Tag: Government spending
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Kansas highways set to crumble, foresees former budget director
Duane Goossen, former high Kansas government official, says the state’s highways are in trouble. What is his evidence?
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Kansas and Iowa schools
Should Kansas schools aspire to be more like Iowa schools?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan
Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute joins Bob and Karl to discuss his new book What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan –- The Undoing of a Good Idea.
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What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan
Tax relief opponents have repeatedly pointed to the 2012 Kansas tax plan as their primary example of why tax cuts do not work. But, other states like North Carolina, Indiana, and Tennessee contemporaneously, and successfully, cut taxes. What was different about the Kansas experience?
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Dale Dennis, sage of Kansas school finance?
Is the state’s leading expert on school funding truly knowledgeable, or is he untrustworthy?
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Wichita check register
Wichita spending data presented as a summary, and as a list.
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Briefs
Another Wichita Eagle publisher Wichita Business Journal: “McClatchy Co. spokeswoman Jeanne Segal told the Wichita Business Journal on Wednesday that Kelly Mirt has resigned and will rejoin his family in North Carolina. … Mirt was announced as the Eagle’s publisher and vice president of advertising in July. … Mirt came to Wichita after the of…
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Cost per visitor to Wichita cultural attractions
Wichitans might be surprised to learn the cost of cultural attractions.
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Kansas school spending
New data for spending in Kansas schools is available.