It’s no fun being between a rock and a hard place, but that’s the spot Kansas public schools are in today.  It’s an unfortunate circumstance begging for action by the Legislature and Kansas State Board…

HQ E-Bike Repair at 80 Madison St. in Chinatown was a bomb factory masquerading as a harmless bike shop, housing e-bikes and electric scooters fueled by lithium-ion batteries. This newish micromobility is a great boon…

As a pediatrician a big part of my work is to advise families on nutrition and healthy eating. These days, I find myself talking with parents and patients more often about how they prepare their…

It’s a serious sign of something when as many as 20% of registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents tell pollsters they support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Democratic presidential nomination. Perhaps it’s a sign that…

In July 2020, my mother-in-law’s senior living facility was breached by COVID-19. We had been talking on the phone with her daily since the facility went into lockdown in March of that same year. At…

This week came the unsettling news that the Parsons Sun and Chanute Tribune have begun printing two newspapers a week, down from five. It’s a cost-cutting measure. Fewer editions require fewer employees, less ink and…

The four high school girls looked skittish as they stood before the school board in conservative Carlisle, Pa., in mid-April. Then they started speaking about why they wanted the board to vote to allow girls’…

Flagpoles are becoming the latest battlefield in the culture wars. Activists are fighting to get their banners onto public flagstaffs while keeping off those representing other groups or beliefs. The conflict is particularly heated this…

The Star’s editorial board has never pushed for downtown baseball — not, that is, if the tab for a new Royals stadium had to be picked up by taxpayers, many of whom, given today’s MLB…

Kansas has been doing so much wrong for so long in higher education that it would probably take forever to straighten it all out.  But the Kansas Board of Regents took a step in the…