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Kansas education data collected but not shared to inform policymaking
Would you purchase a refrigerator without comparing models and reading reviews? How about buying a car without a test drive or a home without an inspection? If you’re a taxpayer or parent of a school-age child in Kansas, that’s what your elected representatives have done with public education that spends more than half of the…
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An ill wind blows in Kansas: The politics of renewable energy
Kansas Representative Charlotte O’Hara, who represents Kansas House District 27 in southern Johnson County, offers a look at the politics surrounding wind power in Kansas.
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The effect of government grants
The ends (accomplishment of a project that local groups want but will not fund locally) do not justify the means (stealing now, and in the future, from all citizens), writes John D’Aloia Jr. in a Trackside column.
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Wichita Ambassador Hotel illustrates need for pay-to-play laws in Kansas
In the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, the State of Kansas, and even in Washington DC, we have a problem with rampant legal corruption. The problem deals with the pay-to-play policies of our governments, writes Clinton D. Coen.
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In Kansas, the billion-dollar question
The Fair Tax could provide a solution to problems in Kansas with the budget and our economic prospects, writes Larry Halloran.
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Congress should reserve the right to protect our wireless future
As the expert agency, the FCC is right to ask for some flexibility with the wireless spectrum auction design process. Congress, however, should reserve its right to protect our wireless future by preventing FCC overreach and ensure that all companies can participate in the auction process. It’s only the fair choice to make.
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End the Economic Development Administration — Now
When proposing to eliminate even wasteful government agencies, the bureaucracy will strike back, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.
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For Koch Industries, New York Times’ vendetta is never-ending
The New York Times continues its vendetta against Wichita-based Koch Industries.
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In Wichita, occupiers make presence known at legislative meeting
Comments from 53 speakers at a forum in Wichita signal a busy and contentious legislative session is just ahead. About 200 showed up for the South-central Kansas Legislative Forum at the Sedgwick County Courthouse Tuesday night.
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The creeping expansion of government power
Government increases its scope and power in sometimes small increments, writes John D’Aloia Jr.
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CSAPR not friendly, not a ghost
Every citizen on the planet bears a responsibility toward stewardship of the environment. In the United States we have been blessed by much improved air and water quality over many decades of dedicated effort. There are, however, practical limits as to how far to push the envelope of “clean.”