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Report: 87% of BOTA cases favor taxpayers

Research conducted by the Kansas Policy Institute (KPI), the owner of The Sentinel, shows that nearly 9 out of 10 decisions on property
By Dane Hicks
3 min
12Jun 2026

Kansas school assessments show 150,000 students functionally illiterate

More than 150,000 Kansas K-12 students will have a difficult time reading this story. Not because of the subject matter,
By Dane Hicks
3 min
29Jul 2025

Pig in a poke: Kelly/Toland claim jobs gains, but new numbers less than pre-Covid

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly and Lt. Governor/Secretary of Commerce Doug Toland have routinely touted tens of thousands of “jobs created
By Dane Hicks
4 min
14Sep 2024

Kansas schools build non-teaching staff, payrolls while enrollment, student performance decline

The hiring of non-teachers (administrators and all other employees who are not teachers) has continued an upward trend in Kansas
By Dane Hicks
8 min
12Jul 2024

Taxes choke off Kansas job growth, and politics prevents a solution

Kansas’s 2024 legislative session can be characterized as a constant back-and-forth between the Legislature and Governor Kelly on tax reform, with several
By Dane Hicks
4 min
07May 2024

Who wants cookies? Bill debates best way to build business in Kansas

Corporate income taxes in Kansas would be reduced to 5.75%, and two business subsidies — Promoting Employment Across Kansas (PEAK)
By Dane Hicks
7 min
27Mar 2024