January 23, 2025

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Kansas

Kansas Tax Hikers Take Note, France #1 in Taxes.

A day after the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, backed down from introducing a climate change-inspired fuel tax increase, the Organization…

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Kansas to Pay “Controversial” Outfit $270,000 to Recruit 3 Teachers

In 2015, the Washington Post published an entire chapter from a book called “Good Intentions Gone Bad” about the “controversial”…

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Who Knew? Conservatives Gained Strength in Kansas, Elect Majority Leader

For all the self-congratulatory bluster coming out of the media this past month, who would have known that conservatives actually…

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No Charges Filed Against 74-Year-Old Kansas Woman Who Shot Intruder

“She called 911,” said Leavenworth Police Major Dan Nicodemus of the unnamed 74-year-old woman who shot an intruder. “She stayed…

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Shawnee Dispatch Calls It A Day

“The Shawnee Dispatch is ceasing publication,” announced the staff on Wednesday, the final day of operation. “This edition will be…

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How Google Juggles the News

One way to find out what is happening in Kansas or Missouri is to first open Google News. Google News…

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74-Year-Old Leavenworth Woman Shoots, Kills Intruder

As reported in the Leavenworth Times, in the very early hours of Saturday morning, a 74-year-old Leavenworth woman shot and…

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Shoot-Out At Overland Park’s Oak Park Mall: Updated

Update: The Kansas City Star, to its credit, has reported the race of the perpetrator: “Lacy said police were looking…

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Whoa! DOJ Investigates Sex Crimes, Harassment in Shawnee Mission Schools

For nearly two years now the Sentinel has been documenting the lack of media attention to sex crimes within area…

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Female Kansas Mod Laments Left’s “Ugly Campaign”

In a Pitch article that gets almost everything wrong, former Kansas City Starreporter Barbara Shelly allows moderate Republican Representative Melissa…

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Kudos to McClatchy: Hits Sharice Davids on Unpaid Debt

Brian Lowry, now writing for McClatchy, the Kansas City Star parent company, has been doing some good honest reporting of…

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How Dem House Candidate With 2 DUIs Ceased to Be Gay

For one curious reason, followers of local media did not have to play “Guess the party” when reading about the…

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KU Coach Bill Self Has Lots of ‘Splainin’ to Do in Adidas Scandal

University of Kansas basketball fans are not thinking about the ongoing federal trial of Adidas executives in New York. They…

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“Gosnell,” The Movie, Opens in Area Theaters Today

Writing in National Review, Michelle Malkin calls Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer “The Most Important Movie You’ve Never Heard Of.”…

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Services for Sen. Kay O’Connor Set for Wednesday, Thursday

Kathleen “Kay” Frances O’Connor, 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away Oct. 10, 2018 at Olathe Hospice House. Visitation will…

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Witness Fingers KU B-Ballers In Adidas Scandal

On Thursday, cooperating witness T.J. Gassnola, a former Adidas consultant, detailed the payments he made to families and friends of current…

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After Long Illness, the Heroic Sen. Kay O’Connor Dies

On Wednesday morning, October 10, former Kansas State Senator Kay O’Connor died after a long illness at the age of…

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Has the Olathe District or KNEA Warned Students About Gay Sex Apps?

On Tuesday, Fox4KC reported the salacious details involving Justin Adrian, until last month an Olathe East High School teacher and…

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Laura Kelly: “Little Getting Around A Need To Spend More”

To be fair to Kansas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Laura Kelly, “there’s little getting around a need to spend more” is…

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Yoder Calls On Sharice “No Show” Davids To Show For 3 Debates

Congressional Democratic candidate Sharice Davids shocked even her supporters with her last minute withdrawal from the Johnson County Bar Association…

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Shocker: KNEA Withdraws Support of Deaf Candidate in Kansas House Race

One had to give credit where it is due: the KNEA, the Kansas branch of the National Educational Association, has…

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Trump Gives Steve Watkins Huge Boost in Topeka Speech

For Steve Watkins and Kris Kobach, President Donald Trump could not have picked a better day to stump for the…

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Whoa! Star Chides Davids For Last Minute Duck of JOCO Debate

The opening sentence of the Wednesday Kansas City Star article is pretty damning: “Democrat Sharice Davids has pulled out of…

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Why is Sharice Davids Ducking Debate With Congressman Yoder?

Veteran KMBC TV political reporter Michael Mahoney spelled out the problem in a September 21 tweet: “KCK Chamber says ‘every…

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