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2023 Green Book: Kansas stagnates while others grow 0
- Tax & Spending
- March 6, 2023
At the end of 2022, 30 states across the country had fully recovered to their level of private-sector jobs prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kansas was in the minority that failed to do so. While the state continues to doll our hundreds of millions of dollars in megasubsidies to huge corporations, the Sunflower State continues
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Kansas still below pre-pandemic job numbers despite private job growth 0
- Tax & Spending
- November 18, 2022
Kansas is still 6,500 jobs below January 2020 levels despite private job growth in October 2022. While 27 other states across the country have fully recovered to their pre-pandemic job levels. Combined with a record-low labor force participation rate, Kansas still has a lot of room to improve its economy. In October, Kansas gained 8,000
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Kansas Businesses Would Thrive in a Regulatory Sandbox 0
- Tax & Spending
- August 23, 2021
Nobody likes an overzealous parent ruining the fun. Blindly forcing others to obey strict rules and making jank judgments because “they know what’s best” are two things unbearable parents have in common with overextended government bureaucracy. Both of these entities often become an annoyance for citizens and the businesses they interact with. Sometimes, what’s best
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