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  • Wichita fluoridation debate reveals attitudes of government

    August 24, 2012

    Is community water fluoridation like iodized salt? According to Wichita City Council Member and Vice Mayor Janet Miller, we didn’t vote on whether to put iodine in table salt, so Wichitans don’t need to vote on whether to add fluoride to drinking water.

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  • Donor disclosure rules are the same for everyone

    August 24, 2012

    While liberal groups criticize the ability to spend unlimited amounts on political education campaigns without disclosure of funding, the rules apply to everyone, and liberal groups and unions use them, too.

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  • Proposed Wichita sign ordinance problematic

    August 20, 2012

    The Wichita City Council will consider implementing a sign ordinance that has a major problem.

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  • Energy subsidies exposed

    August 20, 2012

    On the campaign trail, President Barack Obama calls for an end to energy subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. It turns out, however, that this industry receives relatively little subsidy, while the president’s favored forms of energy investment — wind and solar — receive much more. Additionally, coal, oil, and gas industries paid billions in…

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  • In Wichita, a gentle clawback

    August 20, 2012

    Wichita finds it difficult to enforce clawback provisions in its economic development agreements.

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  • Wichita WaterWalk apartment deal not good for citizens

    August 19, 2012

    Wichita is ready to consider another giveaway to politically-connected interests at the expense of citizens and taxpayers.

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  • Andover, a Kansas city overtaken by blight

    August 17, 2012

    In order to implement a tax giveaway to buyers of new homes, a city essentially declares total blight infestation.

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  • Wichita, again, bureaucratically fumbles

    August 17, 2012

    This week the Wichita City Council — again — mishandled a public hearing, forcing postponement of planned action

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  • Charles Koch: The importance of economic freedom

    August 17, 2012

    Charles Koch explains the importance of economic freedom for everyone.

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  • In Kansas, more debunking of the benefit of high taxes

    August 16, 2012

    The argument that high state tax rates promote growth has a serious flaw, finds the Kansas Policy Institute.

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  • Debunking the debunkers on taxes and growth

    August 16, 2012

    While Congress and the President currently debate the best path to hold off the upcoming fiscal cliff, many states across the country have already tackled similar challenges this year

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  • Wichita revises economic development policy

    August 15, 2012

    The City of Wichita has passed a revision to its economic development policies. Instead of promoting economic freedom and a free-market approach, the new policy gives greater power to city bureaucrats and politicians, and is unlikely to produce the economic development that Wichita needs.

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