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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 […]
$10,000 reward offered in murder of 93 year-old Augusta woman
BUTLER COUNTY – Family members as well as an executive order by Governor Laura Kelly have tallied a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the […]
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 vetoes, failed overrides, and dozens […]