December 23, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: Kansas

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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