Tag: Kansas state government
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Kauffman paper on local business incentive programs
The paper “Evaluating Firm-Specific Location Incentives: An Application to the Kansas PEAK Program,” from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation introduces a proposed evaluation method and applies it to Promoting Employment Across Kansas (PEAK), one of that state’s primary incentive programs.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school finance and reform, Charles Koch on why he fights for liberty
The Kansas legislature passed a school finance bill that contains reform measures that the education establishment doesn’t want. In response, our state’s newspapers uniformly support the system rather than Kansas schoolchildren. Then, in the Wall Street Journal Charles Koch explains why liberty is important, and why he’s fighting for that.
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In Kansas City, private schools seen as ‘a perversion’
If you’ve ever wondered about the difference between public schools and private schools, a top Kansas school administrator knows the difference.
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Rich States, Poor States for 2014 released
In the 2014 edition of Rich States, Poor States, Kansas continues with middle-of-the-pack performance rankings, and fell in the forward-looking forecast.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Schools and the nature of competition and cooperation, Wind power and taxes
A Kansas newspaper editorial is terribly confused about schools and the nature of competition in markets. Then, we already knew that the wind power industry in Kansas enjoys tax credits and mandates. Now we learn that the industry largely escapes paying property taxes.
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Kansas values, applied to schools
A Kansas public policy advocacy group makes an emotional pitch to petition signers, but signers should first be aware of actual facts.
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Kansas not good on spending visibility
The results are in, and the news isn’t good: Kansas continues to plummet in state spending transparency rankings, and it barely squeaked by with a grade of D-minus, according to a report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
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Kansas Policy Institute at work
A recap of what Kansas Policy institute has done the past few years leaves me to wonder how anyone who cares about Kansas schoolchildren could be opposed to the work KPI has done.
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In Kansas, base state aid is only a small part of spending
Considering only base state aid per pupil leads to an incomplete understanding of school spending in Kansas. The Gannon school finance decision reinforces this.
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After Gannon, will Kansas public school spending boosters still love courts and constitutions?
Will Kansas Progressives’ expressed love for courts and constitutions hold up in light of the school finance decision?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Kansas school finance lawsuit, problems solved?
The Kansas Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Gannon v. Kansas, the school finance lawsuit. What did the court say, and did it address the real and important issues with Kansas schools?
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WichitaLiberty.TV: For whose benefit are elections, school employment, wind power, unions, unemployment
The controversy over the timing of city and school board elections provides an insight into government. Then: Can a candidate for governor’s claims about Kansas school employment be believed? Wind power is expensive electricity, very expensive. A Wichita auto dealer pushes back against union protests. Finally, what is the real rate of unemployment in America?