Articles by
Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
Dane Hicks is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the United States Marine Corps Officer Candidate School at Quantico, VA. He is the author of novels "The Skinning Tree" and "A Whisper For Help." As publisher of the Anderson County Review in Garnett, KS., he is a recipient of the Kansas Press Association's Boyd Community Service Award as well as more than 60 awards for excellence in news, editorial and photography.
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The mysterious lack of Kansas media interest in Porfirio De La Cruz-Cantu
With high profile cases of illegal immigrant crime like the Rachel Morin murder in Maryland still peppering national news reports...
13Aug 2025
Medicaid Truth: Grow the cow, get more milk
Among the most ignored stories of Trump II is the administration’s confrontation of the stifling abuse of the federal Medicaid...
05Aug 2025
Davids, Dems fail to stop “Big Beautiful Bill,” ignore massive tax hike they would have slapped on JOCO earners
Once again voting in partisan lockstep with her side of the aisle in the U.S. Congress, Kansas 3rd District Congresswoman...
05Jul 2025
Judge rules against injunction that would have kept foreign campaign dollars in amendment vote
TOPEKA – A Kansas law that prohibits the use of foreign money in state constitutional amendment campaigns took effect July...
01Jul 2025
Justice late still justice served in Iran
Smoke billows from the Iranian State Television headquarters after an Israeli missile strike. Getting to watch the Israelis bomb the...
19Jun 2025
Jackson Countians seek injunction against solar farm, say NextEra, feds never did environmental study
A federal court judge in Kansas City, Kan., is expected to hear a request for an injunction Wednesday morning against...
17Jun 2025
Party-switching judge nominees flipped, flopped during various U.S., Kansas political eras
With controversial decisions by the Kansas Supreme Court drawing increasing scrutiny in recent years and this week’s naming of three...
13Jun 2025
Thorn in the USA: Springsteen now just another Dixie Chick
How much hypocritical, unmitigated, oblivious gall does it take to denigrate a man who's taken a bullet for his country...
06Jun 2025
Grant application for $1.9 billion Coffey County semiconductor plant denied by USDOC
BURLINGTON – Coffey County Commissioners will meet June 2nd with the primary driver of a proposed BETO Junction-area semiconductor chip...
28May 2025
Davids shuns Big Beautiful Bill, conjuring income tax increases for Johnson County
By joining the House Democrat opposition to oppose "The Big Beautiful Bill" and the extension of 2017 Trump income tax...
23May 2025