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  • Tax day tea parties in Kansas announced

    April 3, 2010

    Several tea party events have been announced for tax day, April 15, in Kansas. Cities include Wichita, Hutchinson, and Kansas City.

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  • Kansas smoking ban opponents meet in Wichita

    April 2, 2010

    A group primarily composed of business owners met in Wichita on Thursday to discuss the recently passed Kansas smoking ban and what might be done to overturn it or mitigate its damage to business.

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  • Greenpeace attack on Koch Industries exaggerates, misleads

    April 1, 2010

    This week’s release of a report by the extremist environmental group Greenpeace on Wichita-based Koch Industries contains claims that exaggerate the nature of the information contained in the report. These over-hyped “findings” are used to advance Greenpeace’s global warming alarmist agenda, but should give us cause to examine Greenpeace and its agenda.

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  • Kansas governor speaks on spending, taxes

    March 31, 2010

    In a press conference this afternoon, Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson said there are no more spending cuts possible, and that taxes must be raised.

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  • Greenpeace report aims to stifle debate on climate science

    March 31, 2010

    Wichita’s Koch Industries has come under attack from an environmental extremist organization for its support of open debate and dialog about the science of climate change.

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  • Kansas House candidate to address Pachyderms

    March 31, 2010

    On Friday April 2 at the Wichita Pachyderm Club, Eric Payne will address members and guests. Payne is a candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the Kansas House of Representatives for the 87th district. This district in east and southeast Wichita is currently represented by Raj Goyle. Joseph Scapa, another candidate for this position,…

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  • Amtrak, taxpayer burden, should not be expanded in Kansas

    March 31, 2010

    Recently the Kansas legislature and governor decided to authorize the Kansas Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a passenger rail service program in the state. This service would most likely be implemented through Amtrak, the federal passenger rail authority. This service, true to the nature of Amtrak, would require subsidy from taxpayers in order…

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  • Will the real robber barons please stand up?

    March 30, 2010

    At the April 13th meeting of the Wichita City Council a request from downtown developer Real Development will be made for an additional $2.2 million taxpayer subsidy for its condo project Exchange Place, located at Douglas and Market. With two weeks to go before this public hearing there is still time for council members to…

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  • AFP to present Kansas budget update

    March 30, 2010

    On Wednesday March 31, Susan Estes of Americans for Prosperity-Kansas will present on the topic “An update on the budget shortfall in Kansas, how we got there through excessive spending, and how our state’s tax burden compares with neighboring states.”

    Read more: AFP to present Kansas budget update
  • ‘In Praise of Sweatshops’ lecture

    March 30, 2010

    The third in the series of three Lectures on Liberty will be held on Thursday April 8 at the historic Granada Theater in downtown Emporia. The speaker will be Benjamin Powell, professor of economics from Suffolk University in Boston, will be speaking on the topic “In Praise of Sweatshops.” The lecture is free and open…

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  • Kansas makes unwise bet on passenger rail

    March 29, 2010

    Last week Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson signed into law HB 2552, which enacts the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact. This act will promote improvements to passenger rail service and the development of plans for long-range high speed rail service in the Midwest, according to the governor’s press release.

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  • Kansas news digest

    March 29, 2010

    News from alternative media around Kansas for March 29, 2010.

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