Double-digit increases in assessed valuations are being used by many local elected officials to sock taxpayers with unaffordable property tax hikes, and legislators can do […]
Tag: Kansas
If it talks like a duck: Is Greg Orman at the root of fusion voting in United Kansas?
Recently Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab announced United Kansas met the requirements to be officially recognized as a new political party in Kansas. But the new party’s […]
Kansas Democrats mum as state GOP reacts to Trump verdict
Kansas Republicans expressed dismay at a guilty verdict against former president Donald Trump on all 34 alleged felony hush money charges in a New York […]
State assessments show promise of “Brown v. Board” still unfulfilled
The 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing state-sanctioned segregation in schools will be commemorated this year. The Brown v. Board of […]
New study: Sex change patients 12x more likely to attempt suicide
On the heels of a failed override of Laura Kelly’s veto last month of a bIll that would have outlawed sex change surgeries on gender […]
Homelessness: Big cash in The New Covid
KCUR photo Winston Churchill is credited as coining the phrase “Never let a good crisis go to waste” and that ideology was warmly embraced by […]
Shawnee County follows other communities toward wind, solar moratoriums
The Shawnee County Planning Commission this week followed suit with other counties across Kansas calling for tighter restrictions and moratoriums on industrial wind and solar […]
Kobach, other states sue Biden over illegal Title IX revision
In The Daily Wire comedy “LadyBallers” a group of male misfits breaks into women’s league basketball in an imaginary landscape that satirizes the type of […]
State of Kansas coughs up $39.5 million in overtime for 2023
Kansas payrolls for employees at state agencies and universities totaled $2.48 billion in 2023, including $39.5 million in overtime. Compared to 2022, total pay was 5.1% […]
Survey: Kansas 12th highest tax burden in the U.S.
While taxpayers await another threatened veto of tax relief, a new analysis shows Kansas has the 12th highest tax burden in the nation. The research by WalletHub and the Tax Policy Center is […]