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For Koch Industries, New York Times’ vendetta is never-ending
Read more: For Koch Industries, New York Times’ vendetta is never-endingThe New York Times continues its vendetta against Wichita-based Koch Industries.
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Good news coming for Wichita, says Brownback top aide
Read more: Good news coming for Wichita, says Brownback top aideSpeaking to the Wichita Pachyderm Club today, David Kensinger, Chief of Staff for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, said that Brownback will be in Wichita Tuesday “with a very specific announcement as relates to jobs in the aviation industry.”
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Boeing departure presents challenge for Wichita and Kansas
Read more: Boeing departure presents challenge for Wichita and KansasThe announcement of the departure from Wichita of Boeing presents challenges for the Wichita area and the state of Kansas. The response of government officials over the next few years will need to depart from past and present practice if Wichita wants to build a dynamic and sustainable economy. With a few exceptions, our current…
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In Wichita, occupiers make presence known at legislative meeting
Read more: In Wichita, occupiers make presence known at legislative meetingComments from 53 speakers at a forum in Wichita signal a busy and contentious legislative session is just ahead. About 200 showed up for the South-central Kansas Legislative Forum at the Sedgwick County Courthouse Tuesday night.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 3, 2012
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 3, 2012Today: Legislators to hear from citizens; Romney seen as ‘good enough’; Brownback Chief of Staff in Wichita; Arrogance of Trump; Ethanol; 180 miles in an electric car; Kansas Policy Institute research; Capitalism.
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In Wichita, Southfork TIF is politics, and therefore should be rejected
Read more: In Wichita, Southfork TIF is politics, and therefore should be rejectedThere are many reasons why the Sedgwick County Commission should reject the establishment of a tax increment financing, or TIF, district, in Wichita.
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Tax increment financing (TIF) and economic growth
Read more: Tax increment financing (TIF) and economic growthThere is clear and consistent evidence that municipalities that adopt tax increment financing, or TIF, grow more slowly after adoption than those that do not.
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Does tax increment financing (TIF) deliver on its promise of jobs?
Read more: Does tax increment financing (TIF) deliver on its promise of jobs?When looking at the entire picture, the effect on employment of tax increment financing, or TIF districts, used for retail development is negative.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 30, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 30, 2011Today: Year in review, Wichita Liberty-style; Patriots New Years Eve; Legislators to hear from citizens; California’s redevelopment nightmare to end; Growth will heal nation’s economy; Assumptions about capitalism; Resources on Austrian economics; Cato University.
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2011: The Year in Review
Read more: 2011: The Year in ReviewFollowing is a selection of stories that appeared on Voice for Liberty in 2011. Was it a good or bad year for the causes of economic freedom, individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and civil society?
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Wichita falls in economic performance ranking
Read more: Wichita falls in economic performance rankingThe City of Wichita has fallen in a ranking of the performance of its economy, according to the Milkin Institute.
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Kansas teacher quality policies ignored
Read more: Kansas teacher quality policies ignoredIn Kansas, the Brownback school reform plan bypasses an area in which Kansas needs improvement: teacher quality policies.