Author: Bob Weeks
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Are we winning the war on poverty?
Can we say we’re winning America’s war on poverty?
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Wichita checkbook register
A records request to the City of Wichita results in data as well as insight into the city’s attitude towards empowering citizens with data.
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Kansas Legislature and Elections: 2016 Preview
Natalie Bright and Marlee Carpenter of Bright and Carpenter Consulting briefed the Wichita Pachyderm Club on the results of the 2015 session of the Kansas Legislature, and what to look for in next year’s session and elections.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita outreach, city council, and entrepreneurship
A look at Wichita community outreach and communications, rewriting city council history, and entrepreneurship.
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Wichita City Council, December 1, 2015
View video below, or click here to view at YouTube. A few relevant articles from the Wichita Eagle: Wichita city manager proposes eliminating no-bid construction projects www.kansas.com/news/local/article1085721.html Layton said last week that he intends to ask the City Council for a policy change against those no-bid contracts. The contracts became an issue after council members…
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Cash grants still in use
Wichita is moving away from the use of cash incentives for economic development, except for this.
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Wichita to consider tax abatements
Wichita considers three tax abatements, in one case forcing an “investment” on others that it itself would not accept.
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Wichita water and sewer rates proposed to rise
At its Tuesday December 1, 2015 meeting the Wichita City Council is scheduled to consider new water and sewer rates.
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Abengoa, Kansas ethanol plant operator, may seek bankruptcy
A company that has a taxpayer-guaranteed loan may be entering bankruptcy. Will taxpayers have to pay?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Congressman Mike Pompeo
Congressman Mike Pompeo talks about the Middle East, politics in Washington, and domestic issues.
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Kansas at-risk school funding report released
The Kansas at-risk program, which spent $3.6 billion over the past 23 years, failed its mission to improve the performance of the very students it was designed to serve, finds Kansas Policy Institute.
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Congressman Mike Pompeo update
Congressman Mike Pompeo, fourth district of Kansas, offered his perspective on recent happenings in Europe, the Middle East and Washington, D.C.