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Americans for Prosperity Statement on the Current Special Session
Read more: Americans for Prosperity Statement on the Current Special SessionAmericans for Prosperity Statement on the Current Special SessionJune 29, 2005 “Americans for Prosperity — Kansas is pleased that both legislative leaders and Governor Sebelius have ruled out tax increases on Kansas families and businesses as a way to meet the recent Supreme Court ruling. The tax burden on Kansans is already too high and…
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Report from Topeka, June 30, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 30, 2005Thank you again, Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network, for your insights into the Kansas Legislature’s special session. The Kansas house passed on a 64-to-59 vote a school spending plan that is contingent on the court not removing any parts of this plan and the voters getting their hands on a constitutional amendment to…
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Report from Topeka, June 29, 2005 (afternoon edition)
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 29, 2005 (afternoon edition)A second report for today from Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network. The senate Republicans have weighed in and made a significant impact today. A majority of the GOP Senate caucus met with their leadership and made it clear that they would not be involved in other votes on school finance until the constitutional…
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Report from Topeka, June 29, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 29, 2005Thank you again, Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network, for your insights into the Kansas Legislature’s special session. The legislative special session is going to reach a crucial turning point today at the Kansas statehouse. A group of tax and spend Republicans, lead by Rep. Ward Loyd, Rino-Garden City met with Governor Sebelius and…
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Report from Topeka, June 28, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 28, 2005Thank you, Karl Peterjohn, Executive Director of Kansas Taxpayers Network. Here’s a legislative update from Topeka as of noon Tuesday. A proposal to raise income and sales taxes has appeared now that the gambling measures are unable to pass out of the Kansas senate in the on going battle over judicial interference with the legislature…
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Report from Topeka, June 24, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 24, 2005Thank you again, Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network The $160.7 million school spending bill approved by the Kansas senate yesterday passed with the votes of all 10 senate Democrats and 15 GOP tax ‘n spenders. These legislators were also willing to surrender their constitutional and budget authority to the six appointed members of…
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Report from Topeka, June 23, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 23, 2005Writing from a rest stop on Interstate 80 in Iowa where there is free wireless Internet access: Thank you again, Karl Peterjohn of the Kansas Taxpayers Network, for your insights into the Kansas Legislature’s special session. The Kansas senate begin surrendering their legislative powers to the Kansas Supreme Court when a 25-to-14 majority approved a…
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Jayhawk Judgment
Read more: Jayhawk JudgmentKansas already spends a shade under $10,000 per student in the public schools — the most in the region and above the national average even though Kansas is a low cost-of-living state. Also ignored by the courts were the volumes of scientific evidence that the link between school spending and educational achievement is close to…
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Gambling for education
Read more: Gambling for educationIn a free society dedicated to personal liberty, people should be able to gamble.
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Report from Topeka, June 22, 2005
Read more: Report from Topeka, June 22, 2005Here’s a report on the special session of the Kansas Legislature from Karl Peterjohn, Executive Director of the Kansas Taxpayers Network. Thanks to Karl for his fine reporting and commentary. Here’s the start of a blog for KTN and any other quality Kansas sites interested in this state’s fiscal crisis thanks to our left-wing, prejudiced…
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How teaching math is politicized in public schools
Read more: How teaching math is politicized in public schoolsThe Wall Street Journal, in an article titled “Ethnomathematics” (June, 20, 2005, available at this link, although registration may be required) tells us of the transformation of mathematics from a universal language and tool for understanding and problem-solving to a “tool to advance social justice.”
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How children lose in the Kansas Legislature’s special session
Read more: How children lose in the Kansas Legislature’s special sessionBecause the conventional wisdom is that smaller class sizes are good for students, the extra money and smaller class sizes will be saluted as a victory for the children. Editorial writers, school administrators, teachers, and those who don’t care to confront facts will thank the Kansas Supreme Court and Kansas Legislature for saving the children.