Author: Bob Weeks
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Criminal justice reform: Why it matters
Mark Holden, Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Koch Industries, Inc., speaks about criminal justice reform initiatives Koch is encouraging in and why they’re important from moral, constitutional and fiscal perspectives.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Lack of information sharing by government, community improvement districts, and the last episode of “Love Gov”
Do our governmental agencies really want to share data and documents with us? Community Improvement Districts and homeowners compared. And, the last episode of “Love Gov” from the Independent Institute.
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Kansas Center for Economic Growth and the truth
Why can’t Kansas public school spending advocates — especially a former Kansas state budget director — tell the truth about schools and spending, wonders Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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Sales tax exemptions in Kansas
Can eliminating sales tax exemptions in Kansas generate a pot of gold?
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Wichita’s demolition policy
Wichita homeowners must pay for demolition of their deteriorating homes, but the owners of a long-festering and highly visible commercial property get to use tax funds for their demolition expense.
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Wichita can implement transparency, even though tax did not pass
Wichitans have to wonder: Was transparency promised only as an inducement to vote for the sales tax? Or is it a governing principle of our city?
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Kansas State Treasurer Ron Estes on KPERS
Kansas State Treasurer Ron Estes gave a presentation on the status of KPERS, the Kansas State Employees Pension System.
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Introduction to Austrian Economics
“For Austrians, on the other hand, man is a purposeful being. … He has spirit and will.” The author of these remarks, Dr. Richard Ebeling, delivered a lecture on Austrian Economics to an audience in Wichita.
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Wichita water statistics update
The Wichita ASR water project produced more water in August than in July, but continues to fail to produce water at the projected rate or design capacity.
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Kansas schools shortchanged by accounting systems
Kansas schools could receive $21 million annually in federal funds if the state had adequate information systems in place.
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Kansas teachers earn pension credit while working for union
An audit finds that a handful of Kansas teachers have accumulated KPERS service credits while working for teachers unions.
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Making a difference in county government
Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell spoke to a luncheon audience of the Wichita Pachyderm Club.