Tag: Kansas state government
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Extra money in Kansas school funds could help with budget
Continuing a debate on Kansas school funding on the KPTS television public affairs program Kansas Week, Kansas Policy Institute (formerly the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy) President Dave Trabert appeared tonight to present KPI’s findings about school funding. While school spending advocates have criticized these findings, there’s really good news for Kansas in the…
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Wiggans, drug profiteer, in race to be Kansas governor
I’m waiting for this headline to pop up in Kansas newspapers or blogs. But how else will Kansas leftists be able to describe Tom Wiggans, the newly announced candidate for the Democratic party nomination for Kansas governor? Described by the Associated Press as “a former pharmaceutical company executive” — wait, doesn’t that describe a person…
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‘Efficiency Kansas’ introduced in Wichita
At stops in Topeka and Wichita, Kansas officials introduced the Efficiency Kansas loan program. This is a program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the stimulus bill. In Kansas, the State Energy Office, a subsidiary of the Kansas Corporation Commission, was awarded $38 million to foster energy efficiency…
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Kansas economy debated in Wichita
Last Thursday at a meeting of the City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association of Kansas, the effectiveness of the federal economic stimulus and the Kansas economy were discussed. Americans For Prosperity National Director of State Operations Alan Cobb and Kansas Secretery of Revenue Joan Wagnon were the participants, with Dale Goter, Wichita Governmental Relations…
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Failure of one program doesn’t justify forming another
The blogger at the KRA got it just right in the post Liberal-socialists ignore government failure in insuring children.
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Carlos Mayans addresses state and local issues
Last Friday immediate past Wichita mayor Carlos Mayans addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. Speaking of his experience as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, Mayans said that Kansas state spending must be brought under control. Having served under governors from both parties, he said that Republicans spend as much…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 9, 2009.
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Uncertainty over Broadview’s future doesn’t bother Wichita
Yesterday the Wichita City Council approved plans for riverbank improvements that would benefit the Broadview Hotel in downtown Wichita. The cost is $2,200,000. One of the problems with this action is that the renovation of the hotel is on hold, according to recent reporting. The reason given by the hotel’s owners, Drury Southwest Inc., is…
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Kansas News Digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for November 2, 2009.
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Rep. Steve Brunk on Kansas taxes and spending
Speaking to the Wichita Pachyderm Club on Friday, Kansas Representative Steve Brunk addressed taxation and spending in Kansas government. Brunk said “We need more taxpayers, not more and higher taxes.” In evaluating legislation, he said he asks these questions: Does this help the state of Kansas bring companies to the state, and does it offer…
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Rep. Steve Brunk to address Pachyderms
This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas State Representative Steve Brunk, Republican from Bel Aire, as the speaker. His topics will include proposed House Concurrent Resolution 5019, the REAL (Revenue Expenditure and Assessment Limitations) Act — a state constitutional amendment dealing with revenue, expenditures, assessment, and limited government, the need to restructure the budget,…
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Kansas news digest
News from alternative media around Kansas for October 26, 2009.