Author: Bob Weeks
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Deficit shrank in August, but …
The top takeaway of the Congressional Budget Office Monthly Budget Review for August 2020 is that the deficit for the month is smaller than last August. But there are details.
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Kansas school spending, through 2020
Charts of Kansas school spending presented in different forms.
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Updated: Effects of pandemic on employment in states
The effects of the response to the pandemic vary widely among the states, but federal government employment has been little affected.
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Kansas jobs, August 2020
The employment situation in Kansas rose continued to improve in August 2020 as the response to the pandemic continued to affect the economy.
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Could drug price regulation produce good and not harm?
A sampling of criticism of drug price controls.
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Rethinking the city and the community for a post-pandemic world
How has the pandemic affected cities in general and Wichita specifically, and what are implications for the future?
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Kansas general fund spending and receipts
The Kansas budget is volatile, with rising spending and a large deficit.
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Kansas spending
Kansas governmental spending from several perspectives.
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Swamp refilling itself
Although there has been progress, cronyism and the swamp may be renewed in Washington.


