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Wichita-area legislative meeting report, commentary
Read more: Wichita-area legislative meeting report, commentaryWendy Aylworth provides reporting and analysis from Saturday’s meeting of the South-central Kansas Legislative Delegation with citizens. Protesters adamantly in favor of a one cent per dollar sales tax increase crowded the sidewalk outside the South-Central Kansas Legislative Forum Saturday morning. Some wore purple shirts and some held signs reading “A Penny for Education” and…
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On Wichita’s Exchange Place TIF, Janet Miller speaks
Read more: On Wichita’s Exchange Place TIF, Janet Miller speaksLast week’s meeting of the Wichita City Council featured a message from Council Member Janet Miller that illustrated her firm belief in centralized government planning for the purposes of economic development. It also contained a material mistake in the understanding of the facts of the project.
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Libertarian thinking discussed in Winfield
Read more: Libertarian thinking discussed in WinfieldA recent column in the Winfield Daily Courier illustrates just how difficult it is for some to grasp the ideas and principles of libertarianism. The column, titled Libertarians and Libertarians, makes a factual error but is wrong when describing several important aspects of libertarian thinking.
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Wichita-area legislative meeting reveals differences in approach to government
Read more: Wichita-area legislative meeting reveals differences in approach to governmentYesterday’s meeting of the South-central Kansas legislative delegation with citizens featured, in the words of one senator, a level of “intensity” not seen in previous meetings of this body. Senator Dick Kelsey made this observation, remarking that this is the first such meeting where the two parties have been mentioned. Following are a few notes…
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AFP Kansas event features Malkin, satirist O’Rourke
Read more: AFP Kansas event features Malkin, satirist O’RourkeThis Wednesday April 28 Americans for Prosperity-Kansas is holding its annual “Day at the Capitol” event in Topeka. This year’s event features nationally-known speakers.
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Kansas legislative ratings posted
Read more: Kansas legislative ratings postedI’ve come into possession of some of the Kansas legislature vote ratings that Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network produced. I’ve made available the annual ratings of both the House of Representatives and the Senate back to 1996.
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Wichita’s Jeff Longwell on TIF districts, tax abatements
Read more: Wichita’s Jeff Longwell on TIF districts, tax abatementsIs a tax increment financing (TIF) district a tax abatement? Wichita city council member Jeff Longwell, now Wichita’s vice-mayor, doesn’t think so. During this week’s city council meeting, Longwell said this in explaining his support of a TIF district created for the benefit of Real Development: “One of the things that people I think need…
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Kansas sales tax study criticized
Read more: Kansas sales tax study criticizedWichita State University economist John Wong has produced a study showing that while an increase in the Kansas sales tax would kill jobs, it would result in less net job loss than a reduction in state spending. This differs from an earlier study which finds much greater job loss.
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Chemical security legislation update
Read more: Chemical security legislation updateThe United States Congress is considering legislation to improve the safety of chemical plants. While a noble goal, this regulation has the potential to actually decrease chemical plant safety while increasing costs and destroying jobs at the same time.
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Greenpeace climate change extremists are hot on the trail
Read more: Greenpeace climate change extremists are hot on the trailClimate change — its reality (or not) and man’s response to it — is an important topic and deserves serious discussion. The actions of one of the most prominent and vocal groups promoting a radical global warming agenda, however, aren’t fostering greater understanding of the issue, much less an informed debate.
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Wichita Collegiate Young Republicans to host debate
Read more: Wichita Collegiate Young Republicans to host debateThe Wichita Collegiate Upper School Young Republicans will be hosting the republican candidates for the Kansas 4th Congressional District on Monday, April 26th.