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School choice savings not being considered in Kansas
Read more: School choice savings not being considered in KansasAccording to the reporting surrounding the revision of the Kansas school finance formula, Kansas is overlooking a sure way to save money and improve Kansas schools: widespread school choice.
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Johnson Controls loan not needed
Read more: Johnson Controls loan not neededThe Sedgwick County Commission will consider making a forgivable loan that is not needed.
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Pompeo to introduce ‘Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act’
Read more: Pompeo to introduce ‘Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act’U. S. Representative Mike Pompeo of Wichita plans to introduce the “Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act,” a bill that would eliminate all tax credits related to energy.
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‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainable
Read more: ‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainableThe vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American trave — around 85 percent — is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle, or mass transit.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 31, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 31, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; Crony capitalism; Kansas pensions; Global economics to be discussed in Wichita; Progress, or not; Business and politics.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 26, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday October 26, 2011Today: Tax increment financing; Tax incentives questioned; The Moral Case Against Spreading the Wealth; Political pretense vs. market performance; Increasing taxes not seen as solution.
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In Kansas Legislature, opportunities for saving were lost
Read more: In Kansas Legislature, opportunities for saving were lostThis year the Kansas Legislature lost three opportunities to improve the operations and reduce the cost of state government.
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Class size reduction not effective
Read more: Class size reduction not effectiveThe Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.
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Kansas schools need diversity and dynamism to engage students
Read more: Kansas schools need diversity and dynamism to engage studentsKansas schools need to be much more dynamic and diverse in order to meet students’ needs and effectively engage them in learning. But the lack of school choice and charter schools in Kansas means that Kansas children are missing opportunities for learning that are present in some states. Until Kansas changes its educational policies, it…
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 24, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday October 24, 2011Today: Wichita City Council; ‘Federalists’ author to appear in Wichita this week; Rep. Huelskamp to speak in Wichita; Kansas tax reform; The debt of the states; Freedom of the press; Student loans; Obama makes a great appointment; Libertarianism works both ways.
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Kerpen on Obama’s regulatory extremism
Read more: Kerpen on Obama’s regulatory extremismA new book details the ways that President Obama is bypassing Congress and the will of the people in order to implement his extreme radical agenda.