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 […]
Tag: Kansas
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 […]
KU daycare cancels Drag Queen Story Hour event
Above: “Venus Valhalla” entertains at a Drag Queen Story Hour in Manhattan, NY/Wall Street Journal photo A Drag Queen Story Hour planned for a University […]
Kansas new open enrollment law makes some school districts cranky
The bipartisan Open Enrollment legislation signed into law in 2022 offered hope for students who are trapped by their zip code in underperforming school districts. The law requires […]
Superheroes banned from KU daycare, but drag queen story hour gets a thumbs up
LAWRENCE – Drag queens are okay at KU’s Hilltop Child Development Center day care, but not superheroes. Management at the University of Kansas campus daycare […]