Tag: Government spending
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Confirming a cabinet, Kansas spending, and Kansas finances
Co-host Karl Peterjohn and Bob Weeks discuss technological progress, confirmation hearings, whether Kansas will trim spending or raise taxes, and Kansas fiscal nightmares. Episode 135, broadcast January 22, 2017.
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Kansas school spending, an interactive visualization
An interactive visualization of spending for Kansas school districts.
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Spending on roads in Kansas
A look at actual spending on Kansas highways, apart from transfers.
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Again, KPERS shows why public pension reform is essential
Proposals in the Kansas budget for fiscal year 2018 are more evidence of why defined-benefit pension plans are incompatible with the public sector.
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Benefits of tax cuts without raising debt
President-elect Donald Trump should learn from Kansas’s mistake on income-tax reduction — don’t reduce revenue and increase spending.
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In Wichita, converting a hotel into street repairs
In Wichita, it turns out we have to sell a hotel in order to fix our streets.
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The plan to raise your taxes that can’t be found
A coalition of Kansas advocacy groups wants to raise your taxes, but the plan is difficult to find.
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Economic development incentives at the margin
The evaluation of economic development incentives in Wichita and Kansas requires thinking at the margin, not the entirety.
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Wichita to grant property and sales tax relief
Several large employers in Wichita ask to avoid paying millions in taxes, which increases the cost of government for everyone else, including young companies struggling to break through.
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Gary Sherrer and Kansas Policy Institute
A former Kansas government official criticizes Kansas Policy Institute.
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Wichita bridges, well memorialized
Drivers — like me — on East Twenty-First Street in Wichita are happy that the work on a small bridge is complete, but may not be pleased with one aspect of the project.
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Spending in the States
The National Association of State Budget Officers publishes spending data for the states. In this interactive visualization, I present the data in a graphical and flexible format.