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Age verification laws aren't a substitute for parenting. A stock photo of a child staring at his phone.

Age Verification Isn’t Parenting

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Johnson County superintendents fail 4th-grade math

Sedgwick County Commissioners use scare tactics and false claim to oppose property tax assessment limit

Dollars dissolving against a background; Kansas has a spending problem not a revenue problem.

Kansas Is Relearning a Hard Lesson About Spending

School funding almost $19,000 per student, cash reserves hit $1.33 billion, enrollment declines, and employment increases

Tax & Spending

Sedgwick County Commissioners use scare tactics and false claim to oppose property tax assessment limit

Dave Trabert | January 31, 2026

Dollars dissolving against a background; Kansas has a spending problem not a revenue problem.

Kansas Is Relearning a Hard Lesson About Spending

Vance Ginn | January 26, 2026

New property tax assessed valuation limit legislation saves money, eliminates prior concerns

Dave Trabert | January 20, 2026

Arrowhead Stadium view from the parking lot. For months, Kansas City leaders have fought over who should pay for new stadiums for the Kansas City Royals and Kansas City Chiefs.

Subsidies Cost Kansans Even When Revenues Rise

Vance Ginn | January 19, 2026

Alleged savings from the proposed Wichita sales tax are based on flawed assumptions and won’t materialize

Dave Trabert | January 16, 2026

Economic freedom is vital is Kansas is to grow and be prosperous.

How Does Kansas Rank in Economic Freedom?

Vance Ginn | January 12, 2026

EDUCATION

Johnson County superintendents fail 4th-grade math

Dave Trabert | February 2, 2026

School funding almost $19,000 per student, cash reserves hit $1.33 billion, enrollment declines, and employment increases

Dave Trabert | January 26, 2026

Child heading to school, benefiting from school choice programs in Kansas.

What Is the School Choice Situation in Kansas?

Vance Ginn | December 23, 2025

Lowering the bar on proficiency standards is a frightening fad sweeping public education

Dave Trabert | November 25, 2025

Property tax reform won’t reduce student achievement

Dave Trabert | November 21, 2025

State Board of Education gets bad legal guidance from the Kansas Department of Education

Dave Trabert | November 4, 2025

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