Tag: Economic development
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Kansas migration trends
The migration trend of Kansas households is improving, but the trend of income is not.
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TIF, a Wichita ‘tool,’ might be on the way out in California
Tax increment financing (TIF), a key component for the financing of the revitalization of downtown Wichita, might be on the way out in California.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday March 10, 2011
Today: Kansas 2011 budget; green jobs; America, welfare nation; politics vs. free markets.
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Arts supporters make case in Kansas Senate committee
Arts supporters in Kansas make the case that without government funding, arts would wither away. But for many such organizations government support is a small portion of their budgets. Some, like Symphony in the Flint Hills, earn “profits” much larger than their grants from the state, and ought to return their funding to the taxpayers.
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Cabela’s CID should not be approved in Wichita
Outdoor retailer Cabela’s will ask the Wichita City Council to create a Community Improvement District (CID) for its benefit. The city should not approve this transfer of taxation — recognized as a public function — to a private entity for its exclusive benefit.
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Wichita Eagle endorsements out of step with Wichita
Yesterday’s primary election for Wichita city and school board races revealed a Wichita Eagle editorial board increasingly out of step with voters, who followed several of the board’s recommendations but also voted strongly against several Eagle-endorsed candidates.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday March 2, 2011
Today: Duplication in federal programs found; bureaucrats can’t change the way we drive … but they keep trying; Wednesdays in Wiedemann tonight; Americans for Prosperity website attacked; Kansas presidential primary pitched as economic development; Huelskamp joins Tea Party Caucus; how government works.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Sunday February 27, 2011
Today: Boeing tanker contract; Kansas Economic Freedom Index; elections this week; civility is lost on the Wisconsin protesters; help Wisconsin Governor Walker; Wichita city council.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday February 21, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; legislators on governor’s plan; Wisconsin demonstrations come to Kansas?; Wichita trash; Wichita mayoral forum didn’t go well; Wichita City Council this week; Sedgwick County commission this week.