December 25, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Government

Shocker: McClatchy, Star Expose Federal Follies That Enrich McCaskill Hubby

Proving they are still capable of old-fashioned journalism, the McClatchy DC Bureau and the Kansas City Star teamed up to…

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Real US News Headline: “Kobach Says He Wants to Do for Kansas What Trump Done for US”

Nearly 15 hours after it was first posted, the once reputable US News & World Report was still running as…

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Media Warm Up To NRA After Colyer Endorsement

The major media have historically had only slightly more enthusiasm for the NRA (National Rifle Association) than they have had…

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Monetti “All In”–Will Stump 114 MO Counties Before Primary

Last week, former B-2 pilot and Republican Senate candidate Tony Monetti leaped off a 30-foot cliff shouting “all in” as…

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Busted! Kansas Libs Say 2nd District’s Steve Watkins Is One of Us

On Friday, July 13, an unlucky day for Republican 2nd District Congressional candidate Steve Watkins, the Kansas City Star posted…

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Kobach: Colyer Paid $500 Million Ransom to Supreme Court

In a Wichita debate on Tuesday evening, gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach grabbed the money quote with the use of one…

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Congressional Candidate Fitzgerald Defends Western Civ, Tweaks CNN

A candidate can trash the western world all he or she desires without provoking CNN, but let a candidate defend…

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KCMO City Hall Apparatchiks Say “Nyet” to Free Speech

In a stunningly detailed memorandum, the aspiring apparatchiks in Kansas City, Missouri, have drawn a social media-proof iron curtain around City…

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Poll: Kansans Overwhelmingly Want the Court Out of Their Schools

Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court decided the additional $818 million Kansas lawmakers approved to fund public schools over the…

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Will New KCK School Super Cut Through District’s “Uncharacteristic Stability”?

As KCUR’s Aviva Okeson-Haberman dutifully reported, parents and others supporters of the Kansas City, Kansas School District worry about what…

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US Supremes Back Louisburg Woman in Religious Freedom Case

High marks to KCUR for reporting fairly on a story about Louisburg woman Mary Ann Sause whose day in court…

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“Public-Private” Deals Bilk, Milk KU, Lawrence

Ten years ago, the City of Lawrence set up a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District and a Transportation Development District to…

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St. Louis Pol Calls Cops “KKK,” Demands More of Them

“Do we have the KKK infiltrating the police departments throughout America?” tweeted St. Louis-area Sen. Jamilah Nasheed in 2014, milking…

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Kansas GOP Leaders, Candidates Say ‘Not So Fast’ To $$$-Hungry Court

The decision Monday by the Kansas Supreme Court that the latest effort by Kansas lawmakers to appease the court was…

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KNEA Bummed, US Supremes Rule Against Mandatory Dues

In a major blow to teachers unions in particular, the KNEA especially, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that charging government…

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Breaking: Kansas Supreme Court Says We Want Mo’ Taxpayer Money

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that the “State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the…

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Monetti Doubles Down in MO Senate Race, Has Sarah Palin Come to KC For Rally

Not one to be easily deterred by the odds, Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Tony Monetti is going all in by…

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Candidates Struggle to Explain Why Kansas Is Stagnant in Surging Economy

In the booming 2017 national economy, only two states underperformed Kansas–Louisiana and Connecticut. In fact, Kansas was one of only…

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Sigh! Kander Lowers Sights From President to Mayor of KC

If there is a more nakedly ambitious Democrat in America than former Missouri secretary of state and would-be Kansas City mayor…

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With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up

Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…

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“Mizzou” Has Become Shorthand For “Self-Destructive University”

Board members at the University of Missouri, affectionately known as “Mizzou,” should consider the following headline from The College Fix…

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New Subsidized KC Grocery Shows Why “Food Deserts” Become Food Deserts

As the central initiative of her tenure in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama preached about putting an end to…

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Media: There’s Been a “Bump” Or Three On STAR Bond Highway

Controversial from the beginning, Kansas STAR Bonds have not done much to alleviate the critics’ concerns. As the Topeka Capital…

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Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers

In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…

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