BULLY PULPIT - Mar. 11, 2026
Party debate There are several schools of thought concerning standing for what you believe in. Those schools include, but are not limited to, “Pick a hill you’re willing to die on,” proverbially, of course, “Put your money where your mouth is,” and “Stand for what...[More]
Property tax mandates create out-of-balance system - Mar. 11, 2026
To quote from the Kansas Rural Center Newsletter,” The 2026 Kansas Legislature will struggle the last few weeks of this session to lower property taxes on residential property and find the revenue to fund the change. Surging home values and stagnant commercial assessments have forced homeowners...[More]
Rick “Rockin Rick” Nash ~ 11-13-1958 to 02-23-2026 - Mar. 5, 2026
Linn County News Published March 11, 2026 Rick "Rockin' Rick" Nash, 67, of Lawrence, Kan., passed away on Feb. 23, 2026, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Lawrence, Kan. Rick was born to parents Joe Victor Nash and Janice Maline Heitman on Nov. 13, 1958, in Kansas City, Kan. Rick married...[More]
Commissioners hear from appraiser on valuations report from KPI - Mar. 4, 2026
During the meeting on March 2, the Linn County Commissioners heard from County Appraiser Lisa Kellstadt who stated that in response to the KPI (Kansas Policy Institute) report on valuations she had sent documents to each commissioner and would like to report on those. Kellstadt then handed documents...[More]
Legislative Coffee planned Saturday, March 7, 10 a.m. - Mar. 4, 2026
The Linn County Republican Central Committee and Republican Women’s Committee are hosting a Legislative Coffee Saturday, March 7 at 10 a.m. at the Pleasanton Community Center. Sen. Caryn Tyson, Reps. Fred Gardner and Rick James are slated to appear to update Linn County on current bills, etc....[More]
2025 data is in: Four straight years of unaffordable assessed valuation hikes. Where’s the relief? - Mar. 4, 2026
Assessed valuation changes for 2025, released this morning, reiterate the need for a constitutional amendment to limit the increases. The average increase for existing residential property (not counting new construction) of 5.9% is more than double the inflation rate, and that’s not the worst...[More]
USD 346 potential $10 million bond issue discussed - Mar. 4, 2026
The USD 346 Board of Education held a special meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 25, to discuss options for renovating the science suite at Jayhawk Linn along with several other items. The meeting began with discussing a timeline, with HVAC and plumbing kicking things off and a pre-construction meeting set...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Mar. 4, 2026
Time to be careful We Americans are pretty lucky. We don’t have roadside bombings like we’ve seen happen in Israel, Iran, Iraq – and even in other First World countries in the European region. We need something, we go to the local grocery store and buy it. We don’t think about...[More]
Misguided matriarchy can’t dim men’s hockey Olympic gold - Mar. 4, 2026
Looking for a good movie the other evening, I came across one that I’d missed when it was out in theaters about a decade ago: “The Mighty Macs.” This was a slightly fictionalized version of a true-life triumph: small Catholic women’s college fields a basketball team, and miracles...[More]
Pleasanton boys advance in Sub-State tournament, girls end season - Mar. 4, 2026
The Pleasanton boys’ and girls’ basketball teams began their Sub-State tournament action this past week. Pleasanton is in the Madison 1A Div. 1 Sub-State and the boys entered the tournament as the 1 seed with a 20-1 record while the girls were the 11 seed with an 8-13 record. The girls’...[More]
