March 29, 2024

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Gilmore wins 1st Amendment case against Olathe school board member

In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed…

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Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas

A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the “Women’s Right to Know Act.” On Oct. 30,…

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EPC Group demands $11 million more taxpayer money for its project by Wichita baseball stadium

Wichita city leaders are considering a(nother) sweetheart deal that would transfer even more taxpayer money to EPC Real Estate Group…

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Health textbook with explicit sexual content pulled in Spring Hill

A “health” textbook describing everything from anal sex to “rational suicide” and presenting ideas such as the “gender spectrum” as…

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State audit: just spending more won’t improve achievement

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved…

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KU graduate teaching assistant union calls Israel ‘settler colonial project’

As Israel responds to the vicious terror attacks by radical Islamist group Hamas, a graduate student group based at the…

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Herington Hospital closure is unrelated to Medicaid expansion

Kansas Democrat Governor Laura Kelly is once again using the closure of a rural hospital to push for Medicaid expansion…

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2023 ACT scores drop beyond 30 year low

A little more than a week after the Kansas Association of School Boards touted Kansas as one of only six…

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Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings

Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education…

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Hays High School construction project, restrooms stirs controversy

Ground is set to be broken at the new Hays, Kansas High School soon, and it is unclear if the…

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KCC staff recommends smaller increase in Evergy Central, decrease in KC area

Kansas Corporation Commission staff late last month made a rare rate decrease recommendation in an Evergy rate case before the…

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Ottawa beekeeper wins sweet victory for home-based businesses

People in Ottawa, Kansas who want home-based businesses to sell honey and produce won a victory recently, thanks to Ellen…

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ADHD medication shortage causes difficulties for patients

A shortage of medication for sufferers of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), many of them children, has persisted for much of…

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Prominent scientists balk at climate change narrative

For years the refrain has been “the science is settled,” never mind that actual science is never settled — but…

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Johnson County libraries to provide feminine hygiene products in men’s restrooms

Yes, the headline is correct; Johnson County libraries will soon provide tampons and other feminine hygiene products in the men’s…

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Marion Record reporter Deb Gruver sues Marion police chief Gideon Cody

The first federal lawsuit filed in the wake of the raid of the Marion County Record has been filed and…

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Kansas loses private sector jobs while adding government jobs

Through the first seven months of 2023, seasonally adjusted numbers show Kansas has lost 2,700 private sector jobs, while adding…

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Legal experts savage the Marion County Record affidavit

Two Kansas legal experts are not mincing words about the affidavit used to secure the search warrant that led to…

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Johnson County policy raises 1st Amendment issues

Last week the Johnson County Commission adopted a new policy that raises serious 1st Amendment issues.  It was added as…

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Homeschool, private school students begin applying to play public school sports

Applications for non-public school students to participate in public school activities began on Aug. 1 and so far, concerns schools…

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Commerce official awarded lucrative consulting gig — with Commerce Department

Cronyism in Kansas government is nothing new, but it may have reached new heights with a recent deal in which…

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Regulatory burden spikes under Biden

If president Joe Biden were to be reelected for a second term, the regulatory burden imposed by his administration could…

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AFP-Kansas presents Frederick Douglass Award to Rep. Marvin Robinson II

A free-market group, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas, has given its first ever Frederick Douglass Award “for standing on principle…

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IT audit finds rampant cybersecurity issues at state agencies

More than two years after Kansas became the No. 1 state for unemployment fraud in the nation, a new IT…

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