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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday July 20, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday July 20, 2011Today: Kansas budget director to be in Wichita; All Kansans voted for Cut, Cap, and Balance; Foreclosed homes: the maps; Kansas certificates of indebtedness; Why more regulation is not the answer; Myths of the Great Depression.
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Wichita school district able to maintain employment ratios
Read more: Wichita school district able to maintain employment ratiosDespite the claims that schools have made drastic cuts, evidence shows that USD 259, the Wichita public school district, has been able to maintain student-employee ratios.
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Wichita school district discusses unspent fund balances
Read more: Wichita school district discusses unspent fund balancesLast week the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district provided another example of the attitude of the board towards those who have opinions that are not aligned with the policies of the district and public school spending advocates.
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Pickens: It’s all about me, and MSNBC doesn’t notice
Read more: Pickens: It’s all about me, and MSNBC doesn’t noticeAppearing on the MSNBC morning program Morning Joe, energy investor T. Boone Pickens let us know that despite his no-nonsense business-like approach to supporting what he believes to be in America’s best interests, it’s really all about him and what profits him. But program hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski didn’t catch that.
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Despite subsidy program, Wichita flights are declining
Read more: Despite subsidy program, Wichita flights are decliningSupporters of the Kansas Affordable Airfares Program are proud of the program’s success. But looking at the statistics uncovers a troubling trend that is obscured by the facts used to promote the program.
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Sedgwick County considers a federal grant
Read more: Sedgwick County considers a federal grantWhile most people think the problem of government over-spending requires a top-down solution starting in Washington, we have to do better than waiting for Washington to act.
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Federal grants seen to raise future local spending
Read more: Federal grants seen to raise future local spendingNot only are we taxed to pay for the cost of funding federal and state grants, the units of government that receive grants are very likely to raise their own levels of taxation in response to the receipt of the grants. This is a cycle of ever-expanding government that needs to end, and right now.
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KDHE, Sunflower Electric, Earthjustice, Center for Climate Strategies: different peas in the same pod
Read more: KDHE, Sunflower Electric, Earthjustice, Center for Climate Strategies: different peas in the same podEvidence that a business seeking regulatory approval of its project enjoyed an apparently close relationship with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment should not be surprising: regulatory capture is a non-partisan sport.