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KPI & Show-Me Institute Oppose Stadium Bidding War
June 17, 2024
Kansas ranks 38th nationwide for earnings growth
April 10, 2023
Review of Kansas’ Performance-Based Budgeting Shows Poor Results
January 9, 2023
Big revenues don’t excuse big government spending
October 4, 2022
25 months of excessive revenue continue decades of stagnation
September 1, 2022
Efficient Spending Is Key to Cutting Kansas’s Retirement Tax
June 24, 2022
2022 Green Book: Spend Less, Tax Less, Grow More
May 31, 2022
2022 Green Book
May 26, 2022
Declining April Jobs in Kansas Amidst Recession Fears
May 20, 2022
2021 Kansas Payrolls: $2.26 billion
May 13, 2022
April 2022 Kansas Tax Collections: Remember a Balanced Budget
May 3, 2022
Turn Short-Term Surpluses Into Long-Term Tax Relief
April 25, 2022
Wyandotte Commissioners Want to Keep Growing Government at Taxpayers’ Expense
March 25, 2022
What’s Causing Kansas Inflation?
February 21, 2022
Ideas for ARPA and Kansas Revenue Cash Pile
February 9, 2022
Governor Kelly Proposes $2.3 Billion in Budget Changes
January 18, 2022
A Responsible Kansas Budget
January 10, 2022
High Tax Revenue Continues into December 2021
January 4, 2022
Don’t Expand Government Through November Tax Revenue Surplus
December 1, 2021
October 2021 Jobs: Slow Growth Amidst High Inflation
November 19, 2021
KDOR Misleads Lawmakers to Justify Kelly Tax Relief Veto
April 19, 2021
Federal taxpayer bailout eclipses local payroll changes
March 29, 2021
Localities need belt-tightening, not a bailout
March 5, 2021
The real cost of Government “free stuff”
February 25, 2021
Kansas RELIEF Act can spur COVID Recovery
February 15, 2021
Kelly’s budget raises taxes during recession
January 14, 2021
Comparing County Budgets to Address Shortfalls, Drive Efficiency, and Spur Opportunity
January 12, 2021
A Kansas Budget for Economic Growth & COVID Protection
January 4, 2021
Legislature could turn incoming fiscal shortfall into savings
November 18, 2020
Reversing years of Kansas fiscal mismanagement
November 9, 2020
Federal bailouts of state budgets hasten fiscal disaster
September 16, 2020
Gov. Kelly plays politics with federal unemployment relief
August 24, 2020
Kansas ranks 41st on economic performance with repeated tax hikes
August 19, 2020
County Budgets Review: Bringing Savings to Families
August 6, 2020
Kansas counties and cities hike taxes amidst COVID recession
August 3, 2020
Green Book 2020: Kansas job growth abysmal before COVID-19
July 24, 2020
Green Book 2020: Understanding Kansas Property Tax Burdens
July 8, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers financial hardship, Gov. Kelly spares government the pain
July 2, 2020
Green Book 2020: Gov. Kelly Vetoes Relief From Nation’s Highest Property Tax Rate
June 8, 2020
Kansas April jobs report suggests an economic free-fall
June 1, 2020
Will Kansas unemployment benefits stall re-opening?
May 15, 2020
Lawmakers can serve Kansans without Medicaid Expansion
February 10, 2020
Gov. Kelly’s 2020 budget: Five things you should know
January 20, 2020
Property tax hikes are proof of an honesty gap
January 13, 2020
County economies among the slowest in the nation
December 30, 2019
Kansas economy ranks 49th as government grows
November 26, 2019
Latest Medicaid expansion plan riddled with red flags & a “scam.”
October 28, 2019
Kansas deficit-spends into a billion dollar hole
October 10, 2019
Kansas out-migration creates U-Haul shortages
October 2, 2019
The truth about county spending; there’s room to cut
September 23, 2019
Budget deficit remains as recession fears grow
August 26, 2019
Three Signs of Kansas Government Growth
July 11, 2019
“Hope” Leads to Work & Opportunity
June 24, 2019
Record State Budgets From Off-Target Economic Predictions
June 13, 2019
Kansas Taxpayers Left With $1.4 Billion Deficit Despite Governor’s Veto
May 17, 2019
Kansas Has Nation’s Highest Rural Property Tax: 2019 Green Book
May 10, 2019
Coincidence or Preparation? Kansans Cut Shopping Equal to Vetoed Tax Windfall
April 15, 2019
A $2 Billion Tax Increase Inbound: How Would It Impact You?
March 19, 2019
Solving the Kansas Budget Crisis
March 7, 2019
Medicaid Expansion Attracts Tax & Spend Philosophy
February 4, 2019
Will Medicaid expansion save rural hospitals from closing?
January 29, 2019
Obama administration admitted Medicaid expansion hurts the truly needy
January 24, 2019
KPI acquires The Sentinel
January 14, 2019
2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: Reversing The Kansas Exodus
January 4, 2019
2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: Taxing Remote Sales & Sports Gambling
December 17, 2018
2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide: How Kansas Can Recognize Inefficiencies
December 7, 2018
Here We Go Again: Deficit Spending Could Lead To Billion Dollar Tax Hike
December 5, 2018
2019 Legislator’s Budget Guide
November 28, 2018
Reports of Budget Surplus Ignore Imbalance
November 15, 2018
Kansas Ranked 15th in Economic Freedom
October 30, 2018
Reverse long-term economic stagnation
October 8, 2018
Politicians are ignoring a $3.7 billion revenue shortfall
September 17, 2018
KPERS pension distribution creates 327 new ‘millionaires’
May 12, 2018
$2 billion 2017 Kansas payroll online
April 20, 2018
City and county payrolls jumped in 2017
March 12, 2018
Kansas Legislature Broke a Lot of Promises
June 15, 2017
Kansas Budget Deficit overstated by $200 million
May 8, 2017
City and County Payroll Provides Property Tax Insight
March 22, 2017
Kansas budget can be balanced without tax hikes
February 28, 2017
Efficient, Effective Spending Keeps Taxes Low
February 26, 2017
Brownback’s budget proposal pretty good overall
January 12, 2017
State of the State puts students, citizens first
January 12, 2017
Governing isn’t about granting wishes
November 28, 2016