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Wink Hartman meets with voters in Kingman
Read more: Wink Hartman meets with voters in KingmanToday, Wichita businessman and candidate for the Republican Party nomination for the United States House of Representatives from the fourth district of Kansas Wink Hartman kicked off his “Back to Work” tour by meeting with a group of about 15 citizens in a downtown Kingman cafe.
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Wichita school board discusses job reductions, incentives
Read more: Wichita school board discusses job reductions, incentivesAt yesterday’s meeting of the board of USD 259, the Wichita public school district, heard descriptions of district policy on how a reduction in force — layoffs, in other words — world be accomplished if the district decides to use this method of reconciling its budget.
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What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises?
Read more: What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises?What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? As this unique film shows, Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at universities, not when it seemed as if statism had won. With courage and genius, he fought big…
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Kansas Governor misleads Kansans on taxes
Read more: Kansas Governor misleads Kansans on taxesIf President Reagan had attended Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson’s press conference last Friday, he likely would have said, “There you go again…” in response to Parkinson’s claim that $9 billion in tax cuts and exemptions over the last decade are to blame for the budget crisis.
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Americans uninformed about school spending, study finds
Read more: Americans uninformed about school spending, study findsWhen asked about levels of spending on public schools, Americans are likely to vastly underestimate the amount that schools spend.
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Kansas school spending advocates on the numbers
Read more: Kansas school spending advocates on the numbersNext week there’s going to be a march on the Kansas statehouse asking for more spending on Kansas schools. In support of the march and the plea for more spending, a group has created a website titled Adequate Yearly Funding.
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Tax increases will cost Kansas jobs, economic freedom
Read more: Tax increases will cost Kansas jobs, economic freedomAs Kansas struggles to deal with a budget deficit, Democrats and even some Republicans are proposing tax increases, particularly an increase — temporary, they say — in the sales tax. A common argument advanced is that an extra one cent tax on every dollar spent will hardly be noticed. The one cent tax used to…
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KPTS’s Kansas Week now online
Read more: KPTS’s Kansas Week now onlineWichita public television station KPTS has produced the weekly public affairs program Kansas Week since 1989. Tim Brown has been the host since 2006. Now many of KPTS’s shows are available online through the station’s website.
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Wichita legislative forum highlights differences in approach to government spending
Read more: Wichita legislative forum highlights differences in approach to government spendingYesterday over 200 people packed a room at Wichita State University to attend a forum of Wichita-area Kansas state legislators. The meeting was chaired by Representative Steve Brunk, a Republican who represents Bel Aire and parts of far northeast Wichita.
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Political scientist to address Wichita Pachyderms
Read more: Political scientist to address Wichita PachydermsOn Friday March 12 Dr. Ken Ciboski will address members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. Ciboski is professor of political science at Wichita State University and an observer of local, state, and national politics. His topic will be “Political and Economic Trends.”
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Kansas school consolidation, information reform bill introduced
Read more: Kansas school consolidation, information reform bill introducedA bill has been introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives which would require consolidation of small school districts and increase the ability to manage schools through common accounting standards and information availability.
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Kansas historic preservation tax credits: the hearing
Read more: Kansas historic preservation tax credits: the hearingOn Wednesday, the Taxation Committee of the Kansas House of Representatives heard testimony on HB 2496, which would expand the historic preservation tax credit program. This program provides tax credits to qualified historic preservation projects. I testified at the hearing, and my written testimony is at Kansas historic preservation tax credits should not be expanded.