Tag: Government
Wow! Overland Park Power Bloc Bullies Challengers to Maintain Status Quo
The entrenched powers in Overland Park have resorted to playing hardball to keep a handful of feisty outsiders at bay…
Big Potential for Cost Savings at Kansas Universities
An analysis of staffing levels prepared by Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) shows the University of Kansas appears to be far…
Edgemoor Pitching New KCI to Non-Users: “If You Don’t Fly, You Don’t Pay.”
At least as reported by Fox4kc, Edgemoor managing director Geoffrey Stricker has been quietly pitching his new single terminal design…
Monday at Plaza Library: “Russell Kirk, Charity, and the Conservative Imagination”
The Kansas City Public Library is one of the rare public institutions in America–and perhaps the only one in the…
Breaking: More KCI Turbulence as Conflict of Interest Charges Roil Debate
New conflict of interest charges have muddied the already murky waters engulfing the selection of a builder for a proposed…
Turbulence Rocks KC Council As Decision Nears on $1 Billion Airport Bid
It has been a turbulent day or two as the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council moves to a $1 billion…
Opposition Mounts to One-Sided Nov. 7 KCI Single Terminal Ballot
The single terminal boosters on the Kansas City, Missouri, City Council have gotten their way. Last week the Council passed…
Missouri Travel Advisory: KC Passes 100 Homicide Mark, Rate 10X Greater Than NYC
A month ago, to much fanfare, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Missouri. The threat, NAACP members were told…
Sen. Caryn Tyson Joins Growing GOP Crowd for Kansas 2nd
In a remarkable bit of journalistic restraint, Jonathan Shorman of the Wichita Eagle reported the announcement by conservative Sen. Caryn…
Star Promotes Silly CIA Hottie Scheme to Kick Trump Off Twitter
To read the headline of the prominently placed article in the Kansas City Star–“Former CIA agent wants to buy Twitter…
Defeated Dem Gubernatorial Candidate Paul Davis to Declare for Kansas Second District
The last time Lawrence attorney Paul Davis ran for elected office he broke a lot of his supporters’ hearts and…
Media Nearly Mum as Republicans Sweep Open Missouri Seats
Republicans won both open seats in the Missouri legislature in Tuesday’s special election. Voters elected Rep. Sandy Crawford from Buffalo,…
City Jilts Hotel Partner Without Telling Them
The Kansas City Business Journal headline from July 21, “Convention hotel raises a different flag,” conceals almost as much mayhem…
Kobach Calls Reports of Mass Boycott of Voter Fraud Probe “Fake News”
On July 5, the White House Office of the Press Secretary issued a press release on the subject of voter…
KC Taxpayers Bail Out Misbegotten Jazz Festival
Although no one asked them whether they wanted to, Kansas City taxpayers shelled out at least $117,000 to bail out…
Post-Dispatch Reports McCaskill Russian Donation, Star Still Silent
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Sen. Claire McCaskill’s familyfoundation donated $873 to the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation and…
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Missouri Church in 7-2 Decision
Lost in the hubbub about the lifting of President Trump’s travel ban was a more far reaching Supreme Court decision on…
Did Kris Kobach Underestimate the Number of Illegals Voting in Kansas?
A comprehensive report released by the think tank, Just Facts, suggests that, if anything, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach…
St. Louis Nation’s 4th Worst City, Springfield 12th, KCK 49th, Wichita, KCMO, Topeka Unranked
A 24/7 Wall Street survey has fourth-place St. Louis being barely edged out by the likes of Detroit and Flint,…
First World News: KC Woman Without Hot Water for Two Weeks
Last week a Kansas City woman found a cricket in her Chinese take-out, and this week a woman has had…
Kansas City Neighborhood Makes America’s “5 Most Dangerous” List
Although Kansas City did not gain the top spot, it did earn an impressive fourth place in a feature titled,…
Feds Bust 35 Missouri Convenience Store Owners for Cigarette Smuggling
With the lowest cigarette tax on the nation, Missouri has become something of a Mecca for cigarette smugglers, all puns…
Darwin Award Awaits Man Who Burgled Home of Acting KCPD Chief
When Thomas Savage, 19, snatched those commemorative badges and KCPD anniversary rings, he may have sensed that he picked the wrong…
House Dems Help Nix New Kansas Tax
By a 68-53 vote the Kansas House rejected a plan to increase taxes, and the Democrats made it all possible. …