While there was a lot of fluff in Gov. Sam Brownback’s State of the State address Tuesday night, the solid stuff was hard as rocks.— With the state facing a $267 million deficit in the…

With a court ruling requiring the Legislature to increase K-12 funding by $480 million a year staring them in the face, some lawmakers want to amend the constitution instead.It is the constitutional requirement that the…

As anticipated, a three-judge panel in Shawnee County ruled Friday the Legislature must increase funding for the state’s public schools to at least $4,492 for each student effective with the 2014 budget, which is determined…

A recent study showed that people don’t anticipate they will change much over their lives.That sentiment goes against the fact we all change significantly over time. Look back over the decades and see how your…

I own several guns, including a couple of high-powered rifles and a revolver. I’ve enjoyed hunting all of my life, and in younger days did my share of plunking with a .22.Taken in full measure,…

Vice President Joe Biden will make his recommendations for stricter federal gun laws to President Obama next week. Thursday he said his conversations with advocacy groups had already discovered a broad and strong consensus favoring…

Highway Patrol charge: careless driving. Actual fact, the driver fell asleep. Well, perhaps the trooper was correct: a driver who falls asleep at the wheel is careless. But doesn’t mean to be. A new, exhaustive…

Next week the Kansas Legislature convenes. Decisions will be made about school financing, health care for the poor, the state’s appellate courts, the state’s universities and how the money collected at Kansas fuel pumps will…

Kansas, under Gov. Sam Brownback, is reducing the services it provides to the poor in order to shrink state government and justify last year’s huge tax cuts.An extensive article in Sunday’s Kansas City Star gave…

Good thing Kansas is safe from any more tornadoes, floods, droughts, and any other natural disasters of magnitude.Good thing, because right now our name is dirt thanks to our representatives in Congress who denied flood…