Category: Kansas state government
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Legislator’s guide to delivering better service at a better price
How can Kansas get to the point of lowering spending, lowering taxes, and allowing for more job creation?
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Developer welfare expanded in Kansas
A bill to expand developer welfare in Kansas failed to pass, but passed the next day on reconsideration.
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Kansas Open Records Act needs improvement
Thank you for this opportunity to present testimony on problems with the Kansas Open Records Act regarding high fees for the production of records.
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Kansas spring elections should be moved
I urge this committee to support moving the spring elections to be held in conjunction with the fall state and national elections. This will help reduce the electoral power and influence of special interest groups.
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Tax policies are not tomfoolery
Across the country, states like Kansas are looking for ways to become more economically competitive and grow their economy. Fortunately, Kansas appears to be on the right track.
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Spending and taxing in the states, Kansas and Texas in particular
How do Kansas and Texas compare in taxation and spending?
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In Kansas, don’t mention the level of school spending
At a meeting of the South-Central Kansas Legislative Delegation today, it was apparent that facts are either not known — or not important — to public school spending advocates.
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Kansas school spending, for real
A new organization with the motto “Responsible Policy. Real Prosperity.” is producing reports that are true on the surface, but fail to present the total picture.
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Taxpayer-funded lobbying discussed
The Sedgwick County Commission passed a resolution expressing the commission’s opposition to a bill under consideration in the Kansas Legislature on taxpayer-funded lobbying.
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Taxpayer-funded lobbying in Kansas
Local governmental units in Kansas that use taxpayer-funded lobbyists should leverage that expense by making the lobbyists’ work easily available to taxpayers.
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Suitable education in Kansas
The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from those supporting an amendment to the Kansas Constitution regarding school finance.
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Kansas death penalty
What are the issues surrounding the death penalty in Kansas? What position should conservatives take?