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In Wichita, Declaration of Independence to be read
Read more: In Wichita, Declaration of Independence to be readToo many times we have heard the upcoming National Holiday referred to as “firecracker day.” I wonder, have we really been dumbed down to the point we no longer know why we celebrate on that day? As such, a team of good voices will be reading the Declaration of Independence aloud this upcoming 4th of…
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Wichita Eagle reporter to speak to Pachyderms
Read more: Wichita Eagle reporter to speak to PachydermsThis Friday, Wichita Eagle investigative and special reporter Dion Lefler will speak to the Wichita Pachyderm Club.
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EPA suppresses internal global warming study
Read more: EPA suppresses internal global warming studyIs there any doubt that the crusade against global warming is motivated as much by politics as by anything else? The Competitive Enterprise Institute has uncovered an effort within the Environmental Protection Agency to suppress “scientific analysis of climate change because of political pressure to support the Administration’s policy agenda of regulating carbon dioxide.”
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Kansas needs independent charter schools
Read more: Kansas needs independent charter schoolsRight now, only school districts can sponsor charter schools, and even then, only schools physically located within their boundaries. Some may be willing to give the schools the autonomy they need to be charter schools. Others, though, aren’t. So let’s give KU, K-State, education service centers, and other organizations the right to sponsor charter schools.…
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Kansas Action for Children calls for tax increase
Read more: Kansas Action for Children calls for tax increaseReporting by Paul Soutar of the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy shows Kansas Action for Children (KAC) calling for higher taxes on Kansans. Soutar cites a KAC report: “The long-term solution to avoid increasing budget gaps is to update and modernize the Kansas tax system in a way that accurately reflects the current economy…
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Homeland Security may impose new regulations on agriculture
Read more: Homeland Security may impose new regulations on agricultureAt the Kansas Meadowlark, there’s some video about Chemical facility anti-terrorism standards.
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In Wichita, special assessment financing gone wild
Read more: In Wichita, special assessment financing gone wildAt today’s meeting of the Wichita City Council, a privately-owned condominium association is seeking special assessment financing to make repairs to it building.
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Earthjustice meddles in Kansas again
Read more: Earthjustice meddles in Kansas againThe radical environmentalist group Earthjustice is again meddling in Kansas energy policy. They’ve sent a “warning letter” to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
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Environmental myths of the Left
Read more: Environmental myths of the LeftOne of the powerful stories radical environmentalists — or any environmentalists for that matter — tell is how the river in Cleveland caught on fire. Water burning: that’s a real environmental disaster. Government must step in a do something! Today the Competitive Enterprise Institute tells the true story. It turns out that it was not…
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It’s time to audit the Federal Reserve Bank
Read more: It’s time to audit the Federal Reserve BankThe secretive FR [Federal Reserve] is a monetary oligarchy and an unelected monopoly that has control of credit, interest, volume and value of our currency. Until the people regain control of their money, bankers and not the government, will control the situation and our property,” says Al Terwelp, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of…
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School choice would save, not cost, Kansas
Read more: School choice would save, not cost, KansasAs reported in my post Moving Kansas schools from monopoly to free choice, the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy has recently reported how school choice programs could give Kansas a better return on its education dollar. Here’s some additional evidence that Kansas is missing out on an opportunity.