The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene will get a re-do. Museum officials told the Associated Press that the renovation will take several years and will include major architectural, lighting and technology upgrades in…

Employment numbers continue to rise in the nine Midwest and Plains states, Kansas included. The business conditions index for the region rose to 63.2 in February from 58.9 in January. Any score above 50 suggests…

About one third of government workers belong to unions. Only 6.9 percent of private sector workers do. Not only are private sector workers on their own, nearly one in 10 of them is without a…

“Plutocracy Now” is the headline over a current Mother Jones article detailing the growing chasm between the very rich and the rest of us.The point is made in a series of graphs and charts. One…

Squeeze a balloon to make it narrow. It responds by bulging elsewhere in exact proportion. No surprise.Increase spending on special education in Kansas schools by $26 million. Take the money from another state spending slot,…

Republican assaults on public service unions moved this week from Wisconsin to Ohio and Indiana. And, yes, this is a partisan battle with the anti-union cadres getting big bucks from Wichita’s Koch brothers and their…

A mean streak a yard wide runs through the hearts of way too many conservatives in the Kansas House of Representatives.Monday they voted to repeal a 2004 law that would allow students whose parents brought…

Sometimes good ideas take awhile to catch on.Such is with the proposal to create the position of registered dental practitioners in Kansas.The positions are similar to advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants who work…

Today the lesson is on learning from history.On Oct. 23, 1956, the people of Hungary rose up spontaneously to overthrow their communist government. The people revolted because they were without freedom, were being kept in…

Events have consequences.Monday afternoon, an e-mail went out from 4 Eagle Dr. in Iola to a K-State athlete’s dormitory in Manhattan:“Hey, Jake. Just wanted to clue you in. Colby will be there tonight. Abby Lynn,…