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Can Wichita government investment create jobs?
Read more: Can Wichita government investment create jobs?Recently the president of the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition wrote an op-ed that engaged in a large measure of self-congratulation, while at the same time asking for even more resources. (Vicki Pratt Gerbino: Invest in recruiting, preserving area jobs, February 15, 2009 Wichita Eagle) We need to examine whether activities of groups like the…
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Kansas budget crisis, now
Read more: Kansas budget crisis, nowThe Kansas Liberty story Lawmakers claim Sebelius’ demand for money would violate state statutes reports on a conflict between the two parties named in the story’s title.
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5 Questions: Proposition K
Read more: 5 Questions: Proposition KThe Shawnee Dispatch reports on an informational meeting in Johnson County. The article is 5 Questions: Proposition K. There’s also a poll to express your support (or not) or Proposition K.
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Kansas minimum wage
Read more: Kansas minimum wageA group in Kansas is pressing for raising the state minimum wage. Will raising it help or harm low-wage earners? And are the policy goals — taken in their entirety — of the groups pressing for a higher minimum wage in the best interest of workers?
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Advocates for Invisible Kansans comment, not one “thank you”
Read more: Advocates for Invisible Kansans comment, not one “thank you”About a week ago my post Invisible Kansans Tell Their Stories somehow came to the attention of advocates of the disabled, and several left a few comments to the article.
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Have Kansas tax cuts caused our budget problem?
Read more: Have Kansas tax cuts caused our budget problem?The budget problem in Kansas is the result of “irresponsible tax cutting,” according to Steve Rose, publisher of the Johnson County Sun. He really wrote that.
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Activist Training to be Held in Wichita
Read more: Activist Training to be Held in WichitaOn Saturday February 28, American Majority and Americans For Prosperity will hold Special Joint Activist Training In Wichita, KS. Here’s more information from American Majority: The training will be hosted by American Majority and AFP — Kansas, who will be presenting exclusive training to enable common citizens to make a difference in their communities by…
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Oops. Facebook Changes its Mind on AFP Stimulus Ad.
Read more: Oops. Facebook Changes its Mind on AFP Stimulus Ad.See Kudos to FaceBook for Changing Their Position Right Away.
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Facebook Finds Stimulus Petition Ad Misleading
Read more: Facebook Finds Stimulus Petition Ad MisleadingMy blogger friend Blue Collar Muse reports on a disturbing development at the extremely popular social networking site Facebook. The post FaceBook Drops NoStimulus.com Ad After Complaints explains.
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Essential Government Employees Only
Read more: Essential Government Employees OnlyWhen the weather’s bad with snow or ice, sometimes you’ll hear on morning radio or television news that because of dangerous road conditions “only essential government employees should report to work today.” Wait a minute — does this mean that some government employees are non-essential?
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Kansas Climate Change Group Changes
Read more: Kansas Climate Change Group ChangesIn his piece Separate But Still the Same, climate change alarmist watchdog Paul Chesser writes “A global warming alarmist group that masqueraded for the last few years as an objective consultant for many states announced this week that it has been disowned by its global warming alarmist parents.” This article describes changes made at the…
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Proposition K opponents sometimes misinformed
Read more: Proposition K opponents sometimes misinformedIn public debate, sometimes people don’t let facts or reason get in the way of arguments they want to press. This is the case in some of the comments left to a Wichita Eagle article about Proposition K, an effort to reform property tax appraisals in Kansas.