Month: January 2012
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Modern-day students and attitudes towards government
Many modern-day college students seem to think that government entitlements should be the source of the things they want.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 30, 2012
Today: Kansas school forum; Ambassador Hotel to be subject of discussion; Capital gains tax rate; Kan-ed audit; Huelskamp and Sharpton; Education reform blog started; Super PACs.
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For Kansas, spending is the other part of the equation
Kansas tax reform is made difficult by the fact that Kansas has a large, big-spending state government.
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Fact checking the Wichita Ambassador Hotel campaign
Claims made by a group supporting taxpayer subsidy for the Ambassador Hotel in Wichita are put to the test.
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Kansas Bioscience Authority
The release of a forensics audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority coupled with two days of joint committee hearings revealed an independent government agency out of control, an audit that draws conclusions described as sanitized of important details, and an agency and legislative supporters who believe that now, all is well at the KBA.
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Kansas committee asks if KBA audit did enough to expose problems
Members of a Kansas joint committee expressed concern that a forensic audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority was not broad enough and that deliberate deletion of data from a KBA computer left questions unanswered.
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Guide to Kansas legislative documents
Kansas state government has many websites and documents that help understand the Kansas Legislature. But some documents and data are missing.
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In Kansas, the billion-dollar question
The Fair Tax could provide a solution to problems in Kansas with the budget and our economic prospects, writes Larry Halloran.
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Congress should reserve the right to protect our wireless future
As the expert agency, the FCC is right to ask for some flexibility with the wireless spectrum auction design process. Congress, however, should reserve its right to protect our wireless future by preventing FCC overreach and ensure that all companies can participate in the auction process. It’s only the fair choice to make.
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End the Economic Development Administration — Now
When proposing to eliminate even wasteful government agencies, the bureaucracy will strike back, writes U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo.
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Wichita ethics kerfuffle quashed; lessons learned
What lessons have Wichitans learned from a recent city hall episode involving ethics?
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Buffalo: A Template for Wichita?
Does the decline of Buffalo hold lessons for other cities?