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Wichita school district checkbook updated
Read more: Wichita school district checkbook updatedAn interactive table of checkbook spending by the Wichita public school district.
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Wichita Eagle labels hold a clue
Read more: Wichita Eagle labels hold a clueHow Wichita Eagle news stories label outside organizations is a window into the ideology of the paper’s newsroom.
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Kansas Democratic Party income tax reckoning
Read more: Kansas Democratic Party income tax reckoningA story told to generate sympathy for working mothers at the expense of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is based on arithmetic that is not plausible.
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In Kansas, straight-ticket voting could leave some issues unvoted
Read more: In Kansas, straight-ticket voting could leave some issues unvotedThere are several issues involved with straight-party voting. Kansas shouldn’t adopt this practice. But on the other hand, why not?
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Unemployment insurance for school bus drivers
Read more: Unemployment insurance for school bus driversShould a Kansas state insurance program be expanded to cover entirely predictable events?
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Property tax for state universities proposed to increase four-fold
Read more: Property tax for state universities proposed to increase four-foldA bill introduced in the Kansas Legislature would hike the property tax going to state universities by a factor of four.
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At risk school funding in Kansas
Read more: At risk school funding in KansasAt risk funding provides extra dollars to schools based on the number of economically disadvantaged students enrolled, writes David Dorsey of Kansas Policy Institute.
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School boards in Kansas
Read more: School boards in KansasMark Tallman, associate executive director for advocacy at Kansas Association of School Boards addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club on January 9, 2015. The slides from his presentation are below. [gview file=”http://wichitaliberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/School-Boards-in-Kansas-Mark-Tallman-2015-01-09.pdf”]
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Blubaugh, Mayor vote for licenses for undocumented workers to drive to their illegal jobs
Read more: Blubaugh, Mayor vote for licenses for undocumented workers to drive to their illegal jobsThe Wichita city council voted to recommend that the Kansas Legislature create drivers permits for undocumented workers so they could drive to their jobs.
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Wichita schools seek to rebrand
Read more: Wichita schools seek to rebrandWhile poormouthing and suing taxpayers for more money, the Wichita school district wants to spend on a rebranding and marketing campaign.
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In Kansas, PEAK has a leak
Read more: In Kansas, PEAK has a leakA Kansas economic development incentive program is pitched as being self-funded, but is probably a drain on the state treasure nonetheless.
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The Overcriminalization of America
Read more: The Overcriminalization of AmericaOvercriminalization has led to the mass incarceration of those ensnared by our criminal justice system, even though such imprisonment does not always enhance public safety, write Charles G. Koch and Mark V. Holden.