Patrick Richardson

Patrick Richardson writes for the The Sentinel. 

Culture
Kansas Inspector General report pushes for background checks on teachers, staff

(The Sentinel) – A recent audit by the Medicaid Inspector General of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s management of School-Based Fee For Service Medicaid reimbursements for the… Read More

November 8, 2023
Courts
Kansas resident removed from board meeting wins First Amendment case against school board member

(The Sentinel) – In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education … Read More

November 6, 2023
Courts
Judge blocks abortion notification requirements in Kansas

(The Sentinel) – A Kansas court has temporarily blocked a long-standing abortion law called the “Women’s Right to Know Act.” On Oct. 30, Johnson County District Court Judge Krishnan Christopher… Read More

November 1, 2023
Culture
AFT-Kansas distances itself from anti-semitic statement by affiliated union at KU

(The Sentinel) – A recent story in the Sentinel exposing the rabid anti-semitism of the University of Kansas’ Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition has prompted a response from its parent union,… Read More

October 27, 2023
Public Education
Health textbook with explicit sexual content pulled from Kansas district

(The Sentinel) – A “health” textbook describing everything from anal sex to “rational suicide” and presenting ideas such as the “gender spectrum” as fact was heavily questioned at the Oct. Read More

October 26, 2023