Author: Daniel Larson
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Opinion: Cuts To Kansas Housing Tax Credits Threatens Affordable Housing
Removal of these tax credits for the development of affordable housing, despite the high initial cost, will set Kansas back on the long road to account for a substantial housing deficit. If the state legislature aims to resolve this crisis, the reimplementation of tax credits, reevaluation of zoning laws, and changes to eviction filing visibility…
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Opinion: Measles Comeback – Kansas Faces Growing Outbreak
In 2000, the United States declared that measles had been eradicated from the country, but it appears that the virus hasn’t drawn its last breath just yet. After decades of decline, the resurgence of measles earlier this year in Texas has resulted in many health officials raising alarms, and it seems like Kansas is the…
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Ogallala Aquifer Depletion Threatens Kansas Farmers
Between the Rocky Mountains and under the Great Plains, an invisible crisis has been developing. Since the start of the 20th century, farmers in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska have relied on the Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation. But from the onset, overuse and mismanagement has set the stage for…
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Opinion: Keep Transit Free – The Case Against Bus Fares
Last March, the Kansas City Area Transport Authority (KCATA) announced that it would be cutting 13 of its 29 bus lines. This was announced after the city planned to only allocate $71 million for the KCATA budget, a far cry less from the needed $117 million. On top of the loss of lines, 18% of…
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Opinion: Embracing A National Pariah – The Need For DEI
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, also known as DEI, has become the new hot button topic championed by Democrats and decried by Republicans. Initiatives around the country in both the public and private sectors have been gutted, or removed all together. Recently, The Messenger reported that even here at Johnson County Community College the office of…