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In Wichita, start of a solution to federal spending
Read more: In Wichita, start of a solution to federal spendingA stand taken by a Sedgwick County Commissioner could pave the way to control of federal spending and debt.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 18, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 18, 2011Today: Education reformer to speak in Kansas; Wichita council candidate websites spotted; schools’ funding claims questioned; Kansas schools rated; Insurance costs on the rise in Kansas.
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Stossel on politicians’ promises
Read more: Stossel on politicians’ promisesA television show by John Stossel shows how government programs often don’t work as promised and cause unintended and harmful consequences.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 17, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 17, 2011Today: Kansas legislature website; federal health care reform costs; Wichita City Council; Sedgwick County Commission; Eisenhower on military industrial complex; Rasmussen last week.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday January 16, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday January 16, 2011Today: Wichita swoons over Boston attention; harm of expanding government explained.
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Kansas school reform issues
Read more: Kansas school reform issuesAs Kansas struggles to find funding for its public schools and other functions of government, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically.
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In Wichita, who is to plan?
Read more: In Wichita, who is to plan?Wichita government planners liken their planning process to that of individuals and businesses. but as Ludwig von Mises explains, the analogy does not hold.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 12, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 12, 2011Today: New Kansas Legislature website; few states, including Kansas, have good charter school laws; Will on Tuscon shootings; public safety director at Pachyderm; Kansas state sovereignty rally; AFP Kansas podcasts.
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Most Kansas students not ready for college
Read more: Most Kansas students not ready for collegeWhile Kansas high school students perform slightly better than the nation, only 26 percent of students that take the ACT test are ready for college-level coursework in all four areas that ACT considers.
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Wichita school district makes transparency effort
Read more: Wichita school district makes transparency effortA recent transparency effort by USD 259, the Wichita public school district, is welcome, but we need to wait to see if the district’s past poor attitude towards open records can be reversed.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011
Read more: Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011Today: Legislature website still down; treasurer to ask for more information; Wichita CID proposals delayed; Longwell on citizen knowledge; State of the State tomorrow; this week at Sedgwick County Commission; changes to Kansas campaign law recommended.