Author: Bob Weeks
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Kansas school spending: Visualization
An interactive visualization of revenue and spending data for Kansas school districts.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Bud Norman and the election
Bud Norman, author of the blog The Central Standard Times, joins Bob Weeks to discuss results of the 2016 general election.
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From Pachyderm: 2016 general election analysis
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club this week: A panel discussion on the results of the 2016 general election.
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National economic statistics
Gross Domestic Product and spending, in an interactive visualization.
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Decoding the Kansas teachers union
Explaining to Kansans what the teachers union really means in its public communications.
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Trump and school choice
Could a President Trump bring more school choice to Kansas?
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Did the Kansas Supreme Court read these cases?
The merit system of judicial selection in Kansas has sprung a leak, finds the United States Supreme Court.
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WichtaLiberty.TV: Congressman Mike Pompeo
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: United States Representative Mike Pompeo, a Wichita Republican who represents the Kansas fourth district. Topics include elections, judicial retention, foreign affairs, and immigration.
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How would higher Kansas taxes help?
Candidates in Kansas who promise more spending ought to explain just how higher taxes will — purportedly — help the Kansas economy.
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Kansas Democrats: They don’t add it up — or they don’t tell us
Kansas Democrats (and some Republicans) are campaigning on some very expensive programs, and they’re aren’t adding it up for us.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita and Kansas economics, and government investment
Wichita sells a hotel, more subsidy for downtown, Kansas newspaper editorialists fall for a lobbyist’s tale, how Kansas can learn from Arizona schools, and government investment.
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In Sedgwick County, Norton’s misplaced concern for an industry
In the campaign for Sedgwick County Commission, the incumbent Tim Norton touts his experience, judgment, “intellectual stamina, thirst for data and feedback,” and his efforts in economic development. Following, from January 2013, an example of how uninformed he is regarding basic facts about the Kansas economy.