Author: Bob Weeks
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Wichita mayor’s counterfactual op-ed
Wichita’s mayor pens an op-ed that is counter to facts that he knows, or should know.
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At Pachyderm: The Ivory Tower
Wichita State University Associate Professor of History George Dehner presented an interesting program at the Wichita Pachyderm Club titled, “Academia and Professorate: Just What are They Doing Up in that Ivory Tower?”
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Spirit Aerosystems tax relief
Wichita’s largest employer asks to avoid paying millions in taxes, which increases the cost of government for everyone else, including young companies struggling to break through.
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Under Goossen, Left’s favorite expert, Kansas was admonished by Securities and Exchange Commission
The State of Kansas was ordered to take remedial action to correct material omissions in the state’s financial statements prepared under the leadership of Duane Goossen.
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Kansas Center for Economic Growth
Kansas Center for Economic Growth, often cited as an authority by Kansas news media and politicians, is not the independent and unbiased source it claims to be.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Keen Umbehr
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Keen Umbehr is an attorney from Alma. Besides setting a precedent protecting free speech in the U.S. Supreme Court, he’s an advocate for criminal justice reform and a former candidate for governor. View below, or click here to view at YouTube. Episode 118, broadcast May 1, 2016.
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Kansas state tax collections, compared
An interactive visualization of tax collections by state governments shows Kansas distinguished from some of its neighbors.
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AFP Foundation wins a battle for free speech for everyone
Americans for Prosperity Foundation achieves a victory for free speech and free association.
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Kansas public education factbook
In debates over school funding and performance in Kansas, facts are often in short supply. Here is a compilation.
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Wichita property tax rate: Up again
The City of Wichita says it hasn’t raised its property mill levy in many years. But data shows the mill levy has risen, and its use has shifted from debt service to current consumption.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Trump and the Wichita Eagle, property rights and blight, teachers union, and capitalism
Was it “Trump” or “Bernie” that incited a fight, and how does the Wichita Eagle opine? Economic development in Wichita. Blight and property rights. Teachers unions. Explaining capitalism.
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GDP by state and industry
An interactive visualization of gross domestic product by state and industry from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.