Staff
Dave Ranney
Dave Ranney, a senior Kansas government reporter, regularly covers state social services issues and a variety of general assignments.
Recent stories
- School board OKs tax increase
- Lawrence district approves additional $4.9M in levies
- August 29, 2006
- Supposedly, Mark Twain observed that while just about everybody talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it.
- Firm’s Medicaid advice may backfire for state
- August 28, 2006
- Ten years ago, state welfare officials fell head-over-heels in love with Maximus, a Virginia-based consulting firm that knew how to coax millions of federal dollars out of the nation’s Medicaid program.
- Menninger blasts mental health policy
- Psychiatrist sees many failings by state
- August 25, 2006
- When Dr. Roy Menninger addressed a Thursday meeting of the League of Women Voters of Douglas County, he looked for something nice to say about the state approach to caring for the mentally ill.
- Student’s art receives D.C. honor
- August 24, 2006
- Soon, a lot of congressmen will have their eyes on Alex Kim, an 18-year-old junior at Lawrence High School.
- District agrees to 8 percent pay raise
- Lawrence teachers, school board still must approve package
- August 24, 2006
- Lawrence school officials agreed Wednesday to give the district’s 850 teachers an 8 percent pay raise.
- City’s ACT scores beat national average
- August 17, 2006
- In Lawrence as in Lake Wobegon, the children are above average. Their ACT scores say so.
- Panel: More children need health coverage
- August 16, 2006
- A panel charged with overhauling the state’s approach to better health agreed Tuesday to urge Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to insure more children in low-income families, make routine dental care available to the poor and fight childhood obesity.
- Property tax increase moves forward
- August 15, 2006
- No one showed up Monday to protest the Lawrence school board’s plan to add as much as 6.437 mills to the district’s property tax levy.
- Hitting the (check) books
- Sending kids to school more costly than ever; fees, transportation, programs drive up expenses
- August 13, 2006
- Sue Roberts did the math. “On that first day of school, it’s going to cost us $338 for my son to walk in the door,” she said. “That seems like a lot to me.”
- Busing fee helps offset Lawrence district’s costs
- August 13, 2006
- In Kansas, school districts are expected to haul - or offer to haul - students who live more than 2.5 miles from their schools. The state picks up about half the cost.
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 58 comments
- For Kansas basketball, recruiting never ceases May 20, 2013 · 7 comments
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013 · 42 comments
- Sound Off: Truck dogs May 19, 2013 · 9 comments
- Summer job outlook good, not great May 20, 2013 · 1 comment
- 100 years ago: Housekeeping expert to give presentation at Y.M.C.A. May 20, 2013 · 3 comments
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 37 comments
- Editorial: Police needs May 20, 2013 · 4 comments
- On the street: Have you ever had a memorable summer job? May 19, 2013 · 8 comments
- Gas prices approach record highs May 18, 2013 · 35 comments
- For Kansas basketball, recruiting never ceases May 20, 2013
- Kansas baseball routed by Utes May 20, 2013
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013
- Two Topeka men shot in Lawrence early Sunday morning; police seeking persons of interest May 19, 2013
- Trio of Lawrence road projects to begin on Monday May 19, 2013
- Daytripper: We're in the money May 20, 2013
- KU student sues Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, alleging underage drinking led to head injury March 19, 2013
- Kansas Court of Appeals rules Martin Miller should get new murder trial February 10, 2012
- Masterful gardens May 20, 2013
- Grads big part of KU football May 20, 2013
