- Tonganoxie moves forward with Washington Street sidewalk plans
- February 18, 2014
- After months of discussion, a sidewalk extension along Washington Street that would connect Genesis Christian Academy to the existing sidewalk to the east continues to move forward.
- Shawnee Mission sex-ed poster incites battle in Topeka
- 10:29 p.m., February 17, 2014 Updated 09:34 a.m.
- A parent complaint about a poster used as a visual aid in teaching students at Hocker Grove Middle School about human sexuality has made its way to the Statehouse.
- Face to Face: Tonganoxie Mayor Jason Ward
- February 5, 2014
- The Mirror’s first Face to Face feature profiles Jason Ward. Have suggestions for future Face to Face folks? Send an email to slinenberger@tonganoxiemirror.com.
- Kansas: Legislature, not courts, should decide school funding, Brownback says
- January 16, 2014
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback compared past “Summer of Mercy” anti-abortion protests in Wichita to the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery in a major speech Wednesday night.
- Kansas: Legislature, not courts, should decide school funding, Brownback says
- January 16, 2014
- Starting a new legislative session during an election year and with a state Supreme Court ruling on school finance expected any day, Gov. Sam Brownback on Wednesday said his conservative Republican policies have helped lift Kansas from the Great Recession.
- Kansas: State of the State address at 6:30 tonight
- January 15, 2014
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to give the annual State of the State address and outline his legislative agenda.
- Kansas: Higher education cuts unlikely to be restored
- January 15, 2014
- Restoring budget cuts to higher education that were approved last year by Gov. Sam Brownback and Republican legislative leaders appears iffy at this point.
- Tonganoxie legislative forum touches on education, taxes
- January 14, 2014
- Education funding and taxes took center stage at Saturday’s legislative coffee at the VFW Post Home in Tonganoxie.
- Kansas: Bioscience, higher ed funding raise serious concerns
- January 13, 2014
- The fight over higher education funding was one of the most bruising in the last legislative session and promises to be again.
- Kansas: Democrat Davis raises $1 million for Topeka run
- January 9, 2014
- Democratic challenger Paul Davis raised a little more than $1 million in cash contributions in less than five months for his campaign to unseat Republican incumbent Sam Brownback in the Kansas governor’s race.
- Kansas Chamber poll: Taxes, school administration spending too high
- January 9, 2014
- Kansas business owners say both taxes and the amount of money spent on school administration are too high, according to a new survey commissioned by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce.
- Kansas: House education committee won’t change
- January 8, 2014
- Education lobbyists at the Kansas Statehouse were surprised to hear Monday that there will be no changes in the makeup of the House Education Committee, where a bill to greatly expand the state’s charter school law failed last year by a single vote.
- Hollywood Casino set to build hotel this year, UG reports
- January 7, 2014
- Executives with Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway are making plans to start construction on a casino hotel later this year, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan. announced today.
- Tonganoxie’s Sundance Apartments could expand with city council’s letter of support
- January 7, 2014
- More senior housing could be coming to Tonganoxie. Cohen-Esry Affordable Partners LLC has plans to build a second phase at Sundance Apartments, an affordable housing community for seniors 55 and older in the Stone Creek subdivision.
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