Tag: Kansas
Kobach: Colyer Paid $500 Million Ransom to Supreme Court
In a Wichita debate on Tuesday evening, gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach grabbed the money quote with the use of one…
Congressional Candidate Fitzgerald Defends Western Civ, Tweaks CNN
A candidate can trash the western world all he or she desires without provoking CNN, but let a candidate defend…
Stem Cell Treatment Is Just One Reason Kansas Couple Feels Blessed
“Conservatives have repeatedly hyped adult stem cell research,” wrote Christopher Mooney in his preposterous bestseller, The Republican War on Science. “The…
Poll: Kansans Overwhelmingly Want the Court Out of Their Schools
Last week, the Kansas Supreme Court decided the additional $818 million Kansas lawmakers approved to fund public schools over the…
Will New KCK School Super Cut Through District’s “Uncharacteristic Stability”?
As KCUR’s Aviva Okeson-Haberman dutifully reported, parents and others supporters of the Kansas City, Kansas School District worry about what…
Da Nerve! Seattle Deports Homeless To Kansas
The famously compassionate City of Seattle, Washington, the home of Starbucks and the $15 minimum wage, has been trying for…
“Public-Private” Deals Bilk, Milk KU, Lawrence
Ten years ago, the City of Lawrence set up a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District and a Transportation Development District to…
Kansas GOP Leaders, Candidates Say ‘Not So Fast’ To $$$-Hungry Court
The decision Monday by the Kansas Supreme Court that the latest effort by Kansas lawmakers to appease the court was…
KNEA Bummed, US Supremes Rule Against Mandatory Dues
In a major blow to teachers unions in particular, the KNEA especially, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that charging government…
National Right To Life Convention Begins Thursday in Overland Park
Those citizens newly concerned about children being wrenched from their mothers might find the National Right to Life Convention a…
Breaking: Kansas Supreme Court Says We Want Mo’ Taxpayer Money
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that the “State has not met the adequacy requirement in Article 6 of the…
Candidates Struggle to Explain Why Kansas Is Stagnant in Surging Economy
In the booming 2017 national economy, only two states underperformed Kansas–Louisiana and Connecticut. In fact, Kansas was one of only…
With Nearly 300 Kansas Educators Making $200K, Tuition Had To Go Up
Given the need to pay nearly 300 people more than $200,000 a year–and seven more than $500,000–the Kansas Board of…
Media: There’s Been a “Bump” Or Three On STAR Bond Highway
Controversial from the beginning, Kansas STAR Bonds have not done much to alleviate the critics’ concerns. As the Topeka Capital…
Shocker! Kansas Supreme Court Rules Against Fired Teachers
In May 2015 teachers Sallie Scribner and Mark McNemee received notification from the Flinthills school district that their contracts would not…
The 10 Best Kansas Public High Schools in Greater KC
Over the past few weeks, the Sentinel has been documenting the performance of the public high schools on the Kansas…
In Kansas, Spike in Suicide Rate Spurs Talk of Gun Control
In the year 2016, 45 percent more people committed suicide in Kansas than did in 1999. In Missouri that figure…
4 Years Later, Accused Kansas Hate Slayer of 7 Still Has Not Gone to Trial
If an individual stands accused of purposefully killing seven people of a different race, is it safe to assume that…
A Teeny Hill To Die On: 16 Arrested in Topeka Over Medicaid Expansion
In the not too distant past, liberals allowed themselves to be arrested protesting large things like the war in Vietnam,…
Kobach Not Intimidated By “Snowflake Meltdown” Over Replica Gun
“Had a blast riding in the Old Shawnee Days Parade in this souped up jeep with a replica gun,” Republican…
Piper Principal Busted For Soliciting Sex With Seventh-Grader
“When I received the first message, I was like, ‘This is weird and uncomfortable,’ and I just knew it wasn’t…
Here Is The One School in Kansas With An “A” Grade From KPI
No one can accuse the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) of grade inflation. In its comprehensive assessment of all the 1300-plus…
“We Feel Blessed:” Douglas County Couple Adopts “Fab Five” Siblings
Until Wednesday of this week, Douglas County couple Jeff and Toni Whaley had no children of their own. Now they…
Poor People’s Campaign Presents “Demands” at Kansas State Capitol
From the photos it would appear that the people in the soi-disant Kansas “Poor People’s Campaign” are anything but poor…