Tag: Kansas
Marion Record reporter Deb Gruver sues Marion police chief Gideon Cody
The first federal lawsuit filed in the wake of the raid of the Marion County Record has been filed and…
Kansas City Star rejects opinions with which it disagrees
When Colleen Nelson was the editorial manager for the Kansas City Star, she made sure that alternate views (i.e., not…
Kansas loses private sector jobs while adding government jobs
Through the first seven months of 2023, seasonally adjusted numbers show Kansas has lost 2,700 private sector jobs, while adding…
Legal experts savage the Marion County Record affidavit
Two Kansas legal experts are not mincing words about the affidavit used to secure the search warrant that led to…
Fake Indian tribes bilk millions from taxpayers
“Pretendians” — like the three University of Kansas professors whose claims to be members of Indian tribes have recently been…
Johnson County policy raises 1st Amendment issues
Last week the Johnson County Commission adopted a new policy that raises serious 1st Amendment issues. It was added as…
Homeschool, private school students begin applying to play public school sports
Applications for non-public school students to participate in public school activities began on Aug. 1 and so far, concerns schools…
Commerce official awarded lucrative consulting gig — with Commerce Department
Cronyism in Kansas government is nothing new, but it may have reached new heights with a recent deal in which…
AFP-Kansas presents Frederick Douglass Award to Rep. Marvin Robinson II
A free-market group, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation-Kansas, has given its first ever Frederick Douglass Award “for standing on principle…
IT audit finds rampant cybersecurity issues at state agencies
More than two years after Kansas became the No. 1 state for unemployment fraud in the nation, a new IT…
KJI appeals Covey Find Kennel 4th Amendment case
The Kansas Justice Institute (KJI) is continuing to fight for a Cowley County dog trainer’s rights under the 4th Amendment,…
LPA issues scathing report on at-risk student spending
A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of…
Connell says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper
Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe Board of Education…
Stanford CREDO study shows charter schools outperform traditional public school
A new study by Stanford University’s Center For Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) shows that charter school students outperform traditional…
ACLU, KNEA tell schools to ignore Women’s Bill of Rights law
Just days before the “Women’s Bill of Rights” law goes into effect on July 1, the American Civil Liberties Union…
340B federal drug discount program lacks critical transparency
The federal 340B Drug Pricing Program program is theoretically designed to curb medication costs for hospital “charity care” cases, but…
SMSD dodges questions about transgender policy
The Shawnee Mission School District has declined to answer questions about its “Transgender Practices & FAQ,” a document obtained by…
Records request backs up SMSD teacher’s complaints about DEI
The results of a Kansas Open Records Act request to the Shawnee Mission School District back up several of the…
KCC ignores landowners, grants route for power lines to take electricity out of state
In a 2-1 vote earlier this week, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) — which regulates public utilities in the state…
The science of reading is the solution to state, nation’s literacy problem
Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center…
Attorney files KORA complaint against Republic County over wind issues
An attorney for concerned landowners in Republic County, opposed to wind farm development by NextEra energy, has filed a Kansas…
Kansas City Star reporting on Shawnee Mission protest reveals bias
The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher…
U.S. Senate moves to block lesser prairie chicken from going on endangered list
In what will likely be a largely symbolic move, the United States Senate passed a resolution 50-48 which would block…
SMSD parents share concerns about ‘DEIB’ programs
Shawnee Mission North High School teacher Caedran Sullivan last week exposed the widespread negative impact of the district’s DEIB indoctrination,…