November 3, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

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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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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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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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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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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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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