Kansas Policy Institute

 4.5.10

 

Commentary

Kansas Policy Institute is running an ad campaign in April to urge Governor Parkinson to drop his demand for tax increases to support a $380 million spending increase.  We are proposing that we can balance the budget without raising taxes or eliminating services.  A link to a menu of 25 ideas to balance the budget totaling $839 million in savings is posted below.  The first print ad appeared in the Sunday, April 4th edition of the Wichita Eagle. Additional print and radio ads are planned to run statewide this month.
 
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KPI Supports Kansas Health Care Freedom Amendment
 
 

KPI is one of 13 organizations supporting a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would preserve certain existing rights that individuals have regarding health care.  Please visit the Health Care Freedom Amendment site to learn more about the proposed Amendment and add your name to the petition.
 

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Kansas Watchdog
 
 
 
 
 

 

Controversial Valuation Method Reduces Property Tax Collections
By Paul Soutar
April 1, 2010

The Kansas Constitution calls for a "uniform and equal basis of valuation and rate of taxation of all property subject to taxation." So why does the system for determining taxable value change at a county line? Finney County appraiser Mark Low says he's been asked many times to adopt the system used by another county appraiser...
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Kansas asset sales could generate revenue
Posted on Thursday, April 01, 2010
Some lawmakers are interested in selling state assets to increase government efficiency and make money for Kansas.
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Kansas March revenue exceeds expectation
Posted on Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Kansas revenue numbers were higher than expected in March
 
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Event: Law Liberty and Market Lecture Series

Tax Day Tea Party

Wichita, Kansas
 Thursday, April 15, 2010
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Wichita City Building and Sedgwick County Courthouse
455 North Main
Constitution Class
 April 24, 2010
Wichita Ks
 
Presented by:
Professor Kris Koback of the
University of Kansas School of Law
 
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Friends University Public Lecture
Dr. Brian Domitrovic

April 20, 2010 7-9 p.m.

MFT 101-102

The recent financial crisis has caused one of the most severe economic recessions since the 1930s. Governments around the world have responded with massive fiscal and monetary stimulus. How do these Keynesian policies jibe with history?
 

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