Tag: Laura Kelly
Kelly administration doesn’t know how many employees work remotely
As the heads of the new Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy—cheekily known as “DOGE” after a…
Kansas Legislature gets leadership set ahead of 2025 session
Leadership elections for the next Kansas Legislature are complete, with Republicans growing their supermajority. There were few surprises with top…
Kelly, Evergy tout new powerplants that are likely unneeded
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly recently touted the announcement of two new “high-efficiency” natural gas-fired power plants by Evergy. On Oct.…
Commerce Department dodges questions about seemingly flawed Panasonic, Integra impact claims
The Kansas Department of Commerce claims thousands of jobs created by a pair of large projects and billions in economic…
BLS data: Kansas lost 13,000 jobs over the last 12 months
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor/Secretary of Commerce Doug Toland have routinely touted tens of thousands of “jobs created…
Most Kansas cities lost population over the last three years
Most of the largest cities in Kansas have lost population over the last three years. According to data from the…
Kansas House fails to override veto of youth “gender-affirming care”
A bill that would have banned so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors in the state is dead, at least for this…
Kelly veto of HB 2036 shows disdain for taxpayers and the state’s economy
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of HB 2036 was entirely predictable. We’ve heard the same excuses as she vetoed every…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes bill to ban ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors
A new law that would have banned so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors has been vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly. Senate…
Kansas Justice Institute wins civil asset forfeiture case
A Geary County woman will soon have her vehicle back after a state court dismissed the civil asset forfeiture case…
Study: Medicaid expansion puts hospitals at higher risk of closure
It has become a mantra with Kansas Democrat Governor Laura Kelly: any hospital closure is blamed on not expanding Medicaid. …
‘Broadband Ready’ program should take a note from Missouri
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is lauding her new “Broadband Ready” program as a new general election season begins, touting a…
Governor’s office declines questions about expensive EV charging stations
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s office has declined to answer questions about a very expensive series of EV charging stations in…
Audit identifies concerns about state economic development incentives
A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit identifies serious deficiencies in several economic development incentive programs…
Democrats push property tax hike on cars, farms, businesses
With the legislative session just around the corner, Kansas House Democrats are pushing a big property tax increase on cars…
Gov. Kelly, KASB gaslight parents with 2023 student achievement claims
Gaslight is a term used by some mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in…
State audit: just spending more won’t improve achievement
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is touting recent slight increases in state assessments as proof that more spending results in improved…
Herington Hospital closure is unrelated to Medicaid expansion
Kansas Democrat Governor Laura Kelly is once again using the closure of a rural hospital to push for Medicaid expansion…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Petty politics prevented $1.4 billion in tax relief in Kansas
Virtually every effort to provide state tax relief over the last ten years was met with the ‘Don’t Be Like…
Kelly vetoes bill that would have helped childcare crisis
One of the biggest obstacles to economic recovery post-pandemic has been the difficulty in finding childcare. Writing in the Wichita…