December 3, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Category: News

Mayor James Fails To Sell KC Audience on GO Bonds

On Monday evening, the Waldo Towers Homes Association in conjunction with adjoining Associations hosted Kansas City Mayor Sly James in…

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Planned Parenthood to ‘Pink Out’ Statehouse for Medicaid Expansion

Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, is asking its allies to wear pink and attend a rally for KanCare expansion…

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Senate Committee Considers Tax Hikes

Barbara Paulus is on a fixed income. The Bonner Springs woman’s taxes have doubled since 2011. “I’m opposed to increasing…

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Out of the Senate, Greg Smith Gets Back to His Real Life’s Work

    Former Kansas State Senator Greg Smith launched his public career for a reason he would wish on no…

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Star Article Gives Odds on Trump’s Impeachment

Two weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, the Kansas City Star is baiting its left-leaning readership with an aspirational article on…

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Legends Persists with Fake Frank Marshall Davis Bio: Here’s the Real Story

  As the Sentinel reported on February 1, the Legends Outlets Kansas City chose to honor Frank Marshal Davis as…

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Missouri Budget Hammers Higher Ed

As reported in the Missourian, Gov. Eric Greitens’ proposed budget for 2018 would cut $40 million from The University of Missouri…

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Senate Republicans Reach Consensus on Tax Package? Not So Fast

The Kansas Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation will hold a hearing next week on a proposal that would eliminate…

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Missouri House Passes Right-to-Work

By a 100-59 vote the Missouri House passed a bill on Thursday barring mandatory union fees in the workplace. Newly…

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Kansas Wrestles with School Centralization

  The Kansas legislature is wrestling with an issue that tests the ideological purity of the state’s legislators. The question…

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More Off-Court Problems for KU B-Ballers

The way things are going KU basketball players may be spending more time in court than on the court. The…

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Hard Left Turns on Soft Left in KC Protest

On Friday at 4:30 p.m. a coalition of hard left organizations will be holding a rally at the Oppenstein Park…

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KU Basketball Fans Don’t Know What to Think

According to the University Daily Kansan, fans are not conflicted about the play of their team. Hardly! The #3-ranked Jayhawks,…

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Missouri Executes First Man in Greitens Era

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens declined a clemency request for Mark Christeson, 37, and on Tuesday the Missouri man moved on to…

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Cap-J Headline Confuses on Procurement Bill

The House K-12 Education Budget Committee heard testimony on a bill that would require school districts to use strategic sourcing…

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Kansas City on Pace to Pass 2016 Homicide Rate

The most serious problem that the city of Kansas City, Missouri, faces is one that its elected officials refuse to…

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Cap-J Reporter Deems Tweets “Disparaging”

Senate Republicans met in closed caucus last week where they discussed potential ways to address Kansas budget shortfall. Former Sen.…

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House Committee Hosts Conceal and Carry on Campus Hearing

Members of the Kansas House Fed and State committee heard fresh testimony on a bill that would allow Kansas public…

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Dated Poll Suggests Kansans Favor Medicaid Expansion

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, or ACS CAN, is touting a poll of 500 Kansans that suggests voters…

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Legends Honors Communist Pornographer–And That’s Just the Half of It

Among the Kansas “legends” that the Legends Outlets Kansas City currently celebrates on its website is one Frank Marshall Davis.…

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31 States Have Higher Gasoline Taxes Than Kansas

Drivers pay less in gasoline taxes at Kansas pumps than they do in many other states, according to data released by the…

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Convicted Serial Killer Gosnell Sent Hard Cases to Kansas

  Unlikely bestseller, Gosnell: The Untold Story of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer, holds a surprise for those who still believe…

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Yael Pushes Kander for President in 2020, Seriously

Long time Star editorialist turned blogger Yael Abouhalkah believes that former Missouri secretary of state Jason Kander is presidential timber (or…

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Senate Republican Closed Caucus Meeting Goes Public

Senate Republicans met in closed caucus on Jan. 30 at the Topeka headquarters of the Kansas Association of Insurance Agents.…

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