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Warning signs still missing
Read more: Warning signs still missingTwo weeks after the City of Wichita learned that two prominent downtown hotels are not in compliance with city policy regarding signage, the hotels are still in violation.
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So far, no flood of Wichita water rebates
Read more: So far, no flood of Wichita water rebatesLow utilization of a Wichita rebate program could be good news, if the city acts in the right way.
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Wichita airfares, on the rise
Read more: Wichita airfares, on the riseA survey shows that airfares in Wichita have both fallen and risen in recent years, even though the City of Wichita, Sedgwick County, and the State of Kansas spend millions each year to keep airfares low.
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Local economic development incentives: The economic perspective
Read more: Local economic development incentives: The economic perspectiveEconomist Russell Sobel spoke in Wichita on the topic of local economic development incentives.
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Sedgwick County votes for harmful intervention
Read more: Sedgwick County votes for harmful interventionIt’s harmful when citizens are not armed with information and research. But when government officials and bureaucrats with the power to tax and plan our economies are uninformed, people suffer as our economy becomes less prosperous than it could be.
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Business tax credits more desired than zero tax rates
Read more: Business tax credits more desired than zero tax ratesA Kansas business welfare program is more attractive and valuable than elimination of the Kansas corporate income tax, at least for some influential corporations in Kansas.
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Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?
Read more: Why is business welfare necessary in Wichita?A company in Wichita requires business welfare in order to capture a new business opportunity. What’s wrong with this picture?
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Sedgwick is a red county in a pink state
Read more: Sedgwick is a red county in a pink stateSedgwick County is bleeding income.
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Kansas Democrats on school spending
Read more: Kansas Democrats on school spendingKansas Democrats are circulating a graphic that, while probably superficially accurate, fails to present the larger picture of Kansas school spending.
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Could Wichita be the next Detroit?
Read more: Could Wichita be the next Detroit?That Detroit has declared bankruptcy: Does this mean anything for Wichita?
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For Kansas progressives, it’s all about school spending, not performance
Read more: For Kansas progressives, it’s all about school spending, not performanceKansas progressives keep the focus on school spending and away from inconvenient facts that harm schoolchildren.
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Where is the downtown Wichita tax base?
Read more: Where is the downtown Wichita tax base?There’s been much investment in downtown Wichita, we’re told, but the goal of increasing the tax base is farther away rather than closer.