Tag: Subsidy
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In Wichita, new stadium to be considered
The City of Wichita plans subsidized development of a sports facility as an economic driver.
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More Cargill incentives from Wichita detailed
More, but likely not all, of the Cargill incentives will be before the Wichita City Council this week.
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Wichita WaterWalk agreement not followed
Does the City of Wichita enforce its public-private partnership agreements? In some cases the city doesn’t even ask for the information that is needed for enforcement.
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Metro Monitor for the Wichita economy
A research project by The Brookings Institution illustrates the performance of the Wichita-area economy.
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On Wichita’s STAR bond promise, we’ve heard it before
Are the City of Wichita’s projections regarding subsidized development as an economic driver believable?
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Downtown Wichita’s Block One, a beneficiary of tax increment financing
Before forming new tax increment financing districts, Wichita taxpayers ought to ask for progress on current districts.
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Cargill subsides start forming
Details of the subsidy programs used to keep Cargill in Wichita are starting to take shape.
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Cash incentives in Wichita, again
The City of Wichita says it does not want to use cash incentives for economic development. But a proposal contains just that.
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Won’t anyone develop in downtown Wichita without incentives?
Action the Wichita City Council will consider next week makes one wonder: If downtown Wichita is so great, why does the city have to give away so much?
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Economic development incentives at the margin
The evaluation of economic development incentives in Wichita and Kansas requires thinking at the margin, not the entirety.
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Beware of government arts spending
Art is too important to be dependent on politicians and injecting politics into anything inevitably tarnishes it, writes Lawrence W. Reed of Foundation for Economic Education.
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WichitaLiberty.TV: Wichita and Kansas economics, and government investment
Wichita sells a hotel, more subsidy for downtown, Kansas newspaper editorialists fall for a lobbyist’s tale, how Kansas can learn from Arizona schools, and government investment.