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Kansas must get serious about spending
Read more: Kansas must get serious about spendingAs Kansas struggles to balance the budget for this year and the next, the state needs to prepare for future budgets by resolving the problem of spending.
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Who decides? When it comes to planning, is it the people, the politicians, or the bureaucrats?
Read more: Who decides? When it comes to planning, is it the people, the politicians, or the bureaucrats?I firmly believe that local government’s role is to provide a firm rule of law where there is a level playing field in it with clear rules for everyone to build their future for themselves and their families. This is the very limited role of government for a free people in a liberty loving society,…
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In Kansas, you may display a political sign in your yard
Read more: In Kansas, you may display a political sign in your yardKansas law overrides neighborhood covenants that prohibit political yard signs before elections.
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Kansas school employees by type
Read more: Kansas school employees by typeAn interactive visualization of trends in Kansas school employment.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: That piano, the effect of school choice on school districts, and making Wichita inviting.
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: That piano, the effect of school choice on school districts, and making Wichita inviting.The purchase of a piano by a Kansas school district is a teachable moment. Then, how do school choice programs affect budgets and performance of school districts? Finally, making Wichita an inclusive and attractive community.
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As lawmakers, Kansas judges should be selected democratically
Read more: As lawmakers, Kansas judges should be selected democraticallyWhile many believe that judges should not “legislate from the bench,” the reality is that lawmaking is a judicial function. In a democracy, lawmakers should be elected under the principle of “one person, one vote.” But Kansas, which uses the Missouri Plan for judicial selection to its highest court, violates this principle.
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What we can learn from the piano
Read more: What we can learn from the pianoThe purchase of a piano by a Kansas school district teaches us a lesson. Instead of a system in which schools raise money voluntarily — a system in which customers are happy to buy, donors are happy to give, and schools are grateful to receive — we have strife.
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How do school choice programs affect budgets and performance of school districts?
Read more: How do school choice programs affect budgets and performance of school districts?Opponents of school choice programs argue the programs harm school districts, both financially and in their ability to serve their remaining students. Evidence does not support this position.
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Making Wichita an inclusive and attractive community
Read more: Making Wichita an inclusive and attractive communityThere are things both easy and difficult Wichita could do to make the city inclusive and welcoming of all, especially the young and diverse.