As a first-generation college student who is now a professor, I know firsthand the vital role libraries play in providing access to knowledge and opportunity, especially for those from under-served backgrounds. At my university, nearly half of the student population is also first-generation ...

It’s not often the people of Kansas get to hold a “referendum” on state legislation. In fact, they can’t. At least not on their own. Under our state’s Constitution, we operate a representative democracy electing legislators to make decisions on our behalf and ultimately hold them ...

This is not a Republican illusion. The political leanings of academia are very real. Most professors identify as liberal and Democrats. University administrators skew left as well. It’s striking how few professors are conservative or Republican. The imbalance began during the Reagan ...

Republicans in Congress are ceding their constitutional power to the president, so says the “politerati.” Yes, but there’s the rub: 10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He changed his mind the day before. The Senate 10 sacrificed the ...

This week, Kansas Secretary of Transportation Calvin Reed kicked off KDOT’s annual Transportation Safety Conference in Wichita by emphasizing the key components of decreasing fatalities on Kansas’s streets and highways: safer drivers, safer vehicles, safer speeds and safer roads. He was ...

This legislative session, Kansas legislators are considering whether to restrict what low-income households can buy with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits. Specifically, Senate Bill 79 requests authorization from the federal government to prohibit the use of ...