Healthcare, bailouts of banks and automakers, job creation and now the Obama administration is poised to take on the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). The Justice department is reviewing a request from Senator Orrin Hatch to determine whether the BCS violates antitrust laws.
Just when you thought that the government could not reach any further into...
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Gov. Mark Parkinson said Tuesday that he would push to keep current levels of funding for education when lawmakers return to Topeka next month. After five rounds of budget cuts, public schools have lost almost $300 million in funding for the current school year while enrollments continue to increase.
When the legislature convenes...
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Gov. Mark Parkinson says he’ll announce the steps he’ll take to balance the state’s budget next week. And, he says, all options are on the table as he looks to a $253M gap in the current years budget. Although he did not outline specifics, he indicated that it would all come from cuts and...
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What is currently a rite of passage for many teens may be going to the wayside as districts are forced to make decisions on what programs to keep and what can be discontinued. The state has designated a portion of the money from speeding tickets for driver’s education.
However, much of that money was diverted...
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There has been a lot of talk the last couple of days about the President’s decision to speak directly to the students in US schools on September the 8th. Those on the right are worried about the “indoctrination” of the youth. There has been such an uproar that the U.S. Department of Education has...
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