December 24, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Government

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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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”…

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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…

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Kansas Republican Bigs Back Constitutional Amendment on Abortion

Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer and all five members of the Republican congressional delegation present in Wichita at a Kansans for…

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Story of Lawrence Chemistry Prof Busted for Being in US Illegally Goes National

The Washington Post among others has picked up the story of Syed Ahmed Jamal, a chemistry instructor from Bangladesh who…

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Media Give Fair Hearing to Kansas Bill Proposing Equal Time for Divorcing Parents

From past experience, one would think the very fact that conservative Republican Sen. Steve Fitzgerald filed a bill on the…

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“Vulnerable” Kevin Yoder Crushes Dem Opponents on Fundraising Front

It has been an article of faith among Democrats from the moment they recovered (sort of) from the shock of…

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Former “Rising star in Missouri’s Democratic Party” Mike Sanders to Plead Guilty to Corruption Charges

Kudos to the Kansas City Star for pointing out in the very first sentence of its article on the disgraced…

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Top Kansas Google News Story Features Former Google Exec’s Run (Maybe) for Kobach Job

At least once a day Google News shuffles its line-up of stories relevant to a given state and, through its…

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Kansas Gubernatorial Giving Map Defies Expectations

The Wichita Eagle has compiled a complicated, interactive map showing who is giving to whom in the Kansas governor’s race,…

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CIS: Kansas Tax System Rewards Cheating by Illegal Aliens and Their Employers

The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has discovered a glaring loophole in the way the State of Kansas collects taxes.…

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