Search results for: “historic tax credits”
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Trump Celebrates “No Tax on Social Security” at The Villages, Announces Medicare Weight Loss Drug Coverage and Iran War Update
President Trump’s May 1 Villages address packed in major senior policy news: the new law cutting taxes on Social Security for millions, Medicare coverage of Wegovy and Zepbound at $50/month starting July 1, and a report on Operation Epic Fury.
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Article Summaries for April 2026
Article Summaries for April 2026
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At Wichita City Council, facts are in dispute
Some Wichita City Council members, including Mayor Carl Brewer, criticize citizens for their use of inaccurate and misleading information. So how do the statements made by council members fare when subjected to scrutiny?
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Exchange Place still not good for Wichita, others
Despite having shed the problems with the former owners, the Exchange Place project has become an even worse deal for the taxpayers, job seekers, and investors of Wichita, Kansas, and the nation.
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Wind Production Tax Credits Aren’t Free of Cost
Nancy Jackson of the Climate and Energy Project in Kansas has some tips for citizens and candidates to use when talking about global warming. The article Tips for citizens and candidates – talking about the Production Tax Credit contains warnings about what will happen if the Production Tax Credit (PTC) isn’t extended beyond its scheduled…
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Uncertainty over Broadview’s future doesn’t bother Wichita
Yesterday the Wichita City Council approved plans for riverbank improvements that would benefit the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita. The cost is $2,200,000. One of the problems with this action is that the renovation of the hotel is on hold, according to recent reporting. The reason given by the hotel’s owners, Drury Southwest Inc., is…
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Kansas bonds downgraded; economic development programs imperiled
Moody’s Investor Service has downgraded the credit rating of a series of bonds that Kansas uses to fund an economic development program. The utility of other programs may be in doubt.
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Wind tax credits are government spending in disguise
Wind power tax credits are government spending in disguise, despite the mistaken beliefs of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas regarding the economic effect of tax credits that benefit the wind power industry.
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The ‘tax expenditure’ solution for our national debt
While most critics of government spending focus on entitlements, regular appropriations, and earmarks, there is a category of spending that not many pay much attention to. The spending is called “tax expenditures.” In Kansas some have been calling them “tax appropriations.” It’s a big issue. As economist Martin Feldstein writes in the Wall Street Journal,…
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Trump Defeats Harris, Marking Historic Comeback
TRUMP DEFEATS HARRIS, MARKING HISTORIC COMEBACK Donald Trump has won the 2024 U.S. presidential election, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in a historic comeback. Trump campaigned on his record from his first term, urging Americans to compare his leadership with that of the Biden administration, which Harris struggled to distance herself from. Her campaign faced…
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Trump Describes Beijing Summit as Historic ‘G2’ Meeting, Announces 200 Boeing Jets Deal and Chinese Oil Purchases From U.S.
President Trump sat down with Sean Hannity in Beijing hours after his summit with President Xi. The interview reveals key trade commitments, new details on Iran’s military collapse, and Trump’s bold ‘G2’ framing of the U.S.-China relationship. Fact-check and summary.