Ghost busted: KS Dem blasted for anonymous Twitter account

By   /  May 17, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  No Comments

WHO YA GONNA CALL: The new look of @JohnBrownsGhost Twitter account late Thursday after a CJOnline report revealed Tyler Longpine was the person behind the account.

By Earl Glynn │ for Kansas Watchdog
The Topeka Capital-Journal reported the anonymous @JohnBrownsGhost’s twitter account was no longer anonymous.
Tweets Thursday evening took note of this change:
2013-05-16 18:29 @TheKansasRino: So @JohnBrownsGhost cover has been blown. Such a shame, I rather enjoyed that account.
2013-05-16 18:33 @manspeaker: Way to ruin the #ksleg feed Tim Carpenter. @JohnBrownsGhost was the [...]

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Warning shot: Holder declares KS gun law unconstitutional

By   /  May 2, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  32 Comments

STANDOFF: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder fired a shot across the bow last week after sending a letter to Gov. Sam Brownback declaring Kansas' Second Amendment Protection Act unconstitutional.

By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder didn’t mince words in a recent letter to Gov. Sam Brownback regarding the state’s latest move to protect Kansans’ Second Amendment rights.
State law, Holder wrote, will in no way stop federal law enforcement agents from enforcing all federal firearms laws and regulations, declaring [...]

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Complaints lodged against fired Larned hospital nursing director, union says

By   /  May 1, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  3 Comments

HELP WANTED: State employee union officials charge supervisors like former nursing director Zena Jacobs with fostering a poor working environment at Larned State Hospital, which in turn contributes to low staff retention and high overtime.

 
By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — State officials are keeping quiet about the recent firing of the director of nursing from Kansas’ largest mental health facility.
Angela de Rocha, communications director for the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, said she couldn’t comment as to why Zena Jacobs was dismissed from her position at [...]

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Kansas school ends costly student drug testing

By   /  April 30, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog, WatchBlog  /  2 Comments

FLUSHED: After spending more than $31,000 over five years, only four Maize students tested positive for drugs.

By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — A Wichita-area school district has opted to stop randomly drug testing students who take part in school-sponsored activities.
The Wichita Eagle reports that earlier this month the Maize USD 266 Board of Education voted to cease the practice, which has been in place for the last six years, following [...]

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Kansas flunks school choice study

By   /  April 22, 2013  /  Kansas WatchBlog  /  No Comments

FAILING GRADE: Kansas scored poorly on the Center for Education Reform's annual Parent Power Index.

By Travis Perry │ Kansas Watchdog
OSAWATOMIE — When it comes to school choice and giving parents the power to control their child’s education, Kansas earns a failing grade.
Earlier this month the Center for Education Reform released its annual Parent Power Index, which ranks and grades states based on parent choice in education.  Overall Kansas earned [...]

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