Author: Bob Weeks
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Exchange Place still not good for Wichita, others
Despite having shed the problems with the former owners, the Exchange Place project has become an even worse deal for the taxpayers, job seekers, and investors of Wichita, Kansas, and the nation.
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Kansas school employment trends
Kansas school employment statistics don’t reflect the doom-and-gloom stories you may have heard from Kansas political leaders and newspaper editorialists.
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Coalition to Congress: End the wind production tax credit
The problems with bestowing government favors on wind energy are myriad — it doesn’t produce cheaper energy, it threatens electrical grid reliability, it’s inefficient, it’s unprincipled tax policy, to name a few — and it’s time to end this misguided handout.
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Pompeo votes to delay Obamacare, keep government open
Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, is voting tonight to delay Obamacare for ordinary citizens, pay the armed services, ensure that the government continues running.
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Business employment dynamics, a visualization
Besides the usual employment and jobs numbers delivered each month, there are other interesting statistics gathered about business firms and workers.
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Kansas school test scores, a hidden story
This video takes a look at Kansas and Texas school test scores and reveals something that might surprise you.
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Americans for Prosperity releases findings on West Bank vetting process
AFP-Kansas Field Coordinator Susan Estes called for the city to re-issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) after discovering an oversight in the vetting process.
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Wichita performs a reference check, the video
Citizens of Wichita are rightly concerned about whether our elected officials and bureaucrats are looking out for their interests, or only for the interests and welfare of a small group of city hall insiders
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Wichita performs a reference check, sort of
Citizens of Wichita are rightly concerned about whether our elected officials and bureaucrats are looking out for their interests, or only for the interests and welfare of a small group of city hall insiders.
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WichitaLiberty.TV September 22, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks looks back at chapter 5 of “Economics in One Lesson,” about how taxes discourage production. Bob takes a look a recent Wichita economic development episode and wonders if the city is performing due diligence for its citizens. Then on to chapter 6 of “Economics in One Lesson”…
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Wichita and Visioneering peers job growth
Visioneering Wichita and other planning agencies take responsibility for growing the Wichita-area economy. What is the record so far?