Missouri

Missouri Ethics Commission fines school district for electioneering in 2024 bond campaign as district now asks voters to approve huge tax hike

(The Heartlander) — The Saint Joseph School District (SJSD) has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance rules in a 2024 campaign for a $20 million… Read More

Opinion, Public Education

Kansas school district dodges questions about taxes ahead of huge bond issue

(The Sentinel) – School districts routinely ask voters to approve hundreds of millions in new bond issue debt with the promise that it won’t cost them anything. But there is… Read More

Public Education

Texas school may have illegally pushed vote on billion-dollar school bond, revealing common problems with how bond issues work

A Texas public school district is under investigation for what Gov. Greg Abbott calls a “likely crime” – school bond electioneering.  School officials may have pressured Northside Independent School District… Read More