Indiana, Arkansas – Kansas had them beat by a
couple of years. Our legislature passed a religious
freedom law in 2013, granting Kansans the right to
discriminate...
Two years ago, we offered an assessment of the Kansas
Legislature with the headline, A sinister session. “The temp-
tation is strong,” we said, “to describe...
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Crystal
Bridges, Alice Walton’s contribution to the heritage of
American art, are two magnificent antidotes to the credo, in
some...
Jim Prugh, the Lakewood, Colo., investor who brings
new life to old buildings in downtown Lindsborg, has begun
another renovation – this one at 118 South...
Salinans have praised the arts for generations and lately
their government has increased the arts as a mission. The
list of public and private organizations that...
Part 3
In early 2004, not long after a Shawnee County District
Court judge had lashed the Kansas Legislature for under-
funding local schools, urban lawmakers began...
Part 2
Gov. Sam Brownback’s plan to slash state spending for
schools comes from his overall mission to abolish the state
income tax; to cover the resulting...
Part 1:
For governors and government in Kansas, the Carlin era
can be seen as the most productive and accomplished in
recent history. Progress, however, didn’t happen...
(First of three articles)
The governor and allies in the Legislature seem to be
flush with loose talk about re-writing the state’s local
school finance formula. Others,...
