Tag: Kansas City
Prairie Village diversity commitment seems only skin deep
Prairie Village, Kansas — an affluent suburb of Kansas City — claims to prize diversity. In fact, the city government…
Big property tax hikes proposed by most officials in Johnson County
As if past property tax increases that far exceed the change in inflation and population aren’t bad enough, most elected…
Eyebrow threading law gives workers liberty to make a living
In a final victory for a Kansas couple wanting to hire another family member to provide eyebrow threading in their…
Lansing school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights
On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas, Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing…
Open Enrollment, other education reforms signed into law by governor
Beginning in 2024, open enrollment will permit any Kansas student to transfer schools, based on the receiving school’s capacity, following…
City of Shawnee votes to make housing more expensive
While the Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly were working in a bipartisan fashion to address issues with affordable rural housing,…
JoCo officials setting residents up for a big property tax hike
Johnson County officials appear to be setting their residents up for a major property tax hike this year. Most residential…
Kansas legislation to target ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Earlier this month the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, which includes Kansas City, Kansas, approved the “Safe and Welcoming” ordinance…
Blue Valley, Olathe: open enrollment brings undesirable students
School officials’ rejection of an open enrollment bill in the Kansas legislature offers a rare glimpse of an elitist attitude…
Schools won’t talk about getting 135,000 students to grade level
There were about 135,000 students reading and writing below grade level in Kansas in 2019, with about 17,000 of them…
Survey: public school satisfaction lower than expected
Satisfaction with public schools in some of the state’s largest districts was lower than might be expected pre-COVID, and their…
City of Gardner backs off pool COVID restrictions
On Monday, Gardner resident Danedri Herbert, took to the podium to blast the Gardner City Council for a decision to…
KC Monarchs, Royals require masks to watch games
The Kansas City Monarchs, a minor league baseball team, will be allowing spectators this season, opening up season ticket sales…
Commerce can’t – or won’t – substantiate “jobs created” claim
In late November of last year, the Kansas Department of Commerce announced that there had been $2 billion in new…
Lack of oversight leads to high surcharges at KCK BPU
Employee pay and electric rates aren’t the only things that are sky-high at the Kansas City, Kansas Board of Public…
Oops! Two Airlines Tell KC They Can’t Afford New Terminal
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, sold its citizens on the idea of a brand new terminal with the oft-repeated…
Feds Bust KC Firefighter For Selling Guns to Felons
James Samuels is not only the Kansas City firefighter with a business on the side, but Samuels’ business brought him…
Fired UMKC Whistleblower Seeks Justice
In an extraordinary memo this past March, UMKC Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer conceded that Dr. Richard Arend, until recently a tenured…
Good Samaritans Save Woman From Knife Wielding Beau in Downtown KC
In the same news cycle that Kansas City, Missouri, observed its 100th homicide of 2018, the media reported the heroic…
Shocker: Liberal Star Jason Kander Withdraws From KC Mayor’s Race, Cites PTSD
“By all objective measures, things have been going well for me the past few months,” writes Jason Kander on his…
27 Months for “Rising Star in Democratic Party”
Last January, the Sentinel congratulated the Kansas City Star for pointing out in the very first sentence of its article on the…
Sold Crack Out of KC Day Care Center, Now Muslim Martyr in Headscarf Case
More than 6,000 Christians in Nigeria, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered by Fulani Muslims since January, but from…
KC Double Shooting Shows Why Neighborhoods Turn Into “Food Deserts”
As the central initiative of her tenure in the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama preached about putting an end to…
This Weekend at UMKC, Speed-Dating for Koch-Hating Activists
This weekend UMKC and All Souls UU Church will be hosting a progressive activist conference with a specific focus on…