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Our summary of the 2025 Legislative Session
What grade did the 2025 Republican supermajority-controlled KS Legislature earn when it comes to supporting public education in Blue...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Jun 26 min read
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Kansas neighbors, have you seen our elefcted officials anywhere?
BV resident Krista Gordon, who has worked in BV public schools for 10 years and whose kids attended BV Schools, highlights a concern that...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Apr 51 min read
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The first in a series of assaults on voting rights
By the slimmest margin possible, Kansas voters lost their rights to a 3-day grace period on mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day....

Stand Up Blue Valley
Mar 252 min read
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How are BV-area State Senators' votes impacting our kids and their BV Schools?
Voting AGAINST Blue Valley last week, State Senators Kellie Warren and TJ Rose voted to divert even more taxpayer dollars to private...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Feb 233 min read
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How much money has AFP spent (so far) on BV candidates in 2024?
In their efforts to keep the voucher-supporting, anti-tax supermajority in the KS Legislature, Americans for Prosperity has spent almost...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Nov 3, 20242 min read
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How does Kellie Warren's voting record compare to Sen. Cindy Holscher's?
We’ve documented 11 key votes taken between 2019 and 2023 by both State Sen. Cindy Holscher (who we’ve endorsed since 2016) and Sen....

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 31, 20242 min read
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When they say they "voted to fully fund schools..."
Kellie Warren, Carl Turner, Chris Croft, and Sean Tarwater love to say they voted to “fully fund our public schools.” Here’s what they...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Kellie Warren voted to make drop boxes ILLEGAL
Kellie Warren voted in 2023 to make drop boxes ILLEGAL as a way to return mail ballots. Despite assurances from local and state election...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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Americans for Prosperity is back.
Virginia-based Americans For Prosperity spent over $100,000 to help Kellie Warren beat Sen. John Skubal in the 2020 Republican primary -...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 25, 20242 min read
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Gov. Laura Kelly endorses Karen Thurlow for Senate 11
Gov. Laura Kelly speaks out on Kellie Warren's deceptive campaign claims, and endorses corporate attorney Karen Thurlow in this critical...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Kansas City Star editorial from Oct. 13, 2024 (Kellie Warren: an extremist running as a moderate)
Link to eedition with article: https://eedition.kansascity.com/shortcode/LMCKCM/edition/277b7980-2e4a-7e57-165f-db65a7ea845c?page=8aa0784...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Warren backed by voucher supporters
We’re seeing unprecedented spending by outsiders in a local senate race. Liberty First Project, a new voucher-supporting dark-money...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 18, 20242 min read
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Voucher Schemes will cut music education
Voucher schemes threaten funding for music education - including band, orchestra, and choir programs. Yet, BV-area legislators Kellie...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 18, 20242 min read
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Kellie Warren: an extremist running as a moderate
“One of the state’s most extreme incumbents.” That’s what the KC Star Editorial Board calls state senator Kellie Warren. In Sunday’s...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 15, 20242 min read
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A new Dark Money Voucher-supporting organization is campaigning in Blue Valley
A new dark-money organization is spending tens of thousands of dollars sending campaign mailers and texts for voucher-supporting...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 12, 20242 min read
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Voucher schemes threaten funding
Voucher schemes threaten funding for school-sponsored sports and activities. BV-area legislators Kellie Warren, Carl Turner, Chris Croft,...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 12, 20242 min read
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This "Blue Valley Mom" votes AGAINST our kids
Don’t be fooled by the constant campaign commercials, costly mailers, multiple texts, and hundreds of signs in medians. Kellie Warren...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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If she REALLY supports BV Schools, why doesn't Kellie Warren have an endorsement from a SINGLE public education advocacy group?
Lots of dark-money groups, along with Kellie Warren herself, are working overtime to tell voters how much Warren supports public schools...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Oct 2, 20241 min read
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Why so many MAGA postcards in Blue Valley?!
Local MAGA incumbent legislators Kellie Warren, Carl Turner, and Chris Croft - and groups that back them - are flooding our mailboxes....

Stand Up Blue Valley
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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Karen Thurlow for Senate District 11
We’ve endorsed corporate attorney and longtime Blue Valley resident Karen Thurlow for KS State Senate District 11. Thurlow is...

Stand Up Blue Valley
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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