March 19, 2024

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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…

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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…

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