Category: Kansas state government
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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.
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Kansas arts funding supporters are misinformed, or worse
Supporters of Kansas government arts funding are either misinformed or lying about the facts they use to make their case for continuation of taxpayer support of the arts.
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In Kansas, political signs are okay, despite covenants
Kansas law allows political yard signs despite provisions in neighborhood covenants.
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AFP Kansas legislative agenda
Americans for Prosperity, Kansas has released a legislative agenda focused on controlling the growth of state spending and placing the state’s budget on a fiscally sound footing.
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Arts funding in Kansas
Kansas would be better off without government-funded art for two reasons: economic and artistic.
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Kansas legislative forums should be for citizens
Kansas legislative forums are designed for citizen participation, but taxpayer-funded agencies appeared, too.
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Kansas: business-friendly or capitalism-friendly?
While Kansas Republicans want to create a business-friendly environment, we have to be watchful for harmful crony, or false, capitalism.