May 2022

Pool set to open May 31

Despite a staffing challenge that lingered into the month of May, the Newton Municipal Pool, operated by the Newton Recreation Commission, is ready to open for the first full summer following a renovation project.

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Simple reforms could make the Kansas Legislature more transparent. Leaders don’t want that.

Kansas Reflector editor Sherman Smith published a must-read analysis last week. “How the Kansas Legislature avoids public scrutiny by hiding in darkness” included detail after detail showing how an institution with Republican supermajorities nonetheless takes shortcut after shortcut to conceal its actions.

Read MoreSimple reforms could make the Kansas Legislature more transparent. Leaders don’t want that.