Bob Weeks - Author at Voice For Liberty

Kansas GDP

In the first quarter of 2019, the Kansas economy grew at the annual rate of 3.1 percent, up from 0.9 percent the previous quarter.

The City of Wichita property tax mill levy was unchanged for 2018.

In 2014 Wichita voters rejected a sales tax which would have provided $250 million to spend on a water project. What were the city’s concerns?

Here is your fresh edition of the newsletter from Voice For Liberty. This edition is dated July 21, 2019.

New research explains what you may have wondered: What is tax “decrement” financing?

Employment and the labor force in Kansas fell slightly in June 2019, and continued a trend of mostly slower growth than the nation over the year.

Here is your fresh edition of the newsletter from Voice For Liberty. This edition is dated July 14, 2019.

A visualization of employment, labor force, and unemployment rate for metropolitan areas, now with data through May 2019.

Transit in Wichita isn’t working very well, and it is expensive.

Although plans have changed, an application by the City of Wichita holds interesting observations and claims.

Here is your fresh edition of the newsletter from Voice For Liberty. This edition is dated July 7, 2019.

An interactive visualization of data over time from the National Transit Database. Now with data through 2017.