December 2, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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The Northland News Publisher Andrew Palmer Answers The Sentinel’s 20 Question

A 2007 graduate of UMKC and a former school teacher, Andrew Palmer has shown that you do not need to…

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Resolution Deems Pornography Public Health Crisis

Lawmakers listened to moving testimony about the dangers of pornography from law enforcement officers, doctors, and individuals damaged by its…

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Leftist Organizations Stage Controversy

Leftist organizations in Wichita hosted a forum for candidates vying to replace Mike Pompeo in the U.S. Congress. The Democratic…

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Star Headline on Trump Budget Proposal Flirts with Parody

The joke goes that if an asteroid were hurtling towards earth, the New York Times would headline its account of…

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SMSD Super Offers School Finance Suggestions

Shawnee Mission School District Superintendent Jim Hinson sees the recent Kansas Supreme Court decision and the end of block grant…

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