In Community Improvement Districts (CID), merchants charge additional sales tax for the benefit of the property owners, instead of the general public. Wichita may have an additional three, contributing to the problem of CID sprawl.
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The writing of Duane Goossen, a former Kansas budget director, requires decoding and explanation. This time, his vehicle is "Rise Up, Kansas."
Candidates in Kansas who promise more spending ought to explain just how higher taxes will -- purportedly -- help the Kansas economy.
What's wrong with the term "government schools?"
Why are so many opposed to private property and free exchange -- capitalism, in other words -- in favor of large-scale government interventionism? Lack of knowledge, or ignorance, is one answer, but there is another.
When someone invokes "ideology" in their criticism of you, you know that they've either run short of actual arguments based on fact, or they don't know what ideological means.
Those who call for a return to 90 percent tax rates should be aware that few people actually paid tax at those rates.
The purpose of high taxes on the rich is not to get the rich to pay money, it's to get the middle class to feel better about paying high taxes.
The Wichita city council voted to recommend that the Kansas Legislature create drivers permits for undocumented workers so they could drive to their jobs.
A bill to raise the minimum wage in Kansas will harm the most vulnerable workers, and make it more difficult for low-skill workers to get started in the labor market.
A recent spurt of growth of personal income in Kansas is welcome, considering the history of Kansas in this regard.
labor unions reduce the supply and productivity of labor and so reduce the supply and raise the prices of the goods and services their members help to produce, thereby reducing real wages throughout the economic system, writes George Reisman.
Progressives criticize "bill mills," but the movement has its own.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is spreading false information about State of Kansas revenues.
Will Kansas Progressives' expressed love for courts and constitutions hold up in light of the school finance decision?
Data shows that high tax rates on top earners doesn't mean that they actually pay taxes at correspondingly higher rates.
The purpose of high taxes on the rich is not to get the rich to pay money, it's to get the middle class to feel better about paying high taxes.
This video takes a look at Kansas and Texas school test scores and reveals something that might surprise you.
Kansas progressives keep the focus on school spending and away from inconvenient facts that harm schoolchildren.
What's astonishing is that there are those who believe that American journalism has been controlled or influenced to any significant degree by conservatives, or ruined by conservatives.