Author: Bob Weeks
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Did Rep. Mike Pompeo vote to fund Obamacare?
A television ad by Todd Tiahrt claims that Mike Pompeo voted seven times to fund Obamacare. What are the facts about those bills?
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Kansas was an earmark donor state
The practice of federal earmark spending was not kind to Kansas, as data shows Kansas was an earmark donor state.
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In Kansas fourth district, national security a dividing issue
A letter composed by 14 national security experts clarifies the debate over the role of the National Security Agency, its surveillance programs, and the safety of Americans.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Citizen activists and the proposed Wichita sales tax
Two activists join host Bob Weeks to discuss activism at the local level. Then, what about the proposed sales tax increase in Wichita?
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Wichita regulations bar innovation, but not sexual predators
Wichita’s regulatory regime prohibits innovative transit services like Uber, but the city failed to protect taxi riders from sexual predators.
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Tactics that hurt the economy
Wichita could innovate and gain attention by opting out of the harmful practice described in the following article.
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Congress is better without earmarks
Controversy over the timing and efficacy of an earmark divert attention from the fact that earmarks are bad government. Congress is better without the practice.
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Wichita property taxes rise again
The City of Wichita is fond of saying that it hasn’t raised its mill levy in many years. But the mill levy has risen in recent years.
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Recommended: Kansas Meadowlark
Kansas Meadowlark is the best site for aggregation of Kansas-centric news and opinion.
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Job growth in the states and Kansas
Let’s ask critics of current Kansas economic policy if they’re satisfied with the Kansas of recent decades.
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Quasi-lobbyist runs as earmarker in Kansas GOP primary
Washington Examiner writer Tim Carney notices the curious stance of a Republican candidate in the Kansas fourth district primary: He likes earmarks
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For Kansas’ Roberts, a shift in voting sentiment
Kansans should be happy that Senator Pat Roberts is voting in a fiscally conservative way. Happy, but skeptical.