in achievement levels, according to Education Week. The source of education news grades states…

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Masterson, Truth Caucus Blast Senate Rescission Bill

Sen. Ty Masterson isn’t impressed by the rescission bill the Kansas Senate recently adopted. The bill balances the current year’s…

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Kansas Rep Lance Kinzer Featured in Best-Selling “Benedict Option”

In his New York Times review written on the day the book came out three weeks ago, David Brooks called…

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Sedgwick County Claims to Have Responded to Trump Sanctuary EO

In an article posted this morning, the Sentinel shared the results of a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list of so-called “sanctuary”…

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truth

Finney County Convincingly Protests “Sanctuary” Label

In an article posted this morning, the Sentinel shared the results of a recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list…

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white privilege

KC to Host White Privilege Conference

Kansas City, Missouri, will play host to a conference designed to organize, strategize and take action to deconstruct the culture…

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doctor

Kansas Ranks 5th for Doctors; Missouri 27th

Kansas is a great state for doctors, according to a WalletHub, a consumer credit website. Using 14 metrics, WalletHub analysts…

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Star on Susan Rice Scandal: “Trump Steps Up Effort to Dispute and Distract on Russia”

If the reader needed just one headline to document the Kansas City Star’s unrelenting bias it would be the one…

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Five Kansas Counties Go “Sanctuary,” None in Missouri

UPDATE: Finney County has protested its inclusion on the list and Sedgwick County claims it has begun to cooperate. In…

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Kansas revenues

After Months of Gain, KS Revenues Stall in March

Kansas revenues hit the skids in February, falling short of projections for the first time in several months. The Sunflower State…

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Brownback veto

Kansas House Sustains Brownback Veto

The Kansas House did not have the votes to override a Gov. Brownback veto of legislation to expand Medicaid. House…

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Sessions: Missouri Murder Spike Not a “Blip,” Cites Heroin, Opioids

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session spoke Friday in St. Louis to state and community leaders and members of law enforcement.…

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Flat Tax Proposal Headed to House Floor

The Kansas House will consider a flat tax. The proposal increases taxes across the board to 5 percent. Currently, single Kansans are…

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KC Crowdfunding Firm Comes to Aid of Arrested KFL Speaker

The Kansas City-based crowdfunding service WonderWe has launched a campaign to help last month’s KFL speaker, David Daleiden, with his…

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school funding

New School Formula Looking More Like Old Formula

Second verse, same as the first. The Kansas House K-12 Budget Committee worked more than eight hours yesterday, attempting to…

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Congressman Roger Marshall

Johnson, Platte Top Healthy County List, Wyandotte Next-to-Last

  According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual county health rankings, Johnson County clocks in as the healthiest in Kansas, and…

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Two Charged in Independence Cop Shooting

On Thursday Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker charged two more suspects for a home invasion and subsequent assault of Independence…

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California AG Charges KFL Speaker with 15 Felonies

In California, as David Daleiden has learned, it is perfectly acceptable to kill healthy unborn babies, dismember them, and traffic…

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school funding

Three Day School Funding Hearing Ends

Lawmakers in the Kansas House wrapped up hearings on a school funding proposal on March 27. HB2410 would funnel an…

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Senate Advances Medicaid Expansion Proposal

Kansas Senators adopted legislation to expand Medicaid on Tuesday morning, but the measure will likely meet the business end of Gov.…

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New Subsidized KC Grocery to Replace Old Subsidized Grocery

With much fanfare, the City of Kansas City, Missouri, has started demolition on an old grocery story on Linwood and…

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FBI Analyst Slams Star Coverage of UMKC Rape

Frustrated by the failure of the local media to cover the rape of an unconscious co-ed in her UMKC dorm…

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Grand Opening March 30 of Veteran Outreach Center

The Veterans Community Project (VCP) invites the public to join them on March 30 at 10 a.m. for the grand…

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JoCo Sheriff’s Deputies Making Up to 75K in OT

One can hardly blame the deputies themselves for taking advantage of the opportunity–they may not have had any choice–but something…

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