• Who is Mark Janus?

    Who is Mark Janus?0

    This week, Mark Janus is visiting the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka to share his story. On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case, Janus v. AFSCME, that every public worker has a constitutional right to resign from a union whenever they want. Mark was a State of Illinois employee who disagreed

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  • LeBron’s “I Promise” school – a model Kansas should emulate

    LeBron’s “I Promise” school – a model Kansas should emulate0

    There will be no mention of basketball in this essay despite the fact that as a Phoenix Suns fan throughout my adult life, nothing could be worse than LeBron James joining the despicable, hated Los Angeles Lakers. (If there any Suns fans out there, you know exactly what I’m talking about.) Ok, that’s the only

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  • The Case for a Constitutional Amendment on School Funding

    The Case for a Constitutional Amendment on School Funding0

    The Kansas Supreme Court’s latest ruling that a six-year, $854-million funding increase is inadequate has renewed talk of amending the constitution, and that has evoked emotional responses from opponents. Some proponents have even been accused of being anti-education and ignoring the rule of law. Blanket charges of that nature are neither fair nor accurate; everyone

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