Search results for: “historic tax credits”
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Coalition to Congress: End the wind production tax credit
The problems with bestowing government favors on wind energy are myriad — it doesn’t produce cheaper energy, it threatens electrical grid reliability, it’s inefficient, it’s unprincipled tax policy, to name a few — and it’s time to end this misguided handout.
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Kansas should adopt food sales tax amendment
A proposed constitutional amendment would reduce, then eliminate, the sales tax on food in Kansas.
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Sedgwick County Arena Sales Tax Ready to Pass
Following is a message from Karl Peterjohn, Executive Director Kansas Taxpayers Network, regarding the debate over SB 58, allowing Sedgwick County to raise its sales tax to pay for the downtown Wichita arena. I listened to the (as Karl rightly characterises it) “debate.” Karl’s reporting of the legislative action and the effects the sales tax…
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Happy Fiscal New Year, Kansas (not)
A Kansas public policy group celebrates tax increases. But it isn’t enough, and more reform is required.
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Income tax rates and taxes paid
Is there a relationship between marginal tax rates and tax dollars collected? Not much.
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The Wichita Eagle on Kansas sales tax exemptions
The Wichita Eagle editorial board writes an editorial that gives false hope to advocates of more taxation and more spending.
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An ill wind blows in Kansas: The politics of renewable energy
Kansas Representative Charlotte O’Hara, who represents Kansas House District 27 in southern Johnson County, offers a look at the politics surrounding wind power in Kansas.
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Fact-Check: Major Claims from Trump’s November 25, 2025 Air Force One Press Gaggle
This fact-check examines the veracity of major claims made by President Donald Trump during his November 25, 2025 press gaggle aboard Air Force One. Claims were verified using authoritative sources including government data, established fact-checking organizations, academic institutions, and investigative journalism.
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Wind Power: Why Special Tax Treatment?
A recent article in USA Today (Renewable energy firms clamor for tax breaks) reports on the uncertainty of whether the U.S. Congress will extend the tax credits that subsidize solar and wind power investment. From the article: Some $500 million in investment and production tax credits will expire Dec. 31 unless Congress renews them. Without…
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Fact Check: Kansas Week’s 2026 Kansas 4th District Congressional Candidate Forum
What did Kansas 4th District candidates Ron Estes, Katy Tyndell and Drew Cranmer get right and wrong? A detailed fact-check of their October 23, 2026, PBS Kansas forum examines inflation, health care, tariffs, immigration, federal spending and public broadcasting.
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Wichita Ambassador Hotel radio ads
Radio ads explain the real cost of the Ambassador Hotel in Wichita.