Threading Liberation Day in Kansas The state kills a nutty licensing rule after an immigrant sues. The Editorial Board | July 19, 2022 8:58 Talk about a good hair day: On July 1 Kansas liberated salon workers from one of its dumbest occupational licensing requirements. Threading, as it’s known, involves...
Sunday reader: Early voting interest; Davids’ fundraising haul By Brad Cooper | July 17, 2022 Good morning everyone: One word sums up the week: Panasonic. Not sure there was any other news that caps the announcement of a $4 billion investment with 4,000 jobs. We are now 16 days away...
Life for a Kansas couple looking to hire another family member to work in the family business became reality as SB 348 became law on July 1, 2022. The bipartisan bill was prompted by a lawsuit filed by Kansas Justice Institute on behalf of a...
75 key issues, bills, votes from the 2022 Kansas Legislature By Brad Cooper | May 24, 2022 Well, the 2022 legislative session is now done. Here’s a look at the 75 major pieces of legislation and issues that have been debated, passed or killed this year. We think we got to...
By Ella Lubell Jigisha Modi and Jignesh Biscuitwala are a married couple who together run Miracle Eyebrows, an eyebrow threading business with locations in Olathe and Shawnee, Kansas. Struggling to find potential employees, they hoped to hire Jignesh's mother, Jyotsna Biscuitwala, to come work for the...
By Daryl James/Special to Gannett Kansas Indian immigrant Jyotsna Biscuitwala has a job waiting for her at Miracle Eyebrows inside the Walmart Supercenters in Olathe and Shawnee. She is highly qualified and eager to work. Using nothing but a single strand of cotton thread, she can...
By Brad Cooper/ Sunflower State Journal A Johnson County cosmetologist and her family are suing the state Cosmetology Board over what they say are excessive regulations for eyebrow threading. Jigisha Modi, her husband and mother in law filed a lawsuit last week in Shawnee County alleging that state regulations...
Kansas Justice Institute defends the right to earn an honest living in Kansas OLATHE, KS. – Kansas Justice Institute partnered with three entrepreneurs to fight back against unreasonable occupational licensing requirements. In Kansas, it is a crime to remove eyebrow hair with a piece of cotton...