University of Kansas

2022 Kansas Payrolls: $2.36 billion 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 16, 2023
Kansas payrolls for employees at state agencies and universities totaled $2.36 billion during the 2021 calendar year, including $37.8 million on overtime. Compared to 2021, total was pay was 4.4% greater while overtime was 11.8% greater. Complete records on total pay and overtime for state employees can be found on KansasOpenGov.org. The amounts listed in
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Kansas keeps getting duped by economic development schemes 0
- Tax & Spending
- November 9, 2022
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Kansas elected officials keep getting duped by economic development schemes, with politicians of both parties willing to give out hundreds of millions of dollars with poor oversight. Wichita and Coffey County are currently competing for a megaproject by Integra Technologies, with details about
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State responses to Biden student loan decision 0
- Tax & Spending
- September 26, 2022
Last month, the Biden Administration announced a student loan debt forgiveness plan with a cap of $10,000 increasing to $20,000 if the student is a Pell Grant recipient. Though this was a federal decision, the impact in the states highlights how federal actions reverberate throughout the country. Billions in federal spending in the form of
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2021 Kansas Payrolls: $2.26 billion 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 13, 2022
Kansas payrolls for employees at state agencies and universities totaled $2.26 billion during the 2021 calendar year, including $33.8 million on overtime. Compared to 2020, total pay was 0.3% greater while overtime was 14.2% greater. Complete records on total pay and overtime for state employees can be found on KansasOpenGov.org. The amounts listed in total
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KSDE awards $30 million to KU to perpetuate low achievement 0
- Education
- August 5, 2020
The Kansas Department of Education recently gave KU a 5-year, $30 million contract to help KSDE perpetuate abysmally low student achievement in Kansas. OK, that’s not exactly the way the deal is described in the University of Kansas press release, but it’s an honest reflection of history and another example of students getting the short
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University spending largely to blame for tuition hikes 0
- Education
- February 24, 2020
Last February, the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle faulted legislators’ lack of funding for tuition increases, but analysis of university spending showed most of the blame went to the universities themselves. Now it’s deja vu all over again – the Star and the Eagle are blaming legislators with one-sided ‘news’ reporting to push
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