Tag: Sam Brownback
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Kansas Bioscience Authority hearings, day 2
At the second day of testimony regarding a forensic audit of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, a representative of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback was strongly critical of the audit itself, and also of the Board of Directors of KBA. Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale A. Rodman, who oversaw the audit process on behalf of the Brownback…
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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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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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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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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 16, 2012
Today: Tax cuts = extra income?; Revenue-neutral tax reform; Peterjohn to speak; Southwest to fly to Wichita; Kansas economic development incentives; Story is broken.
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Kansas spending is the problem
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s tax reform plans are designed to be revenue neutral, when the state should be looking to collect and spend less.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Wednesday January 11, 2012
Today: A legislator would do this?; Where to see, listen to State of State Address; Kansas Policy Institute launches blog; Kansas House Speaker criticized; Kansas presidential caucus; Democrats urged to help Republicans; Kansas health issues; Separation of art and state; Numbers trouble Americans; and Capitalism.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Monday January 9, 2012
Today: Wichita City Council; Kansas House Speaker speaking in Wichita; Legislature starts; State of the State address; Kansas State Sovereignty Rally; Making Economics Come Alive.
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Good news coming for Wichita, says Brownback top aide
Speaking to the Wichita Pachyderm Club today, David Kensinger, Chief of Staff for Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, said that Brownback will be in Wichita Tuesday “with a very specific announcement as relates to jobs in the aviation industry.”
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Tuesday January 3, 2012
Today: Legislators to hear from citizens; Romney seen as ‘good enough’; Brownback Chief of Staff in Wichita; Arrogance of Trump; Ethanol; 180 miles in an electric car; Kansas Policy Institute research; Capitalism.
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Kansas teacher quality policies ignored
In Kansas, the Brownback school reform plan bypasses an area in which Kansas needs improvement: teacher quality policies.
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Kansas and Wichita quick takes: Friday December 16, 2011
Today: Kansas school finance; No school choice for Kansas; Federal budget transparency; Open records in Wichita; Cell phone ban while driving; Myths of the Great Depression.