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- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013 · 60 comments
- Opinion: Amid crisis, Europe resists extremism May 21, 2013 · 36 comments
- Blog: Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away May 20, 2013 · 48 comments
- Two men arrested in connection with Sunday morning shooting May 20, 2013 · 49 comments
- Blog: Push-back on Common Core not unique to Kansas May 21, 2013 · 15 comments
- City accepts recreation center bids, but won' t proceed with building until Fritzel provides infrastructure costs May 21, 2013 · 5 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 78 comments
- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 4 comments
- Blog: FreedomWorks urges Legislature to reject Common Core reading and math standards May 21, 2013 · 22 comments
- Crews race to find survivors of Oklahoma twister May 20, 2013 · 36 comments
- Will of the people May 21, 2013
- Missouri man dies of injuries after Saturday motorcycle accident May 18, 2013
- KU baseball gets involved in Moore, Okla., relief effort May 21, 2013
- Local organizations aim to support tornado victims May 21, 2013
- Longo services December 11, 2003
- Haskell's president, Chris Redman, leaving for job in Oklahoma May 7, 2013
- Lions face one more test February 29, 2008
- Editorial: Hometown pride May 21, 2013
- Lawhorn's Lawrence: Westie, the wheelchair ramp champion April 28, 2013
- Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence May 20, 2013
Kansas science and math teachers easily recruited away
Monkfellow-- the only thing specious about this is do Kansans value teachers? If not then you are correct saying teachers should stop complaining because Kansas just doesn't care. If we do value teachers then we all have to stop complaining and pay them more. Simple as that.
May 21, 2013 at 8:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
State education board may seek attorney general's opinion on 'innovative districts' law
I am sure the idea was to not have school at all in the 29 "innovative" disitricts. Since our legislators don't trust "gummint" schools I am sure that everyone in those districts will home school their kids and everything will be great. We don't need no edjumacation in here.
May 14, 2013 at 8:55 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editorial: On the move
I think this is a great opportunity. I think all state agencies should be dispersed to the hinterlands. Think how much money we could save if we emptied out the Capitol and sold it to the Koch brothers for a cathedral to their awesomeness. We could disband the revenue department since we will no longer be collecting taxes and move all that function to the counties since all the revenues will be collected from sales and property taxes.
We could outlaw abortion and disband the legislature since that is all they wanted to do anyway.
Any other functions could be done but the local count and city commissions since the KS legislature doesn't want to legislate anyway.
It would save us millions.
April 15, 2013 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Editorial: Ongoing concern
Good job Angela, way to defend your boss. We all know how this works, meaning that patients can keep their care provider if the providers of services take at least a 10% cut and the middle men (MCO's in your terminolgy) will get to keep the difference. That is the only way this works,period. There is no coordination of services here unles you mean CLO gets too much and so we need to take some from them and give it to your contractors.
The math here is simple and to the point. You can't interject another layer of management into this without it subtracting from care. All the rest is smoke.
April 10, 2013 at 9:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Opinion: Economic schemes likely to hurt Kansas
IKU57 what are you complaining about 12% in 6 years if you do the math...oh, what you right wingers don't do math, that is less that 2% inflation per year. Pretty good when you recall that Regan had 15% inflation till Volker killed it with high interest rates. Oh and gas prices have been coming down 11 cents in the last week. It isn't 1980. Get over it.
April 8, 2013 at 4 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
House approves bill requiring KU Medical Center to establish stem cell research center
Reminds me of the Old Soviet days when they required that farmers soak their wheat seeds in cold water before planting to get them used to the cold weather. Makes perfect sense to me, if you are doing this on faith and not reason. What is the penalty if KU doesn't start a program? Will Rep Bollier throw a fit? Call down fire and brim stone? Since there is no money set aside there is no money to lose if KU ignores them?
March 26, 2013 at 3:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Gun bill sponsor rebuffs legal concerns
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February 22, 2013 at 2:36 p.m. ( permalink )
Legislation seeks to block federal gun laws on Kansas firearms
Rock you are not that good person. Be afraid, be very afraid.
February 19, 2013 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Pressure point
It is blind faith working again. I hate agree with Merrill but this is ALEC's agenda taken straight off their playbook. Never mind, that it doesn't really apply to Kansas. Alec is headquartered in the East where the teachers may be pressured but not here. Our legislature is so inthralled with ALEC that they use the same talking points that some nutjob in New York would use.
If it wasn't so dangerous you could call it plagerism and let it go at that.
February 7, 2013 at 12:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Letter: Attack on teaching
rtwngr is stuck in the 70's. Jimmy Carter is not president, any more. The waste and fraud have been rung out. The reason education costs so much is that students have to learn more and have to buy more technology do it. Remember that there has been 5 presidents since Carter and a multitude of initatives (W's No Child Left Behind, O's race to the top), etc. Kansas is down 20% from what 2007? or something. There is no waste anymore.
The old expression is as true today as ever, "you get what you pay for".
February 5, 2013 at 12:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )