Author: Bob Weeks
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Downtown Wichita tax base: Growing?
There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the goal of increasing the tax base is farther away rather than closer.
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Curious Wichita ethics enigmas
Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer’s decisions regarding government ethics are inconsistent.
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Kansas test scores unchanged
In the four areas measured and released (math at grade four and eight; reading at grade four and eight), the scores for Kansas have no significant change.
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Spirit Aerosystems applies for tax relief
The Wichita City Council will consider excusing a large company from property and sales taxation. Is this action wise for the city’s economy?
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WichitaLiberty.TV November 3, 2013
In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: Host Bob Weeks notices a recent Kansas City Star editorial made the case for higher school spending in Kansas, but is based on a premise that doesn’t exist in fact. Bob wonders if the City of Wichita is concerned with measuring and managing its economic development efforts. Amanda BillyRock illustrates…
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Should Wichita expand its convention facilities?
Wichita city leaders seem prepared to seek economic development through convention business.
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Kansas school spending, visualized
Now that Kansas State Department of Education has released spending figures for the 2012-2013 school year, I’ve gathered the data and prepared two interactive visualizations.
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Wichita school district checkbook updated
Here is checkbook data for the Wichita public school district analyzed in several ways.
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Kansas sales tax exemptions, according to Kansas City Star
Here’s a look at just how bad some Kansas newspaper articles and editorials have been.
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Economic freedom improves our lives
Economic freedom, in countries where it is allowed to thrive, leads to better lives for people as measured in a variety of ways. This is true for everyone, especially for poor people.
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Shortchanging Kansas schoolchildren, indeed
This month the New York Times published an editorial that advocates for more spending on Kansas public schools. While getting some facts wrong, the piece also overlooks the ways that Kansas schoolchildren are truly being shortchanged.
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WichitaLiberty Podcast, episode 2
In this episode of WichitaLiberty Podcasts: David Boaz, Executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, visits the WichitaLiberty.TV studios and explains the ideas behind libertarianism and its approach to government and society. New figures from the Kansas State Department of Education show that spending on public schools in Kansas is rising, and at a rate…