If two bills moving through the Kansas legislature become law, together they could destabilize public schools, prove disastrous for Kansas students and reduce the state general tax fund. As currently written, the bills would shift…

A Kansas Senate committee made the right move Thursday when it shot down a proposed law that would have banned local governments from banning plastic shopping bags.  And now it’s time for Wichita to step…

It’s not an anniversary anyone wants to celebrate. Feb. 24 will mark one year since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine — an act that changed the world more than most Americans fathom — all because of…

As thousands of families in our state are forced to stretch their budgets further and further, several of my colleagues in the Legislature are trying to make it harder for Kansans to get the help…

On behalf of Iola Industries, I would like to thank the City of Iola for their support of the project we have proposed to the Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Kansas legislature. I…

These days, we look back on McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s and wonder: Why did so many good people just stand by as Sen. Joseph McCarthy wrecked so many innocent people’s careers…

On Wednesday, the House K-12 Education Budget Committee passed a massive voucher bill that will gut the state’s public education system if made into law. In advance of the vote the legislators entertained a Georgia…

Governor Laura Kelly mentioned Kansas’ water crisis in her 2023 State of the State Address, but so far she has proposed few specific policies to alleviate the problem. Will this be the year that Kansas…

Gov. Kelly’s plan calls for the immediate elimination of the state’s sales tax on food, diapers and feminine hygiene products. It would create an annual sales tax holiday for school supplies and cut taxes on…

Parked outside of Paul Porter’s 140-year-old building is his electric car.  Not that I expected a horse and buggy. But the contrast reminded me of the challenge of bridging the physical and philosophical divides between…