As former elected officials with 16 years of experience in the Kansas Legislature and more than 50 years working with parents and children in our public schools — from Belle Plaine to Stafford and from Haviland to Garden City — we want to highlight how Kansas school children and rural communities could be affected by […]

When I accepted an appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission seven years ago, I expected to learn about judges. Instead, I learned about institutions. The most effective institutions aren’t built around the people who happen to serve in them. They’re built to endure long after those people are gone. As Kansans prepare to […]