Author: Bob Weeks
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Tax increment financing: TIF has a cost
Supporters of tax increment financing, or TIF, claim that it has no costs. This is true only if one ignores their secondary effects and economic reality.
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In Kansas, political signs are okay, despite covenants
Kansas law allows political yard signs despite provisions in neighborhood covenants.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 31, 2011
Today: Some downtown Wichita properties plummet in value; Kansas Days; Mises University; “Rosa Parks moment” for education; the state against blacks; politics and city managers; Wednesdays in Wiedemann; Professor Cornpone; Government bird chirping.
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Charles and David Koch v. George Soros: Free markets or not
The protests surrounding a conference of free-market advocates reveal the political left’s misunderstanding of the relationship between business and government, and between freedom and coercion.
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Wichita city manager Robert Layton on the air
Wichita city manager Robert Layton discusses city issues and takes questions from callers.
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Prospects for successful deregulation in Kansas
Based on experience from the Reagan Administration, regulation reform in Kansas will be difficult.
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Kansas school teacher cuts
As Kansas struggles with its budget and decides what to do with public schools, advocates of public school spending exaggerate claims of pending job cuts and fail to take advantage of an opportunity to improve our state’s base of teachers.
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Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer: State of the City 2011
Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer delivers his 2001 State of the City address.
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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.