Tag: Kansas
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…
327 New KPERS “Millionaires” Join the 2,000 Existing KPERS Millionaires
There are many routes to making a million dollars, but the surest and safest one may be to get a…
KU Hard Pressed to Explain 42% One-Year Bump in Athletic Salaries
Although coaching salaries are paid out of a separate budget, non-coaching salaries in a university’s athletic department are not. Tax…
Kansas Ranks Below 47 Other States in Public Employees per Capita
Kansas may not be rich in beachfront property or skyscrapers, but the Sunflower State has more government employees per 10,000…
Kansas GDP Falls, But Lawyers Want $1.5 Billion “More” For Schools
Forget the GDP–the half billion or so of newly committed money is apparently not money enough for the lawyers representing…
FL Reaps Better Educational Achievement than KS for Less Money
Florida spends significantly less per pupil on education, but that didn’t stop its students from outperforming Kansas students on the…
Economist: “Kansas Has Fallen Back To Where It Was Before Tax Reform”
According to Jonathan Williams, chief economist with the American Legislative Exchange Council, “Kansas has fallen back to where it was…
Nearly 300 Kansans In Higher Ed Make 200K, More Than 100 At KU
According to figures released by the Kansas Policy Institute for the 2017-18 academic year, the State of Kansas pays 292…
Why Is KU Promoting Segregated Housing For Its LGBTQ Students?
At the University of Kansas, they call it “gender inclusive housing” but its effect is to shunt KU’s “transgender, non-binary…
Who Wrote The Threatening Letters To Gay Kansas School Teacher?
The Kansas City Star headline sums up the nearly universal media angle on this unfolding story: “‘Queers will burn’: Gay…
Americans Will Spend More on Taxes than Groceries, Food, Housing Combined in 2018
As Americans scramble to meet the national deadline to pay their taxes this year, they’ll need to work through April…
Sen. Booker Slams Pompeo For Having Same Gay Marriage Stance As Obama
Said then Congressman Mike Pompeo of the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, “I am deeply saddened by the…
Tired of Appeasing the Beast, Kansas Senate Leaders Want to Take Away Its Power
For years now, legislators in the State of Kansas have been paying nervous tribute to the Kansas Supreme Court. Indeed,…
Kansas Bill Would Hold Schools Responsible For NOT Arming Teachers
As reported by CNN, a newly introduced bill in the Kansas House would not just encourage school districts to arm…
Thank Goodness for Nebraska; KS Makes Top 10 for Highest Tax Burdens
First the bad news: Kansas’ state and local tax burden is one of the highest in the nation. According to…
Author of Republican Transgender Identity Text: “There Is No Love In A Lie”
Eric Teetsel, the author of the Kansas GOP resolution on transgender identity, was given space in the Kansas City Star…
McCaskill on Hillary: “You’re Killing Me Here”
On a recent visit to India, defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton added a new riff on the “Deplorables” theme…
Why Did Tax Cuts Work In NC, IN, and TN But Not in Kansas?
The question that Kansas Policy Institute President Dave Trabert raises in his new book, “What Was Really the Matter with…
Local Maoists Prep For Armed Conflict, Now “Red Guards” KC
No sooner does the Sentinel run a piece on the Maoists known as the “Kansas City Revolutionary Collective” than the…
2 Docs, 2 Pastors, 2 CEOs, 1 Sheriff Included in Diverse 2018 Leadership Kansas Class
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce does not list the age, race, sex, religion, or ethnicity of the 40 members of…
KU IOA Office Reports 5 Times as Many Sexual Assaults as Campus Police
There is a huge disparity in the way KU’s office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) reports sexual assaults, and…
KU Crime Down 13 Percent, No Weapons Violations in Year One of Campus Carry
It would be rash to credit a 13 percent annual drop in crime at the University of Kansas to six…
ICE Arrests 20 “Criminal Aliens and Immigration Fugitives” in Metro KC, Media Mum
Federal officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) arrested 20 “criminal aliens and immigration violators” on both sides of…