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2022 payroll and overtime for Kansas’s largest cities and counties 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 10, 2023
2022 payroll and overtime for some of the largest cities and counties in Kansas are available on kansasopengov.org. This information was collected via Kansas Open Records Requests since January 2023. Overland Park is currently missing from the database because the city has still not complied with an Open Records request that is more than six
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Tracking Kansas ARPA Funds 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 13, 2022
Like a train barreling through town without brakes, inflation shows no sign of stopping soon, with prices in May of this year 8.6% higher than they were a year ago. What’s the cause? At least 80% of all dollars in the U.S. economy have been printed since January 2020 as part of a flood of
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Lawrence district can’t blame legislators for budget deficit 0
- Education
- February 17, 2022
USD 497 Lawrence school officials told KMBC-TV that they have a budget deficit because state funding has not kept up with inflation and enrollment has declined by nearly 900 students since 2015. But like many funding claims from education officials, this one isn’t true. Not counting KPERS pension funding, state aid per student for the
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2022 Lawrence Budget: Misdirection and Runaway Spending 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 10, 2021
The current form of the City of Lawrence budget for the upcoming year could potentially lead to large deficits and more local taxes for many future fiscal years. In mid-July, Lawrence’s City Manager Craig Owens released a 2022 budget proposal which included a deficit of $7.9 million dollars between the projected expenses of $103.4 million
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$With no accountability, spending increases won’t help students$
With no accountability, spending increases won’t help students 0
- Education
- September 26, 2019
The Kansas Department of Education says school funding will increase by more than $500 million this year, but a review of district budgets indicates no shift in spending patterns and that’s not good news for students. It’s also not surprising, given that there is zero accountability for local school boards and administrators to improve achievement.
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