After a Kansas state court panel ruled — for the second year in a row — that public schools were unconstitutionally underfunded, and recommended a minimum $548 million increase in state education spending, policymakers continue to subvert change with gridlock. Gov. Sam Brownback has fueled the debate by instituting billions of dollars in tax cuts, reducing funds available to the state and any education spending it may wish to implement. (Lawrence Journal-World)
John Reynolds was the newsletters editor for the Tribune from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that, he was a reporter for Quorum Report, a non-partisan online political newsletter focusing on the ins and outs under... More by John Reynolds
