Tag: Mike Thompson
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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…