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Sedgwick County misses opportunity to compel transparency
Read more: Sedgwick County misses opportunity to compel transparencyDuring today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, commissioners awarded funds to an organization without requiring accountability and transparency.
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Visioneering Wichita should not receive public funds
Read more: Visioneering Wichita should not receive public fundsI’m here today to recommend that this body not give taxpayer funds to Visioneering Wichita. My reason is simple: Many of the items that Visioneering is in favor of require government spending. Mr. Rolph told me that Visioneering doesn’t advocate for higher taxes. But any government spending — at least by governmental bodies other than…
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KNEA uses incomplete funding data to argue for tax hikes
Read more: KNEA uses incomplete funding data to argue for tax hikesIn a story illustrated with several charts, Kansas Liberty shows that the Kansas National Education Association or (KNEA, the teachers union), is not to be trusted when talking about Kansas school finance.
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Wichita Municipal Court judges should be elected
Read more: Wichita Municipal Court judges should be electedAt today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, John Todd makes the case that Wichita Municipal Court judges should be elected by the people rather than appointed by the council.
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Senator Steve Abrams to present topics in Kansas education
Read more: Senator Steve Abrams to present topics in Kansas educationAt this Friday’s meeting of the Wichita Pachyderm Club, Kansas Senator Dr. Steve Abrams, Republican from Arkansas City. Abrams served 14 years on the Kansas State Board of Education. In 2008 he was elected to the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district, which covers all of Cowley and Sumner counties, and a small portion of…
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Kansas news digest
Read more: Kansas news digestNews from alternative media around Kansas for December 14, 2009
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Kansas Policy Institute releases ‘Kansas Primer on Education Funding’
Read more: Kansas Policy Institute releases ‘Kansas Primer on Education Funding’Recently the Kansas Policy Institute (formerly known as the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy) released “A Kansas Primer on Education Funding.” This is a four-volume set of research, with volumes one and two available at present.
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DeGraaf delivers update on Kansas budget, other matters
Read more: DeGraaf delivers update on Kansas budget, other mattersLast Friday Kansas State Representative Pete DeGraaf, a Republican from Mulvane, updated members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club on the status of the Kansas budget and other legislative matters. He appeared with Representative Don Myers, a Republican from Derby.
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Peterjohn’s Kansas taxpayer protection platform recognized
Read more: Peterjohn’s Kansas taxpayer protection platform recognizedI was pleased to learn of the Sedgwick County Commission’s new legislative platform regarding property taxes. It reads, “All local sales tax increases must be approved by voters under Kansas law. All property tax increases that raise the mill levy should also be required to receive voter approval.”
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Former Congressman McEwen endorses Kelsey, talks about economics
Read more: Former Congressman McEwen endorses Kelsey, talks about economicsThis week former Ohio Representative Bob McEwen appeared in Wichita on behalf of Kansas Senator Dick Kelsey and his campaign for the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives from the fourth district of Kansas. At a breakfast meeting, McEwen said that his state — Ohio — needs Dick Kelsey in Congress, and…
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AFP releases Kansas education spending policy primer
Read more: AFP releases Kansas education spending policy primerAmericans for Prosperity-Kansas has released a three-page document that details some facts about Kansas spending on schools and education. “There have been claims that funding for schools has ‘returned to pre-Montoy levels,’” said AFP-Kansas state director Derrick Sontag. “However the policy primer clearly shows that K-12 education has realized nearly a $1 billion increase in…