October 15, 2024

Keeping Media and Government Accountable.

Tag: transparency

Louisburg superintendent, school board face backlash over lack of transparency

It’s been a summer of discontent among Louisburg USD 416 patrons over recent actions by its superintendent and school board…

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Legislators ridicule KASB deception, praise Virginia governor’s honesty

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s bleak but refreshingly honest end-of-the-school-year report on K-12 education in the commonwealth focused on many of…

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Shawnee City Council overrules mayor, staff in property tax increase

A new conservative majority on the Shawnee City Council flexed its muscle and recently approved a cut of two mills…

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School districts use ‘go-away’ prices on records requests to avoid transparency

Fox News reports that parents across the country pursuing transparency are being charged exorbitant amounts by school districts in response…

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JOCO commissioner Allenbrand action raises transparency questions

A meeting called by Johnson County commissioner Shirley Allenbrand in which another commissioner was disinvited and other stakeholders advised not…

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Poll shows majority of Kansans support curriculum transparency

According to a new poll provided to The Daily Wire, an overwhelming majority of registered voters in Kansas and three…

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Butler County Community College continues to fail transparency test

For the second time in as many years, it has taken pointed questions from the Sentinel to get the Butler…

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Masterson vows override efforts on PBR, fairness vetoes

Senate President Ty Masterson criticized Governor Laura Kelly’s vetoes of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,…

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Deleted tweet reveals KNEA, ONEA opposition to transparency

The Kansas National Education Association and its Olathe chapter, ONEA, came out in opposition to transparency legislation that requires school…

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USD 231 superintendent Pam Stranathan gets $425k gift from taxpayers

Student achievement steadily declined in Gardner-Edgerton under Superintendent Pam Stranathan.  The district consciously misled legislators, Stranathan asked county commissioners to…

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Trustees: Butler County Community College fails transparency test

ELDORADO — Two Butler County Community College trustees say they routinely have trouble getting information to which they are entitled.…

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KDHE rejects request for COVID death certificate info

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week rejected a Kansas Open Records Act request submitted by the Kansas…

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Osage County commissioners ignore questions about no-bid contract

Osage County Commissioners Fred Diver, Gaylord Anderson, and Ken Kuykendall have refused to answer questions about a no-bid contract to…

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Gov. Kelly shuts down legislator’s COVID transparency inquiry

For the second time in less than a month, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly shut down a discussion and refused to…

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City council members refuse to answer questions on $75 million Wichita baseball stadium

Following news of a professional baseball team failing in Kansas City, Kansas and owing at least $550,000 to local government,…

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