Tag: Kansas
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…
Olathe High Schools Need to Aim Higher
If students performed as unspectacularly as the high schools in the Olathe School District, parents might be inclined to take…
Leawood Woman Fighting Cancer Rejects Abortion, Has Healthy Baby Boy
A shout-out to KCTV5 for reporting the story of a Leawood woman who chose to give birth to her child…
Why KCK’s Sumner Academy Is Outperforming Blue Valley Southwest
Based on demographics, one would expect Blue Valley Southwest High School to outperform every other public school in the Blue…
With Release of Woman Convicted of Wichita Shooting, Left Meets “Terrorist” It Cannot Embrace
“Though I am loath to call anyone a terrorist, you are a terrorist,” U.S. District Judge James Redden told Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon…
KU Athletic Director “Relieved of Duties,” Walks Away $1.4 Million Richer
KU Director of Athletics Sheahon Zenger is out of a job, and the taxpayers of Kansas are out a caboodle…
While Kansas Is Raising Taxes, Missouri Is Cutting Theirs
For years, generations really, the traditionally Republican Kansas has been a more business-friendly state than the traditionally Democratic Missouri. That…
KPI Honors 4 Topeka Schools For Improved Performance
The Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) does not award participation trophies. So parents at those four Topeka public schools that had…
Grades Are In For Shawnee Mission Schools, Parents Brace Yourselves
In a comprehensive review, the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI) has issued easily understood A-F grades for every school in the…