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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.
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In Kansas, the Blob is worked up
Read more: In Kansas, the Blob is worked upIn Kansas, we’re seeing the Blob at full activation, vigorously protecting its interests against school reforms.
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Washington Post out on a limb, again
Read more: Washington Post out on a limb, againThe Washington Post has published an article that is demonstrably false, and for political reasons.
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In Wichita, if you don’t like it, just don’t go there
Read more: In Wichita, if you don’t like it, just don’t go thereAs Wichita city officials prepare a campaign to raise the sales tax in Wichita, let’s recall some council members’ attitude towards citizens.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: For whose benefit are elections, school employment, wind power, unions, unemployment
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV: For whose benefit are elections, school employment, wind power, unions, unemploymentThe controversy over the timing of city and school board elections provides an insight into government. Then: Can a candidate for governor’s claims about Kansas school employment be believed? Wind power is expensive electricity, very expensive. A Wichita auto dealer pushes back against union protests. Finally, what is the real rate of unemployment in America?
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Why would the Washington Post do this?
Read more: Why would the Washington Post do this?Why would the Washington Post embarrass itself by republishing a thoroughly discredited attempt to link the Koch brothers to the Keystone Pipeline, wonders John Hinderaker of Powerline.
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State financial data, an interactive presentation
Read more: State financial data, an interactive presentationSelected statistics about state finances from the United States Census Bureau are presented in an interactive visualization.
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Could lower open records fees threaten Kansans’ safety?
Read more: Could lower open records fees threaten Kansans’ safety?Opponents of a bill targeted at reducing the cost of acquiring public documents say it will eliminate a necessary revenue stream for many Kansas government entities.