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Dale Swenson on Kansas tax exemptions
Read more: Dale Swenson on Kansas tax exemptionsDo Kansas business tax exemptions benefit only business at great cost to the state? Member of the Kansas House of Representatives Dale Swenson thinks so, according to a recent letter written by him that appeared in the Wichita Eagle. He cites a Kansas sales tax exemption on the purchase of hearing aids, something Swenson says…
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Global Warming: Hoax or Reality?
Read more: Global Warming: Hoax or Reality?Wichita’s Dennis Hedke will appear at two forums at Johnson County Community College that will explore the topic of climate change. The documentary film Not Evil Just Wrong — the antidote to Al Gore and global warming extremism — will be shown, too. My review of this film is at ‘Not Evil Just Wrong’ a…
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Kansas alternative media senate access discussed on WIBW
Read more: Kansas alternative media senate access discussed on WIBWKansas Watchdog reporting at Kansas Senate decides who is press and who is not may have caught the eye of Topeka radio talk show hosts Raubin Pierce and Megan Mosack, as they invited me to appear on their show today to talk about my inability to obtain press credentials at the Kansas Senate.
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For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solution
Read more: For Kansas teachers union, fund balances are an illusion, not a solutionToday’s edition of Under the Dome Today — that’s the house organ of the Kansas National Education Association or (KNEA, the teachers union) — contains a story with the headline “Anti-Government Group launches another attack on public education.” A more accurate headline might read “School spending advocacy group refuses to acknowledge budget solution that Kansas…
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To some, Democrats not bold enough, despite Massachusetts results
Read more: To some, Democrats not bold enough, despite Massachusetts resultsA coalition of liberal political action groups has released a poll that contradicts the conventional wisdom stemming from Tuesday’s election.
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Bill would allow Kansas school districts to increase local tax levy
Read more: Bill would allow Kansas school districts to increase local tax levyKansas Senate Bill 385, introduced by John Vratil, Senate Vice President and Republican from Leawood, would let Kansas school districts increase their local property tax levies beyond what is currently allowed.
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Public forum on WaterWalk hotel proposal
Read more: Public forum on WaterWalk hotel proposalOn Monday January 25, a group of citizens will hold a public forum concerning the proposal for a hotel in the WaterWalk development in downtown Wichita.
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Another Republican Congressional candidate forum
Read more: Another Republican Congressional candidate forumThis Friday, January 22nd, the Sumner County Republican Party sponsors a forum with candidates for the Republican Party nomination for the United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas.
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Kansas property tax reform proposed
Read more: Kansas property tax reform proposedThe Kansas Policy Institute has released a proposal for property tax reform in Kansas that will protect property owners from what some call “stealth” tax increases. These increases result from the fact that the property tax system has two factors or moving parts: appraised valuations, and the mill levy (or tax rate). Governments — the…
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Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission hearing today
Read more: Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission hearing todayToday the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission is holding a hearing to consider changes to its rules regarding confidentiality. James Meier of Lawrence has experience with these rules, as he relates in Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission in need of reform. Following is the testimony that Meier will deliver at the hearing this afternoon.
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for January 20, 2010.
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Estes Park repeals TIF district
Read more: Estes Park repeals TIF districtA city in Colorado has voted to repeal a TIF district. Wichitans ought to take notice. Randal O’Toole, the author of the post, notes the complexity of the TIF mechanism. This is in line with testimony I’ve delivered to the Wichita City Council, in which I characterized TIF districts as “a confusing arrangement that hides…