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In Wichita, occupiers make presence known at legislative meeting
Comments from 53 speakers at a forum in Wichita signal a busy and contentious legislative session is just ahead. About 200 showed up for the South-central Kansas Legislative Forum at the Sedgwick County Courthouse Tuesday night.
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The creeping expansion of government power
Government increases its scope and power in sometimes small increments, writes John D’Aloia Jr.
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CSAPR not friendly, not a ghost
Every citizen on the planet bears a responsibility toward stewardship of the environment. In the United States we have been blessed by much improved air and water quality over many decades of dedicated effort. There are, however, practical limits as to how far to push the envelope of “clean.”
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Era of energy subsidies is over
Government spending on energy programs is harmful and leads to suboptimal decisions made for political reasons, rather than letting markets and American ingenuity work write U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Raul Labrador.
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Tax increment financing: The right tool for Wichita jobs?
Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is an economic development tool that uses the expected growth (or increment) in property tax revenues from a designated geographic area of a municipality to finance bonds used to pay for goods and services calculated to spur growth in the TIF district. The analysis performed for this study found TIF does…
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‘Sustainable planning’ not so sustainable
The vast majority of Americans, surveys say, aspire to live in a single-family home with a yard. The vast majority of American trave — around 85 percent — is by automobile. Yet the Obama administration thinks more Americans should live in apartments and travel on foot, bicycle, or mass transit.
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Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security
Free market energy solutions don’t jeopardize national security, writes U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo and Jeff Flake.
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Wichita City Council procedure: A citizen’s perspective
The Wichita City Council’s handling of a letter of intent raises questions of openness and protection of the public interest, according to Shirley Koehn.