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Kansas not good on spending visibility
Read more: Kansas not good on spending visibilityThe results are in, and the news isn’t good: Kansas continues to plummet in state spending transparency rankings, and it barely squeaked by with a grade of D-minus, according to a report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
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Kansas Policy Institute at work
Read more: Kansas Policy Institute at workA recap of what Kansas Policy institute has done the past few years leaves me to wonder how anyone who cares about Kansas schoolchildren could be opposed to the work KPI has done.
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Cronyism is welfare for rich and powerful, writes Charles G. Koch
Read more: Cronyism is welfare for rich and powerful, writes Charles G. KochThe central belief and fatal conceit of the current administration is that you are incapable of running your own life, but those in power are capable of running it for you. This is the essence of big government and collectivism, writes Charles G. Koch.
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Wichita not good for small business
Read more: Wichita not good for small businessWhen it comes to having good conditions to support small businesses, well, Wichita isn’t exactly at the top of the list, according to a new ranking from The Business Journals.
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Club for Growth scorecards
Read more: Club for Growth scorecardsI’ve gathered Congressional scorecards from Club for Growth for all years available and present them in an interactive visualization.
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Gosnell, the movie
Read more: Gosnell, the movieSeeking to tell the story of the Kermit Gosnell, most prolific serial killer in American history, filmmakers Ann McElhinney, Phelim McAleer, and Magdalena Segieda ask for your help.
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Kansas newspapers against the children
Read more: Kansas newspapers against the childrenA Kansas newspaper editorial illustrates that for the establishment, schools — the institution of public schools, that is — are more important than students.
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In Kansas, base state aid is only a small part of spending
Read more: In Kansas, base state aid is only a small part of spendingConsidering only base state aid per pupil leads to an incomplete understanding of school spending in Kansas. The Gannon school finance decision reinforces this.
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After Gannon, will Kansas public school spending boosters still love courts and constitutions?
Read more: After Gannon, will Kansas public school spending boosters still love courts and constitutions?Will Kansas Progressives’ expressed love for courts and constitutions hold up in light of the school finance decision?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school finance lawsuit, problems solved?
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school finance lawsuit, problems solved?The Kansas Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Gannon v. Kansas, the school finance lawsuit. What did the court say, and did it address the real and important issues with Kansas schools?
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Wichita City Council fails to support informing the taxed
Read more: Wichita City Council fails to support informing the taxedWhat does it say about Wichita’s economic development strategy that if you fully inform citizens and visitors, it renders a tool useless?
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Rural Kansans’ billion-dollar subsidy of wind farms
Read more: Rural Kansans’ billion-dollar subsidy of wind farmsIn addition to receiving taxpayer subsidies and benefiting from mandates to buy their product, wind power producers largely escape the burden of property taxes, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.