Category: Kansas state government
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Kansas teachers union rallies members
KNEA attempts to persuade its members, but the arguments are all wrong.
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Kansas public employee unions overreact
Response to a bill being considered in the Kansas Legislature has triggered strong reaction from public employee unions. Kansas taxpayers should take notice of this extraordinary hyperbole, and hope legislators can enact this legislation for the good of Kansas.
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Kansas legislative documents and resources
Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) has many documents that are useful in understanding state government and the legislature.
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Kansas judicial selection reform: Testimony
The method of judicial selection in Kansas violates basic equality among citizens, the principle of one-person, one-vote, writes Stephen Ware.
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Kansas judicial selection: The need for reform
On an episode of the KAKE Television public affairs program “This Week in Kansas” Stephen Ware explains the problems with the method Kansas uses to select judges to its highest courts.
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Kansas Policy Institute on Kansas 2014 budget
Kansas Policy Institute comments on the proposed Kansas budget for 2014.
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Reaction to Kansas State of the State Address, 2013
Reactions to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s State of the State Address for 2013.
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Kansas budget solution overlooked
As Kansas prepares for a legislative session that must find ways to balance a budget in the face of declining revenues, not all solutions are being considered.
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Kansas can improve its budget process
Kansas should improve its budgeting process.
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Flight options from Wichita decline, compared to nation
A program designed to bring low air fares to Wichita appears to meet that goal, but the unintended and inevitable consequences of the program are not being recognized.
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In Wichita, confusion over air traffic statistics
The Kansas Affordable Airfares program is promoted by Wichita and Sedgwick County government despite problems with the data and statistics used to evaluate the program.