Category: Kansas state government
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on myths and reality
Myth vs Reality: What the media isn’t telling you.
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Video in the Kansas Senate
A plan to increase visibility of the Kansas Senate is a good start, and needs to go just one or two steps farther.
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Kansas government spending
Kansas government spending, starting in 1967. Total spending and per capita spending, adjusted for inflation. Also, spending as percent of Kansas GDP.
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Kansas Supreme Court: Making the law
Do the justices on the Kansas Supreme Court make new law? Yes, and here is an example.
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Kansas tax receipts
Kansas tax receipts by category, presented in an interactive visualization.
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Selecting judges in Kansas
Appellate court judges make new law, and Kansas has the most elitist and least democratic supreme court selection system in the country.
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Kansas construction employment
Tip to the Wichita Eagle editorial board: When a lobbying group feeds you statistics, try to learn what they really mean.
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From Pachyderm: Martin Hawver on Kansas Politics
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club this week: Martin Hawver, dean of Kansas Statehouse press corps, briefed members and guests on the state of Kansas politics.
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Kansas tax receipts
Kansas tax receipts by category, presented in an interactive visualization.
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Which Kansas Governor made these proposals?
Cutting spending for higher education, holding K through 12 spending steady, sweeping highway money to the general fund, reducing aid to local governments, spending down state reserves, and a huge projected budget gap. Who and when is the following newspaper report referencing?
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A National Perspective on Kansas Fiscal Policy
Jonathan Williams, Vice President in charge of the Center for State Fiscal Reform at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), spoke on “A National Perspective on Kansas Fiscal Policy.”
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From Pachyderm: Kansas Senate Candidates
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club this week: Republican primary candidates for Kansas Senate were invited to participate in a forum.