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Free the World Seminar 2010 in Wichita
Read more: Free the World Seminar 2010 in WichitaAs a recent Wichita Eagle Op-Ed article expressed, today’s students are not financially literate, but when given this background, their opportunities in life are unlimited: Jim Graham: Kansas youths need to be financially literate. After so many decades of prosperity in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, why are so many people in Latin America and…
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Activist training to be offered in Wichita
Read more: Activist training to be offered in WichitaAmerican Majority is pleased to announce an Activist Training class will be conducted on Saturday, July 24, in Wichita, Kan., to provide citizens with the tools necessary to become effective activists.
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Kansas voter registration deadline near
Read more: Kansas voter registration deadline nearIn Kansas, the deadline to register to vote or to change party affiliation is Monday July 19th. Voters need to register if they have moved or changed names.
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Community Improvement Districts discussed in Wichita
Read more: Community Improvement Districts discussed in WichitaAt yesterday’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, council members approved the start of the process to create two Community Improvement Districts in Wichita. Yesterday’s action sets August 10 as the date for a public hearing.
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The Climategate Whitewash Continues
Read more: The Climategate Whitewash ContinuesLast year’s disclosure of email correspondence between climate scientists was a wake-up call to the world. The emails showed leading climate scientists exhibiting “professional misconduct, data manipulation and jiggering of both the scientific literature and climatic data.”
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Wichita community improvement districts should have warning signs
Read more: Wichita community improvement districts should have warning signsAt today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, council members may approve the start of the process to create two Community Improvement Districts in Wichita. CIDs are a creation of the Kansas Legislature from last year. They allow merchants in a geographic district to collect additional sales tax of up to two cents per dollar.…
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Kansas fourth district poll shows Pompeo lead, Hartman drop
Read more: Kansas fourth district poll shows Pompeo lead, Hartman dropA new poll of candidates seeking the Republican Party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas shows Wichita businessman Mike Pompeo maintaining a lead over his chief rival, Wichita businessman Wink Hartman.
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Kansas Legislator offers more rebuttal of Kansas Senate President Morris
Read more: Kansas Legislator offers more rebuttal of Kansas Senate President MorrisRecently Kansas Senate President Stephen Morris wrote an op-ed in which he explained the legislature’s reasons for passing a one cent per dollar increase in the statewide sales tax. That tax started on July 1. His piece may be read at State of the State KS.
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Sedgwick County Commission Republican candidates to speak
Read more: Sedgwick County Commission Republican candidates to speakThis Friday (July 16) the Wichita Pachyderm Club will feature Republican candidates for the Sedgwick County Commission. While three positions are open, in one position there is no contest in the Republican primary. In district four, the candidates are Lucy Burtnett and Richard Ranzau. In district five, the candidates are Dion Avello, Jim Skelton, and…
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In Kansas, government spending is intertwined
Read more: In Kansas, government spending is intertwinedWhile conservative political candidates talk of reducing spending, the reality is that federal government spending is so intertwined in our lives that spending reductions — much less actual cuts — are almost impossible to fathom.