KS business license laws need tweaking, study shows

By   /  May 8, 2012  /  Capitalism, Featured, Kansas, News, Regulatory Reform, State Government  /  No Comments

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By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter
FAIRWAY — It’s easier in Kansas.
In some ways and for some things, anyway, including getting licensed to do certain jobs, according to a national study  released Tuesday.

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KS school finance fight could hurt credit scores

By   /  May 7, 2012  /  Education, Featured, Finances, Kansas, News, State Budgets, State Government  /  No Comments

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By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter

FAIRWAY — Intensely debated changes to education spending may affect credit ratings for some school districts, warns a Standard & Poor’s Rating Service analyst.
 

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Kansas could get more nuclear waste moving through the state

By   /  May 4, 2012  /  Energy, Kansas, Missouri, News  /  No Comments

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Missouri lawmakers may relax their state’s monitoring of radioactive-waste haulers, a move that worries some Kansans.

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Congratulations: You’re part of Big Tobacco!

By   /  May 3, 2012  /  Kansas, News  /  No Comments

By Paul Soutar | KansasWatchdog

 

If you oppose smoking bans for any reason — property rights, individual liberty, you like smokers — you're now apparently part of Big Tobacco.

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Local Kansas planning initiative has federal strings, UN roots

By   /  April 4, 2012  /  Federal Government, News  /  No Comments

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The Sedgwick County Commission will decide Wednesday whether to give a consortium of South Central Kansas governments and organizations broad control over community planning funded by a federal grant and based on a United Nations agenda.

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