Category: News
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Part II: Chris Stigall Answers the Sentinel’s 20 Questions
In Part II of this interview, former KCMO talk radio host Chris Stigall shares his regrets and ambitions. Who was…
Radio Legend Chris Stigall Answers the Sentinel’s 20 Questions: Part I
KCMO morning radio host Chris Stigall broke a lot of hearts when he left Kansas City for Philadelphia in 2010.…
Senate President Wagle To Propose Spending Cuts
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle announced she will propose across-the-board spending cuts to balance this year’s budget. The Senate will…
KU Fans Breathe Easy, Josh Jackson Good to Go
“Hell no!” said KU basketball coach Bill Self when asked if he had seen anything that might prevent star freshman…
Wichita’s Voice for Liberty, Bob Weeks, Answers 20 Questions
Nearly every day, blogger Bob Weeks publishes news, analysis, and commentary on state and local politics. It’s information readers can’t…
CAIR Chair Gives House Invocation
The state’s largest Muslim civil rights group hosted an advocacy day at the Kansas Capitol March 13. The chairman of…
Is City Using Trump to Sell KCI Single Terminal, Go Bonds?
A friend of the Sentinel received a call today from a sophisticated push pollster hoping to measure the respondent’s thoughts…
Senate Committee to Examine School Funding Announced
Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle appointed a select committee to examine education funding, following a Kansas Supreme Court decision that…
Anyone Want to Buy This Building? It’s For Sale!
According to Loopnet and with a hat tip to Tony, there is some significant commercial property for sale Downtown, specifically “a portfolio…
OP Rep Chides Peers For “Anti-University, Anti-Intellectualism” in Campus Carry Debate
Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an Overland Park Republican, does not like the idea of “campus carry” and does not exactly respect…
Fitzgerald: In Kansas, Educational Choice “A Parental Rights Issue”
In reviewing the most recent Kansas Supreme Court decision, Sen. Steve Fitzgerald came to a conclusion the Court likely did…