If you’ve been to the grocery store since the new year you may have noticed that state sales tax on grocery items dropped to 0%.In 2022, the Kansas Legislature passed a bill that gradually eliminated the sales tax on groceries, with final elimination on Jan. 1, 2025.To many, tax cuts represent a meaningful win for Kansas, but it also brings with it tough questions about the future of state revenue and services.
For more than two decades, I have taught journalism students — ranging from high school freshmen to university seniors — a specific definition of censorship.Here’s the definition that my students hope to memorize for their multiple-choice exams: “Censorship is legally designated authority of what is said and what is written.”I bring up this definition not to extend my classroom even further into my columns. Instead, I bring it up because two words of that definition have become increasingly confusing to my students — and I expect this semester will be the most confusing of all.
I have a brother who lives in the Los Angeles area. Last year a fire came within two miles of his home.
My daughter asked me a question. It was simple, but apparently the blank stare prompted her to accuse me of not being able to think clearly.I like to call it zoning out instead of just not thinking, because during those blank stares, my mind is just playing catch up.
To the editor:It’s not yet Jan. 20, but the message has gotten out to the “resistance” to start pounding on the new administration, as witnessed locally with the daily letters against Trump, his policies, even his faith.
The new year is less than a month old. Do you make New Years resolutions?Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican archbishop best known for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
All across the state, Kansans have been enjoying or perhaps dealing with the snow for more than a week. I have heard countless people remark that there's been more snow than we have had in years.
Of the four white limestone statues of notable Kansans that stand in the Statehouse rotunda, half are journalists.One is Topeka publisher and politician Arthur Capper. The other is legendary Emporia newspaperman William Allen White.The presence of these towering icons inside the Statehouse sends a powerful message: Journalists will hold legislators to account.
Keeping up with the railroads may sound like fun if you're driving on a parallel roadway. But the idea's not fun - or funny - if a train keeps you waiting for several minutes at a crossing, especially if you're in a hurry.In the eastern U.S., an outfit named RailState has planted sensors on private properties across the nation.
From my reading over the years, I just do not think that using wood to heat a modern American house is economical unless you live in a very small house, you have a very efficient stove and you do not use any other source of fuel. The Forest Service has done a lot of research on this subject.