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Wind energy split in Kansas
Read more: Wind energy split in KansasKansas politicians are split over the the government’s subsidy programs for wind energy.
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For Wichita, no election news is good politics
Read more: For Wichita, no election news is good politicsWichita city staff have time to produce news stories on everything but actual news, it seems.
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In Wichita, Epic Sports highlights need for reform
Read more: In Wichita, Epic Sports highlights need for reformA tax abatement issued by the City of Wichita exacerbates, and illustrates, the need for reform in Wichita and Kansas.
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A Wichita shocker
Read more: A Wichita shockerThe Wall Street Journal comments on last week’s election in Wichita, noting “Local politicians like to get in bed with local business, and taxpayers are usually the losers.” Purported conservatives like Pete Meitzner, James Clendenin, and Jeff Longwell ought to take notice.
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Stopping crony capitalism
Read more: Stopping crony capitalismVoters in Wichita, Kansas, went to the polls, Tuesday, to smash a measure that would have forked over $2.25 million in tax rebates to a downtown hotel project. Those supporting the giveaway spent $300,000 to promote the deal, while opponents ponied up a scant $30,000 against it. The vote nevertheless strongly weighed against the big…
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Kansas and Wichita lag the nation in tax costs
Read more: Kansas and Wichita lag the nation in tax costsIf we in Kansas and Wichita wonder why our economic growth is slow and our economic development programs don’t seem to be producing results, there is now data to answer the question why: Our tax rates are high — way too high.
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Mike Pompeo: We need capitalism, not cronyism
Read more: Mike Pompeo: We need capitalism, not cronyismA big obstacle on the path to restoring limited government in America is cronyism, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.
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Wichita, Kansas voters reject corporate welfare and cronyism
Read more: Wichita, Kansas voters reject corporate welfare and cronyismTuesday, Kansas voters made a bold statement, rejecting a plan favoring cronyism and big government, instead choosing to take a stand for fiscal responsibility.
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Wichita school board meeting: Not for the public
Read more: Wichita school board meeting: Not for the publicWichita school board president Betty Arnold said “This board meeting is held in public, but it is not for the public, or of the public.”
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In Wichita, pushing back against political cronyism
Read more: In Wichita, pushing back against political cronyismTonight the people of Wichita witnessed a victory for common sense over political cronyism.