Tag: Kansas state government
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday February 21, 2011
Today: Kansas legislature website; legislators on governor’s plan; Wisconsin demonstrations come to Kansas?; Wichita trash; Wichita mayoral forum didn’t go well; Wichita City Council this week; Sedgwick County commission this week.
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Wichita should reform its economic development strategy
The City of Wichita should seek to reform its economic development strategy, as Governor Brownback has proposed for the State of Kansas.
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Kansas governor releases economic development plan
Kansas governor Sam Brownback has released an economic development plan that draws on free market principles and relies less on government intervention. The plan calls for a departure from present practices, especially the heavy-handed methods cities like Wichita use.
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Brinkmanship with jobs
Welcome to the new world of economic development — playing brinkmanship with job, writes Wichita state University’s H. Edward Flentje.
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Kansas auto dealers have anti-competitive law on their side
Kansas automobile dealers benefit from a law that limits the ability of competitors to form new dealerships.
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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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Prospects for successful deregulation in Kansas
Based on experience from the Reagan Administration, regulation reform in Kansas will be difficult.
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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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Arts funding in Kansas
Kansas would be better off without government-funded art for two reasons: economic and artistic.