Author: Bob Weeks
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AFP Kansas legislative agenda
Americans for Prosperity, Kansas has released a legislative agenda focused on controlling the growth of state spending and placing the state’s budget on a fiscally sound footing.
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In Kansas, school reformers not wanted
The Kansas public school establishment expects school board members to be compliant and unquestioning.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 26, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; warden to speak; Why have your own state if you’re not special; the plain truth about who owns the Democratic Party; Kansas repealer; school choice in Kansas; Kansas Days.
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Arts funding in Kansas
Kansas would be better off without government-funded art for two reasons: economic and artistic.
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In Wichita, start of a solution to federal spending
A stand taken by a Sedgwick County Commissioner could pave the way to control of federal spending and debt.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 18, 2011
Today: Education reformer to speak in Kansas; Wichita council candidate websites spotted; schools’ funding claims questioned; Kansas schools rated; Insurance costs on the rise in Kansas.
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Stossel on politicians’ promises
A television show by John Stossel shows how government programs often don’t work as promised and cause unintended and harmful consequences.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 17, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; federal health care reform costs; Wichita City Council; Sedgwick County Commission; Eisenhower on military industrial complex; Rasmussen last week.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday January 16, 2011
Today: Wichita swoons over Boston attention; harm of expanding government explained.
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Kansas school reform issues
As Kansas struggles to find funding for its public schools and other functions of government, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically.
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In Wichita, who is to plan?
Wichita government planners liken their planning process to that of individuals and businesses. but as Ludwig von Mises explains, the analogy does not hold.