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Minimum wage laws: Helpful or harmful?
Read more: Minimum wage laws: Helpful or harmful?What are the unseen effects of minimum wage laws?
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Round table: Role of government in society
Read more: Round table: Role of government in societyRick hosts a round table discussion with Kansas representatives Ed Trimmer, Marc Rhoades, and Bob Weeks of WichitaLiberty.org about the role of government in society.
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WichitaLiberty.TV July 14, 2013
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV July 14, 2013In this episode of WichitaLiberty.TV, host Bob Weeks explains the attitude of the Wichita City Council regarding ethical behavior and reports on incidents that illustrate the need for campaign finance reform and pay-to-play laws in Wichita and Kansas. Also, Bob notices a document produced this year titled “Wichita Area Future Water Supply: A Model Program…
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The candlemakers’ petition
Read more: The candlemakers’ petitionThe arguments presented in the following essay by Frederic Bastiat, written in 1845, are still in use in city halls, county courthouses, school district boardrooms, state capitals, and probably most prominently, Washington
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Economic freedom ads debut in Wichita
Read more: Economic freedom ads debut in WichitaA campaign is started to help Wichitans learn the importance of economic freedom.
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Pompeo: Systems are needed, and risk of abuse is low
Read more: Pompeo: Systems are needed, and risk of abuse is lowU.S. Representative Mike Pompeo says the intelligence-gathering systems in place are needed, and that layers of oversight minimize the risk of abuse. The leaks by Edward Snowden, he says, have harmed the security of America.
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More evidence of low Kansas school standards
Read more: More evidence of low Kansas school standardsA study of school testing standards has found that Kansas has low standards compared to other states.
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How to grow the Kansas economy
Read more: How to grow the Kansas economyIn this 14 minute video from April, Art Hall, who is Director of Center for Applied Economics at Kansas University, talks about how to grow the Kansas economy.
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Kansas school employment trends are not what you’d expect
Read more: Kansas school employment trends are not what you’d expectKansas school employment statistics don’t reflect the doom-and-gloom stories you may have heard from Kansas political leaders and newspaper editorialists.
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Kansas school fund balances on the rise
Read more: Kansas school fund balances on the riseKansas schools don’t spend all the money they’ve been given, and the pile of unspent cash continues to grow, although it leveled off in the most recent year for which there is data.
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WichitaLiberty.TV July 7, 2013
Read more: WichitaLiberty.TV July 7, 2013In this episode of WichitaLiberty TV, host Bob Weeks explains the importance of local government, and provides some ways that citizens can get involved.
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Wichita city code seemingly ignored
Read more: Wichita city code seemingly ignoredA Wichita city statute seems to be clear in its meaning, but the city decides not to apply it.