Research

2017 Kansas Freedom Index 0
- Research
- August 11, 2017
An informed citizenry is an essential element of maintaining a free society. Having a deeper understanding of how legislation impacts education freedom, economic freedom and the constitutional principles of individual liberty and limited government allows citizens to better understand the known and often unknown consequences of legislative issues. The Freedom Index is a continuation of
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Kansas Legislature Lifetime Freedom Index Released 0
- Research, Tax & Spending
- July 8, 2017
Kansas Policy Institute’s 2017 Lifetime Freedom Index released last week again reinforces legislators’ support for economic freedom and student-focused education are not determined by party affiliation, with significant disparity between high and low scores among Republicans in the House and Senate. With 50 percent considered ‘neutral’ (i.e., just as likely to vote in favor as
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Legislature moves away from freedom in 2017 session 0
- Research, Tax & Spending
- July 7, 2017
The 2017 legislative session was noteworthy both for its length and for the relative opposition to economic and educational freedom in the 2017 session, according to KPI’s annual Kansas Freedom Index. Taken as a whole, the legislature moved away from freedom and the principles of liberty in the just-completed session when compared to returns since
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Gannon: The Fallacy of the Court’s Emerson Analysis 0
- Education Research, Research
- April 6, 2017
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2017 Greenbook 2
- Research, Tax & Spending Research
- March 13, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis saw states as “laboratories of democracy” conducting “experiments” in public policy. Today, more than eight decades after Brandeis coined the phrase, state experimentation with tax policy makes it abundantly clear that tax policy has a direct impact on economic growth. As shown on page 27 for the 2017 Greenbook,
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2017 Public Education Fact Book 1
- Education Research, Research
- February 6, 2017
KPI’s fifth annual Public Education Fact Book is a one-stop shop for data on public school information from The Sunflower State. Numerous scientific surveys show that citizens are grossly misinformed on many pertinent facts of public education in Kansas. Aid and spending per-pupil are much higher than many Kansans believe, and student achievement is lower
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