If the past decade has an overarching lesson, it is that, in politics, culture and society, emotion is often more powerful than reason. The coronation on May 6 of King Charles III and Camilla, Queen…

On the very last day of the Kansas Legislative session, lawmakers decided the biggest item of their budget — $6.3 billion to fund K-12 public schools.  Across the 90 days, USD 257 Superintendent of Schools…

The best thing that can be said of the 2023 session of the Kansas Legislature is that it is over. The second-best? It wasn’t quite as bad as it could’ve been.  But it came close. …

Nearly half of Kansans live in a child care desert, and 21 Kansas counties don’t have any slots available at all. Owning my family child care has given me a front row view of the…

As the end of the school year approaches, a large number of U.S. students are facing an unpleasant possibility: They may be asked to repeat a grade due to low test scores. In response, some…

Ron DeSantis has messed with the wrong mouse. Disney’s announcement that it is suing the Florida governor for his bizarre harassment campaign against the company over policy criticism touches on several important issues — freedom…

Dear editor, I read with interest the letter submitted by Dr. and Mrs. Stone. They made a lot of good points. As I have been a patient that needed transferred on a few occasions, what…

Michelle would have told me to put it on the table. Instead, I let it fester inside. All week I’ve tried to dismiss an anonymous email I recently received as nothing more than someone’s spur-of-the-moment…

As spring assessments and graduation festivities signal the end of the school year in Kansas, state legislators are crafting bills that could put the future of public education in Kansas at risk. As Kansas teachers…

Dear editor, We are concerned about the recently signed ambulance contract with AMR.   Unless a solution can be found we will have no ambulance transfer capabilities as of 8/1/2023. There is an average of…