Tag: Government
Economist: “Kansas Has Fallen Back To Where It Was Before Tax Reform”
According to Jonathan Williams, chief economist with the American Legislative Exchange Council, “Kansas has fallen back to where it was…
Twitter Explodes Over News That Newspaper Publisher Paid 50K To Expose Greitens
Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn was working on a book about the 2016 Missouri Governors’ race–yawn!–and thought what better way…
Nearly 300 Kansans In Higher Ed Make 200K, More Than 100 At KU
According to figures released by the Kansas Policy Institute for the 2017-18 academic year, the State of Kansas pays 292…
Judge in Greitens Case Slams State For “Sanctionable Discovery Violations”
Having reminded the prosecutors in the Greitens case that “these rules are not mere rules of etiquette,” Circuit Judge Rex…
With Sheriff Scandal, If Jackson County Is “Garden of Eden” It’s After The Fall
The anthemic song, “I Believe,” in the Broadway megahit Book of Mormon has this one eye-popping lyric, “I believe that…
Breaking: Greitens’ Prosecutors Produce Missing Video Hours After Release of House Report
On Thursday in open court, James Martin, a defense attorney for Gov. Eric Greitens, spoke to the issue of a…
Sen. Booker Slams Pompeo For Having Same Gay Marriage Stance As Obama
Said then Congressman Mike Pompeo of the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, “I am deeply saddened by the…
Hickman-Mills Teacher Shows 5th Graders Pix of Naked Women, District Not Sure Why
Dominique Jones, the mother of a Hickman-Mills 5th Grader, had a hard time believing her daughter when she she said…
Greitens Prosecutors May Have Destroyed Key Witness Tape
Although she died more than 30 years after her boss Richard Nixon left office, the New York Times reminded its…
Breaking: Greitens Accuser Admits Photo Session May Have Been A “Dream”
One of the most contentious issues in the State of Missouri’s case against Gov. Eric Greitens has been the whereabouts…
Tired of Appeasing the Beast, Kansas Senate Leaders Want to Take Away Its Power
For years now, legislators in the State of Kansas have been paying nervous tribute to the Kansas Supreme Court. Indeed,…
Breaking: State Rep Files Complaint Against Greitens Prosecutor
Marine Corps veteran Paul Curtman, a state representative from eastern Missouri, is preparing for battle once more, this time against…
McCaskill Getting Unexpected Resistance from Black Community
Sen. Claire McCaskill is facing a resistance from the black community in her 2018 reelection quest that she did not…
Huh? Profs Object to Bill That Protects Whistleblowing Profs
Greg Comer, a physics professor at St. Louis University and president of the Missouri Conference of the American Association of…
Federalist: Greitens Prosecutor Could “End Up in Jail”
Writing for the Federalist, an influential online magazine, Dave Grossman makes a highly detailed case that Kim Gardner, the St.…
Author of Republican Transgender Identity Text: “There Is No Love In A Lie”
Eric Teetsel, the author of the Kansas GOP resolution on transgender identity, was given space in the Kansas City Star…
Why Did Tax Cuts Work In NC, IN, and TN But Not in Kansas?
The question that Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert raises in his new book, “What Was Really the Matter with…
Cleaver Faces Possible Ethics Charges Over “Ghost Employee,” Awan Connection
On March 7, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) submitted a detailed brief with the Chairman of the…
KU IOA Office Reports 5 Times as Many Sexual Assaults as Campus Police
There is a huge disparity in the way KU’s office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) reports sexual assaults, and…
Judge Thwarts Prosecutors, Sets May Trial Date for Greitens
For all the hell that Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has brought down on himself, it is hard not to see…
Trump 2020 Campaign Manager, Kansas Native Brad Parscale, Already Getting Death Threats
In 2015, when Donald Trump was exploring the idea of running for president, he hired Topeka native Brad Parscale to…
For New Shawnee Mission Super, Salary Is Sweet, Perks Are Sweeter
Parents who once urged their children to go to med school or law school may be redirecting them towards the…
Lawrence City Commission Nixes Citizen Demand to Limit Free Speech
Seemingly untroubled by a planned “flag-dragging march” in downtown Lawrence, certain Lawrence citizens were offended by the “Defend our Flag”…
Kansas Senate Committee Advances “Campus Free Speech Protection Act”
On a voice vote Monday the Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Senate passed out of committee a…