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OPINION: Kansas hospitals get the breaks, but where’s the charity?

The promise of the nonprofit hospital is a simple social contract. In exchange for generous tax exemptions, these institutions are...
By Victoria Shirah
4 min
05May 2026

Stop whining about gas prices

www.picryl.com photo Let’s get something straight: paying $1 more a gallon for gas is a pretty cheap price to pay...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
3 min
23Apr 2026

Boycott our cowardly “allies”

Strange how gutless European nations only recognize terror and oppression when it echoes with goose-stepping Nazi boots in their own...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
18Mar 2026

Death to America – not

Chinese Global Television Network photo Thanks to the leadership of President Trump, the murderous mullahs of Iran finally got what...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
01Mar 2026

Op Ed: Price controls won’t fix Rx drug costs

At first blush, Senate Bill 360’s attempt to “fix” prescription drug pricing might sound appealing: protect pharmacies, promote transparency, and...
By Helen Van Etten
3 min
16Feb 2026

Good Bunny: “NFL OUT”

The National Football League has never been shy about draping itself in the imagery of patriotism. Flags fill stadiums. Military...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
4 min
06Feb 2026

A fact-based response to Charlotte O’Hara on redistricting, leadership and party unity

Republican gubernatorial candidate Charolette O’Hara has  made untruthful, deceptive and specious remarks lately directed at House Speaker Dan Hawkins and...
By Jay Vanier
5 min
29Jan 2026

Trump’s first year: Results over rhetoric

    One year into his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump has delivered what supporters long argued was missing...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
3 min
25Jan 2026

Whose insurrection is this, anyway?

After the Biden–Harris Justice Department spent three years stretching the interpretation of “obstruction of an official proceeding” to hammer January...
By Dane Hicks – The Kansas Informer
3 min
10Jan 2026

Reader: Quips don’t hide Kansas Reflector’s Dark Money questions

The Kansas Reflector’s Clay Wirestone’s attempt to caricature Senate President Ty Masterson says far more about the Reflector than it...
By Jay Vanier
7 min
26Dec 2025