One of Gov. Laura Kelly’s latest Kansas State Fair Board appointees, who a newspaper this month extolled as “an exceptional voice for the fair,” has […]
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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, but because they may be […]
Kansas Governor’s race takes shape for Democrats, Republicans
Candidates are lining up for the 2026 election in Kansas to replace Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, whose second term ends in 2027. For the past […]
Hindsight’s 20/20: Let’s protect Kansas from Big Tech monopolies
Harvard Extension School graphic I’m not a Silicon Valley engineer, just a Paola farm kid turned lawmaker, but I know this: When a few billion-dollar […]
Over there!; Over there!; Overseas voters from Kansas made their voices heard in 2024
I’ve never understood why counties (or the Secretary of State) do not publish summaries of Kansas overseas voters at election time, since this is a […]
Judge rules against injunction that would have kept foreign campaign dollars in amendment vote
TOPEKA – A Kansas law that prohibits the use of foreign money in state constitutional amendment campaigns took effect July 1, thanks to a federal […]
Lack of School Choice options drops Kansas on “Parent Power” index
In the three years since the Sentinel last reported on the Center for Educational Reform’s Parent Power Index, Kansas has slid more than 10 places from 34th in the nation to […]
Remembering Ike’s mass deportations: “Operation Wetback”
Kansas overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump for president. Voters in these parts liked his proposals, especially removing 11 million undocumented immigrants let into our country during […]
Jackson Countians seek injunction against solar farm, say NextEra, feds never did environmental study
A federal court judge in Kansas City, Kan., is expected to hear a request for an injunction Wednesday morning against a Next Era industrial solar […]
Party-switching judge nominees flipped, flopped during various U.S., Kansas political eras
With controversial decisions by the Kansas Supreme Court drawing increasing scrutiny in recent years and this week’s naming of three nominees for the Governor’s upcoming […]