Tag: Kansas state government
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Kansas school standards and other states
Do those who call for more Kansas school spending defend the standards Kansas applies to these schools?
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Kansas taxes, the debate
Kansans are not being helped by their stable of newspaper editorial boards.
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AFP-Kansas statement on 2013 legislative session
Americans for Prosperity-Kansas remarks on the completion of the 2013 session of the Kansas Legislature.
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Spending and taxing in the states
How does Kansas state government spending compare to other states?
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Kansas Senate and staggered terms
Would staggered terms in the Kansas Senate make a difference? Let’s flip the coin.
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Kansas looks better in Rich States, Poor States report
A new edition of Rich States, Poor States signals a brighter future for Kansas.
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In Kansas, it’s more important to be right than quick
It’s more important to finish the legislative session with policies that will work to the benefit of Kansas rather than to finish on any particular day.
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Kansas has a spending problem, not a tax problem
The data could not be clearer. Kansas has higher state taxes than many states because Kansas spends a lot more than those states.
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Taxes and state income growth
If Kansas wants to experience growth in income, it’s important that the legislature finish the session without raising taxes, as research establishes a link between high taxes and negative effects on income growth.
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Do economic development incentives work?
On the three major questions — Do economic development incentives create new jobs? Are those jobs taken by targeted populations in targeted places? Are incentives, at worst, only moderately revenue negative? — traditional economic development incentives do not fare well.
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What Kansas should do
As the Kansas Legislature struggles to end its 2013 session, it’s important that we end in a way that positions Kansas for economic growth rather than retaining the policies that have led to stagnation compared to other states.
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Starwood calls on Wichita
The usual problems with cronyism and corporate welfare come with economic development incentives offered to Starwood, but there are specific problems, too.