Tag: Laura Kelly
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Senate tax committee bills would save $463 million over three years
A bill recently passed out of the Kansas Senate Tax Committee would be a significant boon to retirees on a…
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Gov. Kelly: school choice for my kids but not yours
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly is staunchly opposed to school choice, except for her own children. Alumni newsletters show Kelly and…
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Rose Hill superintendent’s student achievement deception is all too typical
Frustrated with district officials’ refusal to acknowledge a student achievement crisis, a group of Rose Hill parents mailed a postcard…
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KS education establishment out of touch with parents, student needs
The education establishment in Kansas appears to remain remarkably out of step with parents’ and students’ needs. While polling in…
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Soros contributions run counter to governor’s middle-of-the-road claims
Governor Laura Kelly’s acceptance of the maximum contribution from George Soros family members may have voters questioning her oft-repeated phrase…
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Georgetown University estimates COVID learning loss by district
Parents have been all too aware for the last few years that the effects of school lockdowns led to significant…
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Months after initial report, straight answers missing on cybersecurity at KDOL
The formal release earlier this month of a supplemental report to a forensic cybersecurity audit of the Kansas unemployment system,…
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Trust Kansas Coalition files open meetings complaint against Gov. Kelly
A public-interest group in Kansas is accusing Governor Laura Kelly and her administration of violating the Kansas Open Meetings Act.…
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Kelly administration refuses to answer questions about ice cream social
Governor Laura Kelly’s office has declined to answer questions about an “Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Social” held last week. According…
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Book exposes how the Kansas education bureaucracy works against students
One in three students in Kansas is below grade level in reading and math, but instead of addressing the problem,…
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Sen. Hensley isn’t telling the truth about school funding
Sir Winston Churchill once said, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get…
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Arizona, Virginia expand school choice options
While some Kansas legislators remain unwilling to address parental concern over low and declining student achievement, the Arizona and Virginia…
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Schmidt proposes eliminating state income tax on retirees
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt — who is running for Kansas Governor — has proposed allowing Kansas residents to “retire…
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Educational inequality creates economic inequality in Kansas
Kansas ranks in the bottom half of states in educational equality, which an economist says is directly related to the…
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Lansing school board implements a Parents Bill of Rights
On June 13, 2022, the Lansing, Kansas, Board of Education did what the Kansas Legislature was unable to do, passing…
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Kelly’s bipartisan pretensions are contradicted by record veto numbers
Governor Laura Kelly is attempting to position herself as a moderate, bipartisan governor to get re-elected, but her veto record…
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Kansas is #32 in educational racial equality, belying officials’ anti-racism claims
Kansas is the 32nd-worst state in the nation for racial equality, showing once again school officials’ alleged devotion to ending…
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KCC reverses course, allows retail ratepayer groups to weigh in on transmission project
Despite calling the brouhaha surrounding a controversial transmission project “a circus” and “drama trauma,” Kansas Corporation Commission Commissioner Susan K.…
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Kansas adds government jobs, loses private employment in April
Kansas already ranks as the second-most over-governed state in the nation, behind only Wyoming as the state with the most…
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KDOL deflects responsibility for stunning fraud numbers
The stunning report detailing extensive cybersecurity fraud issues at the Kansas Department of Labor that led to more than 80,000…
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Confidential reports detail rampant incompetence, identity theft at KDOL
In 2019, Kansas ranked 39th in the nation in identity theft on a per-capita basis. But Kansas shot up to…
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City of Shawnee votes to make housing more expensive
While the Legislature and Governor Laura Kelly were working in a bipartisan fashion to address issues with affordable rural housing,…
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Kelly appointees limit consumer input on eminent domain, rate hikes
In an almost unprecedented move, the Kansas Corporation Commission limited the ability of a consumer interest group to intervene on…
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House fails to override Kelly’s veto of civil rights bills
The Kansas House of Representatives failed on April 28, 2022, to override Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of two civil rights…