Tag: Kansas state government
-
Kansas and national jobs, March 2018
Over the past year, Kansas job growth trailed the nation, except in government.
-

WichitaLiberty.TV: United States Senator Dr. Tom Coburn
United States Senator Dr. Tom Coburn wrote the foreword to the book “What Was Really the Matter with the Kansas Tax Plan – The Undoing of a Good Idea.” He’s here to tell us what went wrong, and what we need to do.
-

WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas Senator Ty Masterson
Kansas Senator Ty Masterson, a Republican from Andover, joins Bob and Karl to update us on happenings in the Kansas Legislature.
-

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?
-

Kansas and Iowa schools
Should Kansas schools aspire to be more like Iowa schools?
-

Kansas personal income
Personal income in Kansas rose in 2017 at a rate one-third that of the nation.
-

From Pachyderm: Can Wichita Elect a Governor?
From the Wichita Pachyderm Club: Dr. Russell Arben Fox, who is Professor of Political Science at Friends University. His topic was “Can Wichita Elect a Governor? Musings on the Kansas Political Landscape.”
-

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.
-

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?
-

WichitaLiberty.TV: Danedri Herbert, Editor of The Sentinel
The Sentinel’s Danedri Herbert joins Bob Weeks to discuss the upcoming gubernatorial debate, the Kansas Legislature’s website and transparency, and accountability in government.
-

Unemployment in Kansas
New Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer proudly cites the low Kansas unemployment rate, but there is more to the story.
-

Kansas GDP growth
Kansas ranks low among the states in growth of gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2017.