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Discussion on Ambassador Hotel tax issue to be this Friday
Read more: Discussion on Ambassador Hotel tax issue to be this FridayThe Wichita Pachyderm Club, as part of its regular Friday luncheon series of educational meetings, will conduct a public forum on the February 28th Wichita city election. The subject of the election is a Wichita city charter ordinance that rebates 75 percent of the Ambassador Hotel’s guest tax collection back to the hotel.
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Modern-day students and attitudes towards government
Read more: Modern-day students and attitudes towards governmentMany modern-day college students seem to think that government entitlements should be the source of the things they want.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 30, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 30, 2012Today: Kansas school forum; Ambassador Hotel to be subject of discussion; Capital gains tax rate; Kan-ed audit; Huelskamp and Sharpton; Education reform blog started; Super PACs.
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For Kansas, spending is the other part of the equation
Read more: For Kansas, spending is the other part of the equationKansas tax reform is made difficult by the fact that Kansas has a large, big-spending state government.
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Fact checking the Wichita Ambassador Hotel campaign
Read more: Fact checking the Wichita Ambassador Hotel campaignClaims made by a group supporting taxpayer subsidy for the Ambassador Hotel in Wichita are put to the test.
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Kansas Bioscience Authority
Read more: Kansas Bioscience AuthorityThe release of a forensics audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority coupled with two days of joint committee hearings revealed an independent government agency out of control, an audit that draws conclusions described as sanitized of important details, and an agency and legislative supporters who believe that now, all is well at the KBA.
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Kansas committee asks if KBA audit did enough to expose problems
Read more: Kansas committee asks if KBA audit did enough to expose problemsMembers of a Kansas joint committee expressed concern that a forensic audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority was not broad enough and that deliberate deletion of data from a KBA computer left questions unanswered.
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Guide to Kansas legislative documents
Read more: Guide to Kansas legislative documentsKansas state government has many websites and documents that help understand the Kansas Legislature. But some documents and data are missing.
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In Kansas, the billion-dollar question
Read more: In Kansas, the billion-dollar questionThe Fair Tax could provide a solution to problems in Kansas with the budget and our economic prospects, writes Larry Halloran.
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Congress should reserve the right to protect our wireless future
Read more: Congress should reserve the right to protect our wireless futureAs the expert agency, the FCC is right to ask for some flexibility with the wireless spectrum auction design process. Congress, however, should reserve its right to protect our wireless future by preventing FCC overreach and ensure that all companies can participate in the auction process. It’s only the fair choice to make.
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End the Economic Development Administration — Now
Read more: End the Economic Development Administration — NowWhen proposing to eliminate even wasteful government agencies, the bureaucracy will strike back, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.