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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…
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‘MyWichita’ a useful service
Read more: ‘MyWichita’ a useful serviceThe City of Wichita has a feature on its website that lets citizens receive timely and useful information by email, instead of requiring citizens to continually check the site for updates
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Kansas school funding email confuses, misleads
Read more: Kansas school funding email confuses, misleadsKansas Liberty is reporting that an email message making the rounds is based on incorrect and misleading information.
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Oklahoma City sales tax passes; model for Wichita
Read more: Oklahoma City sales tax passes; model for WichitaOn Tuesday, voters in Oklahoma City passed a new sales tax to fund downtown improvements. It passed by a vote of 54 percent to 46 percent. Wichitans can count on a similar sales tax being proposed for whatever projects the year-long downtown planning process calls for.
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‘Kansas Reporter’ launched
Read more: ‘Kansas Reporter’ launchedThis week the Kansas Policy Institute announced the launch of KansasReporter, a new news service covering Kansas government. Combined with some other relatively new sources of news, analysis, and commentary — Kansas Liberty, Kansas Watchdog, State of the State, Kansas and a few older sources like Kansas Meadowlark and Voice For Liberty in Wichita –…
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Peterjohn presses taxpayer protection platform through Sedgwick County Commission
Read more: Peterjohn presses taxpayer protection platform through Sedgwick County CommissionAt today’s meeting of the Sedgwick County Commission, commissioners revised the county’s 2010 legislative platform, adding important and groundbreaking taxpayer protection to the platform. The split vote lets voters know without a doubt where commissioners stand on taxpayer protection issues.