Tag: Taxation
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Kansas economic development programs
Explaining common economic development programs in Kansas.
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Wichita mayor’s counterfactual op-ed
Wichita’s mayor pens an op-ed that is counter to facts that he knows, or should know.
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Spirit Aerosystems tax relief
Wichita’s largest employer asks to avoid paying millions in taxes, which increases the cost of government for everyone else, including young companies struggling to break through.
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Kansas Center for Economic Growth
Kansas Center for Economic Growth, often cited as an authority by Kansas news media and politicians, is not the independent and unbiased source it claims to be.
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Kansas state tax collections, compared
An interactive visualization of tax collections by state governments shows Kansas distinguished from some of its neighbors.
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Wichita property tax rate: Up again
The City of Wichita says it hasn’t raised its property mill levy in many years. But data shows the mill levy has risen, and its use has shifted from debt service to current consumption.
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Rich States, Poor States, 2106 edition
In Rich States, Poor States, Kansas continues with middle-of-the-pack performance, and fell sharply in the forward-looking forecast.
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Opinion: GOP economics devastated Kansas
An op-ed on the Kansas economy needs context and correction.
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Tax collections by the states
An interactive visualization of tax collections by state governments.
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In Wichita, the phased approach to water supply can save a bundle
In 2014 the City of Wichita recommended voters spend $250 million on a new water supply. But since voters rejected the tax to support that spending, the cost of providing adequate water has dropped, and dropped a lot.
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Sales tax revenue and the Kansas highway fund
The effect of a proposed bill to end transfer of Kansas sales tax revenue to the highway fund is distorted by promoters of taxation and spending.
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Kansas and Colorado, compared
News that a Wichita-based company is moving to Colorado sparked a round of Kansas-bashing, most not based on facts.