In Wichita, Topeka and elsewhere across Kansas, the municipal election cycle is underway. Candidates for city council and school board seats and mayor will be selected in the primary elections that will conclude on Tuesday. For those few Kansans involved in these races, whether as candidates or ...

Do we need to re-learn how we merge on the freeway? The Kansas Department of Transportation says yes. But are we open to re-thinking something we have done the same way for years? Since 2016, KDOT has been promoting the “zipper merge” for the construction zones along U.S. Highway 69 in ...

Gov. Laura Kelly recently touted her administration’s economic track record in a press release from the Office of the Governor. Specifically, Kelly cited over $16 billion in private-sector investments and the creation of over 60,000 jobs in Kansas since she took office as governor. To grow ...

We have just celebrated 247 years of American independence — though it’s no secret that the United States has suffered an erosion of democratic norms and institutions in recent years. This is reflected in rising political polarization, extremism, partisan pressure on the electoral ...

There’s a mayoral election taking place in Wichita, Kansas’ largest stand-alone city, right now. Also, strikes have been declared at Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita’s largest single employer, and Ascension Via Christi, the city’s largest hospital. What does all this have in ...

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 of Education. The two major problems facing schools currently are: 1) teacher ...