Category: News
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kansas Adds Jobs; Unemployment Drops
Unemployment edged even lower and Kansas added thousands of jobs in February, the Kansas Department of Labor reported today. Kansas added…
Survey Says Topeka Ranks Low in Well-Being
Topeka has the fourth lowest well-being in the nation, or 185th out of 189 communities, according to a Gallup Healthways…
Family of Slain Vietnam Vet Ups Reward for Info
On February 27, Vietnam veteran David Lenox took his dog Snickers for a walk outside the Willow Creek Apartments…
Truth Caucus, 2A Supporters Question Senate Leadership
The Kansas State Rifle Association is regretting its decision to endorse Senate President Susan Wagle and Senate Majority Leader Jim…
Legislators Draft School Funding Plan
Lawmakers released a school funding plan that would add $75 million to Kansas public schools. Details of the plan trickled…
House Committee Considers Taxing Personal Services
Should services be taxed? And if so, which services? Lawmakers wrestled with those questions during a House Tax Committee hearing…
Superintendent Org Opposes SMSD’s School Funding Solution
The Kansas School Superintendents Association took the unprecedented step of opposing a school financing solution proposed by Shawnee Mission School…
House Committee to Consider Simon’s Law
A doctor can place a do-not-resuscitate order on a minor’s chart without parental notification or consent. It’s a lesson Sheryl…
An Uber Pol in Kansas? Software Exec Eyes KS Politics
An uber-wealthy tech guy is moving to Lawrence and may be considering a political run in Kansas, according to the New…
KU Profs Worry About Free Speech in Campus Carry Debate. Seriously?
Faculty members at the University of Kansas, or so the Daily Kansan would have us believe, are “concerned about free…