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Wichita’s growth in gross domestic product
Read more: Wichita’s growth in gross domestic productCompared to peer areas, Wichita’s record of growth in gross domestic product is similar to that of job creation: Wichita performs poorly.
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Kansas legislative documents
Read more: Kansas legislative documentsAs the Kansas Legislature begins its 2014 session today, citizens who want to keep track of the happenings have these resources available.
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Kansas school efficiency on display
Read more: Kansas school efficiency on displayWhen you hear that Kansas schools have “cut to the bone,” or are operating at maximum efficiency, or have nowhere else to cut, or there’s no need to audit school district efficiency, think of this.
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Kansas schoolchildren shortchanged by Kansas City Star
Read more: Kansas schoolchildren shortchanged by Kansas City StarAnother newspaper editorialist ignores the facts about Kansas schools. This is starting to be routine.
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Two legislative reforms that would benefit Kansans
Read more: Two legislative reforms that would benefit KansansKansas Representative John Rubin proposes two reforms to legislative procedure that, I believe, would improve the process.
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Visit Wichita, and pay a tourism fee
Read more: Visit Wichita, and pay a tourism feeThe Wichita City Council will consider adding a 2.75 percent tax to hotel bills, calling it a “City Tourism Fee.” Welcome to Wichita!
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WichitaLiberty.TV January 12, 2014
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV January 12, 2014In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV: A look at Wichita’s legislative agenda that the city will work for in the upcoming Kansas legislative session. Then: Wichita city leaders are likely to ask for higher taxes to pay for a new convention center. Is this a wise course for economic development?
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Wichita campaign finance reform, and local elections in Kansas
Read more: Wichita campaign finance reform, and local elections in KansasIn this excerpt from WichitaLiberty.TV: An illustration of the need for campaign finance reform in Wichita and Kansas. A related issue is the need to change the timing of local elections in Kansas.
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New York Times on Kansas schools, again
Read more: New York Times on Kansas schools, againThe New York Times — again — intervenes in Kansas schools. As it did last October, the newspaper makes serious errors in its facts and recommendations.
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A transparency agenda for Wichita
Read more: A transparency agenda for WichitaKansas has a weak open records law, and Wichita doesn’t want to follow the law, as weak as it is. But with a simple change of attitude towards open government and citizens’ right to know, Wichita could live up to the goals its leaders have set.
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Kansas trails surrounding states in economic freedom
Read more: Kansas trails surrounding states in economic freedomIn a recent study of economic freedom in North America, Kansas ranked in the middle of the pack nationwide, but trails most surrounding states.
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Kansas education topic on ‘This Week in Kansas’
Read more: Kansas education topic on ‘This Week in Kansas’Kansas education issues were a topic on a recent segment of KAKE TV “This Week in Kansas.”