Tax & Spending
How Does Kansas Rank in Economic Freedom?
Kansas ranks 14th nationally, with an overall score of 7.12, in the Economic Freedom of North America report published by the Fraser Institute. The ranking, based on 2023 data, places Kansas just outside the top quartile of states. That position…
Why the approved Chiefs deal is bad economics
In December 2025, the deal to bring the Kansas City Chiefs across the state line was agreed upon.…
$2 billion Chiefs stadium deal won’t fix the Kansas…
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly declared it a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to transform the…
Kansas’s Revenue Mirage and the Case for a Responsible…
The Kansas State government may be collecting more money than expected, but that should make…
Wichita should reallocate spending rather than add a…
The Wichita City Council seems poised to rush a proposal to the ballot for a 1-cent sales tax to…
The Holiday Season Is Here — But Affordability Still Isn’t
If it feels like Christmas keeps getting more expensive, that’s because it is, and Kansans are feeling it more sharply than policymakers care to admit. The rising cost of living is no longer a blip on a chart; it’s a full-blown pocketbook problem…
Property tax reform won’t reduce student achievement
Kansas Representative Shannon Francis (R-Liberal) told KSNT-TV that he thinks higher property taxes…
Kansas Doesn’t Need to Play Ball With Corporate Welfare
Taxpayers want markets, not handouts, to drive growth A new SurveyUSA poll of Overland Park and…
Kansas’s Tax Competitiveness Moment – Kansas…
Kansas stands in a better position today than it did just a few years ago. According to the Tax…
Debunking 2 more more property tax myths: setting mill…
Last month, we debunked several property tax myths that some local officials are using to shift the…
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