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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.”