Tag: Kansas legislature
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday May 4, 2011
Today: Stripper bill III; Arts Commission funding in; sunshine needed on public pensions and benefits; beyond the debt ceiling headlines.
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KPERS editorial a disservice to Kansans
A Wichita Eagle editorial on KPERS, the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, understates the urgency with which the state must proceed to solve the problem.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday May 2, 2011
Today: Shale gas to be topic in Wichita; Wichita City Council this week; Williams on the role of race in economics; spending cuts preferred to taxes; except some prefer taxes; teacher evaluation systems; misguided efforts to improve capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday April 29, 2011
Today: George Soros: Not just sinister; also stupid; legislators at work for you 372 days a year; Kansas doesn’t benefit from alternative certification.
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KPERS solution not likely this session
Kansas lawmakers seem unlikely to make reforms to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement system (KPERS) in the 2011 legislative session.
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Kansas Chamber finds voters favor cuts, not tax increases to balance budget
A survey of Kansas voters conducted on behalf of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce found widespread support for cutting spending rather than raising taxes as the way to balance the Kansas budget. Support was also found for cutting state worker salaries, or reducing the number of state employees.
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Economist: KPERS must undergo serious reform
Barry W. Poulson, retired professor of economics at the University of Colorado, said that Kansas legislators are finally starting to realize the importance of dealing with the unfunded liability in the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), but cautioned that proposals currently in the legislature don’t contain the fundamental cost-saving reforms that are needed and…
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Kansas governor should veto arts commission funding
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback can do the human spirit and all the people of Kansas a favor by vetoing government funding of the arts in Kansas.
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CAP: Class size reduction not effective
The Center for American Progress releases a report on the ineffectiveness of class size reduction.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday April 20, 2011
Today: Regulation as state moneymaker; Kansas populism to be topic at Pachyderm; KPERS to be topic of breakfast meeting; Wichita-area legislators to meet with public.
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Kansas Bioscience Authority, protected
The Kansas Bioscience Authority has been protected by Kansas Senate leaders Steve Morris and John Vratil.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday April 12, 2011
Today: Moody’s down on Kansas finances; Kansas tax revenue; Kansas consensus revenue estimating group.