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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita’s attitude towards empowering citizens, tax credits, and school choice
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita’s attitude towards empowering citizens, tax credits, and school choiceThe City of Wichita’s attitude towards empowering citizens, government spending through tax credits, and school choice in Kansas.
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Kansas school reform
Read more: Kansas school reformA Wichita economist and attorney offers advice to a committee of the Kansas Legislature on reforming Kansas schools for student achievement.
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Are we winning the war on poverty?
Read more: Are we winning the war on poverty?Can we say we’re winning America’s war on poverty?
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Wichita checkbook register
Read more: Wichita checkbook registerA records request to the City of Wichita results in data as well as insight into the city’s attitude towards empowering citizens with data.
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Kansas Legislature and Elections: 2016 Preview
Read more: Kansas Legislature and Elections: 2016 PreviewNatalie Bright and Marlee Carpenter of Bright and Carpenter Consulting briefed the Wichita Pachyderm Club on the results of the 2015 session of the Kansas Legislature, and what to look for in next year’s session and elections.
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CBPP pushes political viewpoint as economic analysis
Read more: CBPP pushes political viewpoint as economic analysisThe Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP) is at it again, pushing their political viewpoint disguised as economic analysis, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita outreach, city council, and entrepreneurship
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita outreach, city council, and entrepreneurshipA look at Wichita community outreach and communications, rewriting city council history, and entrepreneurship.
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Wichita City Council, December 1, 2015
Read more: Wichita City Council, December 1, 2015View video below, or click here to view at YouTube. A few relevant articles from the Wichita Eagle: Wichita city manager proposes eliminating no-bid construction projects www.kansas.com/news/local/article1085721.html Layton said last week that he intends to ask the City Council for a policy change against those no-bid contracts. The contracts became an issue after council members…
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Cash grants still in use
Read more: Cash grants still in useWichita is moving away from the use of cash incentives for economic development, except for this.
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Wichita to consider tax abatements
Read more: Wichita to consider tax abatementsWichita considers three tax abatements, in one case forcing an “investment” on others that it itself would not accept.
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Wichita water and sewer rates proposed to rise
Read more: Wichita water and sewer rates proposed to riseAt its Tuesday December 1, 2015 meeting the Wichita City Council is scheduled to consider new water and sewer rates.
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Abengoa, Kansas ethanol plant operator, may seek bankruptcy
Read more: Abengoa, Kansas ethanol plant operator, may seek bankruptcyA company that has a taxpayer-guaranteed loan may be entering bankruptcy. Will taxpayers have to pay?