Tag: Wichita Eagle
Huh? Manhattan Named “Most Boring” City in Kansas, 2nd “Most Livable” City in America
It has been a roller coaster of a month for those Manhattan town boosters who take seriously national publications that…
Media Give Fair Hearing to Kansas Bill Proposing Equal Time for Divorcing Parents
From past experience, one would think the very fact that conservative Republican Sen. Steve Fitzgerald filed a bill on the…
Calling Police in Wichita May Be Deadly Decision
The ratio of police to officer-involved shootings in Wichita is higher than the national average, a sharp statistic garnering national…
Kansas Gubernatorial Giving Map Defies Expectations
The Wichita Eagle has compiled a complicated, interactive map showing who is giving to whom in the Kansas governor’s race,…
Wichita Eagle Takes Deserved Victory Lap Due to AG Opinion
The Wichita Eagle is taking a well-deserved victory lap following the release of an opinion from Kansas Attorney General Derek…
Topeka Paper Labels Mathematic Reality “Strategic Spin”
The Topeka Capital-Journal takes a mathematical reality through the spin cycle in a Dec. 25 news story, entitled “K-12 funding…
Read Their Lips: No Tax Increase in Kansas
Leaders in both the Kansas House and Kansas Senate say increasing taxes to pay a Kansas Supreme Court-imposed ransom to…
Wichita Teachers Average 6 Percent Raise, Super Gets $14K Bump
Wichita School Superintendent Alicia Thompson will sweeten her salary by more than $14,000 this school year, and district teachers won’t…
Transparency Becomes Focus of Wichita School Board Campaigns
Members of the USD 259 Wichita school board are in a sparring match over a letter to the editor outgoing board member Joy…
Wichita Eagle Gives Veteran Pro-Lifer David Gittrich A Respectful Send-Off, Almost
David Gittrich, one of the greatest pro-life activists in Kansas history, died Tuesday of kidney cancer. To its credit, the…
Administration Secretary Fires Back at Eagle Politicization of Shooting
As a Kansas tax agent recovered from gunshot wounds, the Wichita Eagle jumped to politicize a shooting at a Kansas Department…
Eagle: Schools Aren’t Buying More Transgender Books for 8-year-olds
A Wichita School District official made the very sound decision not to purchase additional copies of a recommended children’s book…
Top Google News Story: Murderer Sues Kansas Prisons for Imposing Christianity
Each day Google sorts through the various news stories about Kansas, and on Friday chose as top story one based…
Eagle Politicizes Shooting at Revenue Department
Within days of a Wichita shooting at a Kansas Department of Revenue office, the Wichita Eagle dragged out Democratic officials…
Sen. Caryn Tyson Joins Growing GOP Crowd for Kansas 2nd
In a remarkable bit of journalistic restraint, Jonathan Shorman of the Wichita Eagle reported the announcement by conservative Sen. Caryn…
Kansas Small Businesses Optimistic, But Not Hiring
Kansas business owners are optimistic, but that’s not translating into new jobs, the Wichita Eagle reports. A national survey of small…
Eagle Definitions: ‘Centrist’ Equals Anti-Freedom; ‘Success’ Equals Tax Hike
The Mainstream Coalition, an anti-religion organization, is calling the largest tax hike in Kansas state history “a success,” according to…
Former Budget Director Spins State Spending Tall Tale
Former Kansas budget director Duane Goossen fired up the spin yesterday in a guest column for the Wichita Eagle. Goossen…
Eagle and Star Mothership, McClatchy, Loses Half Its Value in One Year
The Kansas City Star and Wichita Eagle are no shrinking violets in expressing their predictably liberal views, but their parent–McClatchy…
Wichita Makeup Artist Denied Award Due to Trump Support
Wichita makeup artist Gypsy Freeman entered a national Instagram-based contest sponsored by television personality Kat Von D–the trade name for…
Wichita Council Serves Subsidies to Cargill
Cargill is walking away from the negotiating table with more than $20 million in subsidies courtesy of the Wichita City…
Wichita Teachers Union Prez Sues Project Veritas, But Why?
Steve Wentz, president of United Teachers of Wichita, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court’s Middle District of Florida against…
Signs of K-12 Education Overspending Abound
There’s a possibility that some public schools spend more than necessary. Though that sort of blasphemy is rarely discussed in polite…
Representative Mentions Weapon, Media Imagines Threat
A Kansas representative tweeted to another that there are 25 people carrying guns in the House Chambers prior to a vote,…