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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 26, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday September 26, 2011Today: Who creates jobs?; Pompeo to address Pachyderms; Supremes to make road trip; March for the chicken; Economic freedom.
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Kansas tax overhaul skeptics
Read more: Kansas tax overhaul skepticsSkepticism about the need for tax overhaul in Kansas is often based on misconceptions, as illustrated in a Wichita Eagle editorial.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 23, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday September 23, 2011Today: Downtown Wichita site launched; Keystone pipeline hearing, bus trip; Health care reform; Pompeo defends against Obama’s attack on aviation; Wichita corporate welfare opposed; The trap of job creation.
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Kansas needs pro-growth policies
Read more: Kansas needs pro-growth policiesA theme of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback when he spoke in Wichita this week was jobs and opportunities, and how Kansas needs pro-growth policies to break out of a slump.
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Wichita City Council campaign contributions and Douglas Place/Ambassador Hotel
Read more: Wichita City Council campaign contributions and Douglas Place/Ambassador HotelMaking contributions to candidates for political office is part of the American political process. But for the Wichita City Council, we see a troubling trend of contributions made by people who also ask the council for money.
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At Wichita City Council, facts are in dispute
Read more: At Wichita City Council, facts are in disputeSome Wichita City Council members, including Mayor Carl Brewer, criticize citizens for their use of inaccurate and misleading information. So how do the statements made by council members fare when subjected to scrutiny?
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The resolve of the Wichita City Council
Read more: The resolve of the Wichita City CouncilDespite her assessment of the will of the people of Wichita, The Wichita Eagle’s Rhonda Holman encourages the Wichita City Council to stick to its guns and do the opposite.
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on wind energy
Read more: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on wind energyNot everyone agrees with the Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s rosy assessment of wind power.
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Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security
Read more: Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national securityFree market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security, writes U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Jeff Flake.
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Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel development
Read more: Citizen activists launch protest petition in response to Wichita City Council vote on hotel developmentDespite hearing from numerous local residents speaking in opposition to the project yesterday, the Wichita City Council approved a number of public incentives for a hotel development in downtown Wichita. In response, the Wichita chapter of the grassroots group Americans for Prosperity plans to work to overturn part of the incentive package.
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In Wichita, private tax policy on the rise
Read more: In Wichita, private tax policy on the riseIn a free society with a limited government, taxation should be restricted to being a way for government to raise funds to pay for services that all people benefit from. But in the city of Wichita, private tax policy is overtaking our city.