Opinion

GUEST COLUMN, Thad Snider, election integrity advocate

In the wake of recent elections, the integrity of America's electoral process has been called into question, not just by partisans but by concerned citizens across the political spectrum. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) election security grants, introduced during the Trump administration, provided crucial funding to county election offices to bolster their security measures. Reinstating and expanding these grants is imperative to address several pressing issues within our election infrastructure. Here are just a few reasons why I encourage Kansas’ U.S. Senator Jerry Moran to support renewing the HAVA election security grants.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, Jim Rice, Liberal

Question for Seward County Commissioner Wettstein:

It is important that voters understand why Commissioner C.J. Wettstein built a structure on his property knowing the building permit and building codes were required, yet he failed to obtain such a permit.

GUEST COLUMN, David Dorsey, Kansas Policy Institute

School choice advocates just celebrated a milestone in the number students in private schools pursuant to choice initiatives. According to EdChoice, there is now in excess of one million students who have accessed private school choice options in 33 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Borrowing a punch line from an old joke, that’s a good start. That number will undoubtedly increase as Louisiana’s  GATOR and Alabama’s CHOOSE ESA programs (don’t you love those legislative acronyms!) will soon join the other eleven states that have some form of universal ESAs.

GUEST COLUMN, John Richard Schrock, Education Frontlines

Aug. 27, Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction ordered all teachers in the state to apparently violate both state and federal laws separating religion from public schools. According to Reuters, he stated: “Every teacher, every classroom in the state will have a Bible in the classroom, and will be teaching from the Bible in the classroom to ensure that this historical understanding is there for every student in the state of Oklahoma.”