Monthly Archives: July 2014

The major newspaper for Detroit conducted a year-long study of charters in the state and found: “wasteful spending, conflicts of interest, poor performing schools and a failure to close the worst of the worst. Among the findings: Charter schools spend $1billion per year in state taxpayer money, often with little...

“Merrick, a Stilwell Republican who is the chamber’s top political leader, said during an interview Thursday that he welcomed addition of law-abiding people trained to carry concealed weapons because their presence in the Statehouse as of July 1 would serve as added protection against violence. ‘I’m uncomfortable with people being...

We anticipate seeing charts showing an “increase” in state funding vs. last year, because we’re changing education accounting again, just like there was an “increase” when KPERS was rolled into education funding. Money raised locally will now be routed through Topeka, and local banks will miss out on a significant...