Tag: Special interest politics
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In Sedgwick County, special interest politics on display
Campaign finance reports reveal special interest groups working to elect candidates. Their efforts to mold a candidate’s thinking appear to be working.
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Kansas highway spending
An op-ed by an advocate for more highway spending in Kansas needs context and correction.
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In Wichita, a campaign issue to watch for
As Wichita enters campaign season for mayor and city council, will any candidates call for implementing a reform that we desperately need in Wichita?
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‘Public Choice’ explains much of government and politics
Public Choice economics applies realistic insights about human behaviour to the process of government, and is extremely helpful for all those who have an interest in — or work in — public policy to understand this discipline.
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American Hospital Association supports Kansas Sen. Roberts
A prominent special interest group is spending on advertising for Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Newspaper editorial writers on how democracy works, Kansas school test scores.
An editorial in a Kansas newspaper exposes a dangerously uninformed and simplistic view of politics and democracy. Then, will Kansas school leaders and newspapers tell us the hidden truths about Kansas school test scores?
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Rural Kansans’ billion-dollar subsidy of wind farms
In addition to receiving taxpayer subsidies and benefiting from mandates to buy their product, wind power producers largely escape the burden of property taxes, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.