Tag: Kansas legislature
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 10, 2011
Today: Politicians’ Top 10 Promises Gone Wrong; Cabela’s to seek community improvement district tax, Kansas legislature website.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Thursday February 3, 2011
Today: Wichita-area legislators to meet with public; fairness; regulations to eliminate; Kansas considers major change in state pension plans; funny campaign websites.
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Kansas arts funding supporters are misinformed, or worse
Supporters of Kansas government arts funding are either misinformed or lying about the facts they use to make their case for continuation of taxpayer support of the arts.
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In Kansas, political signs are okay, despite covenants
Kansas law allows political yard signs despite provisions in neighborhood covenants.
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Kansas school teacher cuts
As Kansas struggles with its budget and decides what to do with public schools, advocates of public school spending exaggerate claims of pending job cuts and fail to take advantage of an opportunity to improve our state’s base of teachers.
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AFP Kansas legislative agenda
Americans for Prosperity, Kansas has released a legislative agenda focused on controlling the growth of state spending and placing the state’s budget on a fiscally sound footing.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 26, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; warden to speak; Why have your own state if you’re not special; the plain truth about who owns the Democratic Party; Kansas repealer; school choice in Kansas; Kansas Days.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 17, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; federal health care reform costs; Wichita City Council; Sedgwick County Commission; Eisenhower on military industrial complex; Rasmussen last week.
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Kansas school reform issues
As Kansas struggles to find funding for its public schools and other functions of government, we’re losing an opportunity to examine our schools and see if they’re performing as well as they should, both financially and academically.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 12, 2011
Today: New Kansas Legislature website; few states, including Kansas, have good charter school laws; Will on Tuscon shootings; public safety director at Pachyderm; Kansas state sovereignty rally; AFP Kansas podcasts.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 11, 2011
Today: Legislature website still down; treasurer to ask for more information; Wichita CID proposals delayed; Longwell on citizen knowledge; State of the State tomorrow; this week at Sedgwick County Commission; changes to Kansas campaign law recommended.
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Kansas legislative forums should be for citizens
Kansas legislative forums are designed for citizen participation, but taxpayer-funded agencies appeared, too.