Tag: Kansas
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…
Kansas Union Prez Calls New Koch-Funded School “Living Laboratory of Elitism”
Leave it to United Teachers of Wichita president Steve Wentz to put a frog in the punch bowl of the…
For New Shawnee Mission Super, Salary Is Sweet, Perks Are Sweeter
Parents who once urged their children to go to med school or law school may be redirecting them towards the…
Huh? Manhattan Named “Most Boring” City in Kansas, 2nd “Most Livable” City in America
It has been a roller coaster of a month for those Manhattan town boosters who take seriously national publications that…
Benedictine College Honors 50th Anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
To those not paying attention, it may not seem newsworthy that a Catholic college would honor a papal encyclical, but…
Lawrence City Commission Nixes Citizen Demand to Limit Free Speech
Seemingly untroubled by a planned “flag-dragging march” in downtown Lawrence, certain Lawrence citizens were offended by the “Defend our Flag”…
Kansas Senate Committee Advances “Campus Free Speech Protection Act”
On a voice vote Monday the Federal and State Affairs Committee of the Kansas Senate passed out of committee a…
That Was Quick: KU Student Senate Defunds ‘Multicultural Student Government’
For a student body president to dismantle a funded entity on a college campus with the intimidating name “Multicultural Student…