Category: Kansas state government
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KPERS problems must be confronted
This week the Kansas Legislature may work on the problems facing the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System, or KPERS. Past legislatures have failed to enact reforms necessary to put this system on a sound financial footing, and the legislature has shown itself incapable of managing a system where it’s easy to pass on the problem…
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Kansas loses chance to improve tax climate
Legislation that would improve Kansas’ tax climate appears to have been blocked by the Senate.
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Kansas Office of the Repealer now open
The Kansas Office of the Repealer is now taking suggestions through its website for laws and regulations that are out of date, unreasonable, and burdensome.
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Kansas migration trends
The migration trend of Kansas households is improving, but the trend of income is not.
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Kansas Arts Commission survives
The Kansas Senate votes to override an executive order canceling the Kansas Arts Commission.
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Judges are lawmakers
In a democracy like ours, should lawmakers be selected democratically?
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Arts supporters make case in Kansas Senate committee
Arts supporters in Kansas make the case that without government funding, arts would wither away. But for many such organizations government support is a small portion of their budgets. Some, like Symphony in the Flint Hills, earn “profits” much larger than their grants from the state, and ought to return their funding to the taxpayers.
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Kansas judicial selection should be reformed
Removing politics from the Kansas judiciary is about as likely as removing the moo from a cow.
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Kansas government arts supporters: some numbers
In the debate over Kansas government funding of the arts and the elimination of the Kansas Arts Commission, a few things stand out. First, when government-funded arts supporters say that loss of funding will result in the loss of events or institutions, this assumes that nothing changes. It assumes that arts organizations can’t — or…
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Kansas Economic Freedom Index released
Released today: the first version of the Kansas Economic Freedom Index for the 2011 legislative session for the House of Representatives.
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Unions disrupt Kansas Legislature
Kansas union supporters disrupted a session of the Kansas House of Representatives.
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Kansas governor releases economic development plan
Kansas governor Sam Brownback has released an economic development plan that draws on free market principles and relies less on government intervention. The plan calls for a departure from present practices, especially the heavy-handed methods cities like Wichita use.