Tag: Mike Thompson
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2023 Freedom Index shows liberty is not a red or blue issue
Seventy-three of the 165 Kansas House and Senate members scored better than 85% on the 2023 Kansas Freedom Index, including Wyandotte County…
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Legislation would bring standardized regulation to wind farms
Kansas — like most states — is a mish-mash, patchwork quilt of regulations on wind farms, with each county setting…
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Wyandotte legislators silent on minority education gaps
White students are more than twice as likely to be on track as Black students in Wyandotte County according to…
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Republicans differ on approach to eliminating federal vaccine mandate
Three Kansas state senators and two state representatives are asking fellow lawmakers to petition Governor Laura Kelly for a special…
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Cherokee County Commissioners nix wind development
Surrounding counties have mostly allowed the introduction of wind farms, but the Cherokee County Commission took a stand Monday, unanimously…
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Labette County woman seeks to use initiative process to impose wind regs
In Reno County, a protest petition managed to stop the construction of an industrial wind generation facility, but a Labette…
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Legislation would establish statewide standards for wind turbines
Last legislative session Senator Mike Thompson introduced a bill that would have established statewide standards for the rapidly proliferating –…
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KC Star spreads disinformation about school board meeting
Last week, YouTube removed a video of the May 17 Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education meeting for “spreading…
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Goddard lifts mask mandate; SMSD, BV refuse
Calling masks “disruptive and divisive” in the school environment, at least one Kansas school district made masks optional for the…
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Families explain devastating impact of disallowing nursing home visitors
Federal strings attached to nursing home funding required Kansas long-term facilities to shutter residents and lock visitors out during the…
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‘Energy Choice Act’ would prevent cities from banning natural gas
Concerned about movements in places like Berkeley, California, Seattle, and — ironically — Lawrence, to either ban natural gas in…
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Are Future Vision mailers about the election for Senate President?
Kansans recently received mysterious mailers from a group called Future Vision attacking multiple Kansas Senate candidates, and this prompted questions…