Category: Quick takes
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday May 6, 2011
Today: Wichita downtown sites draw little interest; KPERS; more flexibility for school funds; despite “cuts,” spending grows; Sandy Springs a model; states’ war for jobs; shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Economics in one lesson this Monday; voters favor cuts, not tax increases to balance budget; here’s the Kansas data.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 4, 2011
Today: Stripper bill III; Arts Commission funding in; sunshine needed on public pensions and benefits; beyond the debt ceiling headlines.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday May 3, 2011
Today: Why not school choice in Kansas?; Economics in one lesson this Monday; Sowell on government intervention; Salina’s first TIF district; Charles on energy and stuff; government and entrepreneurship.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 2, 2011
Today: Shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Williams on the role of race in economics; spending cuts preferred to taxes; except some prefer taxes; teacher evaluation systems; misguided efforts to improve capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 29, 2011
Today: George Soros: Not just sinister; also stupid; legislators at work for you 372 days a year; Kansas doesn’t benefit from alternative certification.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday April 25, 2011
Today: American exceptionalism; Wichita City Council this week; The Great American Bailout; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka; Kansas Bioscience Authority benefits from exemptions; The presidency in liberal society.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 22, 2011
Today: Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; “Not yours to give rally” in Topeka.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 21, 2011
Today: Can anything Think Progress says about the Kochs be believed; Kansas governor on first 100 days; freeloaders come in all types; are taxes the solution; the spontaneous society — centralized planning not required.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 20, 2011
Today: Regulation as state moneymaker; Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; KPERS to be topic of breakfast meeting; Wichita-area legislators to meet with public.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday April 14, 2011
Today: Kansas State Board of Education vs. Walt Chappell, protest on tax day; tax day tea party events; Steineger, Kansas senator, to address Pachyderms; trade protectionism makes us poorer; city government under control.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday April 12, 2011
Today: Moody’s down on Kansas finances; Kansas tax revenue; Kansas consensus revenue estimating group.