According to data published by the Pew Charitable Trusts, an affiliate of the Pew Research Center, Kansas ranks dead last in the country on the share of state revenue that comes from federal funds. Across the country, the percentage of state revenue from federal funds ranges from about a ...

In a few days, voters across Kansas will choose members of their city’s governing councils. In some cases they’ll also be voting for mayors; when they aren’t, it’s because their city elected a mayor during the previous odd-year cycle, or because the mayor is chosen from among those ...

The Kansas economy is doing well by many measures. So why do so many Kansans think otherwise? To paraphrase James Carville: It’s housing costs, stupid. Just released from the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University, the 2023 Kansas Speaks poll details the story. ...

Last month WalletHub released its list of “Best and Worst Cities for Women,” ranking 182 large cities across the country. Two Kansas cities — Wichita and Overland Park — made the rankings along with Kansas City, Missouri, though their positions couldn’t be more ...

Last week, a bipartisan commission of former state lawmakers finished working on and recommended a solution to a long-standing problem: Kansas’s terrible legislative pay scale. Currently, our state Legislature — which is officially supposed to meet for only about 90 days, but which ...

The issue of foreign investment and land purchases in Kansas is once again in the news. Last week, Attorney General Kris Kobach called on the Kansas Legislature to restrict the ability of foreign individuals and corporations to purchase or lease large parcels of land in Kansas. Kobach warned ...