December 23, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Government

USD 286 Chautauqua school board fined over KOMA violations

The Chautauqua County Board of Education has been found liable for multiple violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. According…

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D.C. ‘voter access group’ sends 43,000 personalized ballot applications with wrong return address

A Washington D.C. non-profit “voter advocacy group” injected itself into the upcoming general election in Kansas after sending 43,000 pre-filled-out…

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government waste spending

Johnson County audit shows lax purchasing controls

The first page of a recent audit of purchasing controls in Johnson County government shows a startling lack of oversight.…

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Point Forward says it will donate Washington School if no childcare provider can be found

Ron Scripsick, chairman of Point Forward, the developer of the approximately $10 million Washington School daycare project, said in a…

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economic development

Commerce Department dodges questions about seemingly flawed Panasonic, Integra impact claims

The Kansas Department of Commerce claims thousands of jobs created by a pair of large projects and billions in economic…

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BLS data: Kansas lost 13,000 jobs over the last 12 months

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor/Secretary of Commerce Doug Toland have routinely touted tens of thousands of “jobs created…

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Sedgwick County sales tax proposal would simply the tax shift burden and likely increase it

Sedgwick County is floating a new “property-tax relief” proposal that — while it would theoretically lower property taxes — would…

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Taxes compound and are stacked up over time.

Homeschool parents now eligible for a sales tax exemption

A lawsuit seems to have led to the Kansas Department of Revenue’s reversal of policy on sales tax exemptions for…

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas files another KORA complaint against Commerce Dept.

Just hours after the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas was again forced to file a Kansas Open Records complaint against the…

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Former Atty. General John Ashcroft weighs in on immigration reform

Former United States Attorney General John Ashcroft — who served in the George W. Bush administration — said a video…

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Texas attorney general suing feds over new nursing home rules impacting Kansas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services over a new rule nursing home…

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Second Annual ‘Heartland Hybrid and Microschool Summit’ to highlight importance of new education models

An event scheduled for late September — the second annual “Heartland Hybrid and Microschool Summit” — will highlight the growing…

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ACE scholarship program shows remarkable progress for low-income students

ACE Scholarships, a program that provides partial funding for lower-income families to send their children to a private school of…

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Kansas among 15 states suing to prevent illegal aliens from accessing Obamacare

Fifteen states are suing the Biden-Harris administration to prevent illegal aliens from being allowed to purchase tax-payer subsidized health insurance…

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Former Emporia State professor suing for religious discrimination

A pair of lawsuits against Emporia State University for religious discrimination in 2022 is moving forward, with a trial scheduled…

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Study finds wide disparity in county spending per resident in 2022

A new study by the Sentinel’s parent company, Kansas Policy Institute, shows massive differences in county government spending per resident…

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Retired federal judge reacts to Chevron and Jarkesy SCOTUS decisions

In two days last month, the United States Supreme Court dealt devastating blows against the administrative state and for constitutional…

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DOJ issues damning report on discrimination in Wichita Public Schools

A report from the Department of Justice found pervasive evidence of discrimination in Wichita Public Schools against students based on…

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Point Forward tax filings raise more questions about the Pittsburg non-profit

New questions are being raised about Point Forward, a Pittsburg, Kansas, non-profit that is remodeling the former Washington School into…

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Districts that leave KASB can still participate in insurance pool

Emails obtained by The Sentinel show Kansas school districts that choose to leave the Kansas Association of School Boards can…

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More controversy embroils Prairie Village as 9th Mikkelson recall effort moves forward

Invoices and emails show that some of the accusations that prompted a recall effort against Prairie Village Mayor Eric Mikkelson…

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USD 413 Chanute attempts to stifle, marginalize board members

Chanute Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board…

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Part 2: New solutions to fix the federal immigration system

In Part 1 of this series, retired federal immigration judge Elliot M. Kaplan explained why, in his view, the federal…

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Retired immigration judge says the federal immigration system is broken

Calling it “anarchy,” former Federal Immigration Judge Elliot Kaplan said, in an exclusive interview with The Sentinel, that the federal…

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