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Pompeo, Huelskamp given nod by Club For Growth
Read more: Pompeo, Huelskamp given nod by Club For GrowthKansas Republican congressional hopefuls Mike Pompeo (fourth district) and Tim Huelskamp (first district) have been endorsed by the Club For Growth.
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Businesses in Old Town Cinema district fought property taxes
Read more: Businesses in Old Town Cinema district fought property taxesAs reported in the Wichita Eagle by Brent Wistrom: “Business owners in a special taxing district surrounding the Old Town Warren Theatre have fought to have their property taxes reduced, forcing the city to cover debts incurred when the city bought land, installed utilities and built a park to spur the development.” I guess no…
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Wichita city council signals possible change in economic development incentive policy
Read more: Wichita city council signals possible change in economic development incentive policyAt today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, discussion by council members and their vote may signal a change in the city’s stance toward economic development incentives.
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Urban planning: Wichita should reject the fads Portland has followed
Read more: Urban planning: Wichita should reject the fads Portland has followedUrban planners say they can make our cities more livable, our downtowns more vibrant, and our traffic calmer. The problem is that urban planners do not understand how cities work, so all of their plans often turn out disastrously wrong. Many urban planners are quite capable of planning a sewer line, a road, a bus…
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Insurance commissioner candidate to speak in Wichita
Read more: Insurance commissioner candidate to speak in WichitaAt the Wichita Pachyderm Club this Friday, candidate for the Republican party nomination for Kansas Insurance Commissioner David Powell speak to members and guests.
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The problem with Sarah Palin
Read more: The problem with Sarah PalinNot everyone is enthusiastic about the rise in popularity of Sarah Palin.
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Randal O’Toole discusses urban planning in Wichita
Read more: Randal O’Toole discusses urban planning in WichitaLast week Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole was in Wichita. He delivered a public lecture Thursday evening to a crowd that braved poor weather to attend. O’Toole said he spent 15 years studying urban planning. He said he’s learned this: “Urban planners promise us paradise on earth, but first we have to give them…
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Urban planning discussed on Kansas Week
Read more: Urban planning discussed on Kansas WeekEconomist, author, and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole discusses urban planning and redevelopment on the KPTS Television public affairs program Kansas Week. Tim Brown is the host.
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State budget ‘gap’ is all about perspective
Read more: State budget ‘gap’ is all about perspectiveWhen businesses or individuals talk about cutting their expenses, it means they are going to spend less money that they did in the past. But when governments talk about budget cuts they often have a different perspective: they are spending less than they had hoped to but not necessarily less than the year before. For…
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Government spending does not create prosperity
Read more: Government spending does not create prosperityIn his op-ed Don’t buy canard about spending, Alan Cobb of Americans for Prosperity writes about the illusion that government spending creates economic growth. It’s an important topic, as we’ve just been through nearly a year of Obama stimulus spending, and people are wondering if the effort has paid off. Locally in Kansas, spending advocates…
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Don’t buy canard about spending
Read more: Don’t buy canard about spending“Canard” is a funny word. It keeps popping into my head anytime I read another self-anointed do-gooder who claims that government spending leads to economic growth.
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Goal of Kansas tax reform is economic growth
Read more: Goal of Kansas tax reform is economic growthDr. Art Hall, who is Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the University of Kansas has proposed a radical change and simplification to the Kansas tax system. Besides simplification of the way the state collects taxes, the major goal of the proposal is to encourage economic growth in Kansas.