Kansas Policy Inst.

Advocating for free markets and the protection of personal liberty

[Kansas Policy Inst. @KsPolicy]

Some counties have less than 1% inactive voters, while others have more than 25%. #KSGov #KSVoters #Elections
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From @VanceGinn Kansas wheat country is facing a hard year. Drought has damaged winter wheat across the Plains, and the latest crop tour estimates point to a much smaller harvest than last year. #KSGov #AgLand #Farmers

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Walker is allegedly attempting to stop a recall effort to remove her as County Clerk. #KSGov #KansasPolitics #BourbonCounty
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Potter wants the Commissioner's weekly memo to board members published so citizens don't have to submit KORA requests. #KSGov #KSEd #KORA
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The appeals record isn't surprising, considering that most county appraisers aren't qualified to appraise individual properties. #KSGov #PropertyTax #BeeHonestKS
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USSA Executive Director G.A. Buie says superintendents shouldn't worry because there are no consequences for violating the cellphone ban. #KSEd #CellPhoneBan
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Kansas is the only state in the nation where Supreme Court justices are nominated by an attorney-dominated commission. #KSGov #KansasCourts #KansasSupremeCourt
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Johnson County will have increased property tax by 49% since 2020. #KSGov #BeeHonestKS #propertytaxes
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From @VanceGinn

"The state should welcome AI growth without corporate welfare and without regulatory panic. Let local communities benefit from construction jobs, tax base growth, and long-term investment." #KSGov #EconomicGrowth #AI

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[Vance Ginn @VanceGinn]

Artificial intelligence is not floating in the clouds. It runs on land, energy, fiber, water systems, skilled workers, and data centers.

That means Kansas has a choice. It can become a place where the next generation of digital infrastructure is built, or it can regulate, zone, and subsidize its way into mediocrity while investment goes elsewhere.

The opportunity is real. AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, logistics, digital payments, telehealth, and advanced manufacturing all depend on data centers.

Data centers are the physical backbone of a modern economy. When permitting delays, energy shortages, or regulatory bottlenecks constrain infrastructure, only the largest firms can absorb the costs. That tends to reduce competition and slow innovation.

Kansas should not make that mistake.

My latest at @KsPolicy…

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The districts' claim that special education isn't fully funded ignores several contradicting facts. #KSGov #KSEd #RaisingKS
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Employment and population losses will continue until state and local officials vote to cut taxes and spending. #KSGov #KSLeg #KansasEconomy #TaxPolicy #BeeHonestKS
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Most smaller cities in Kansas lost population over the last five years. #KSGov #KansasEconomy #KansasPopulation #RuralKansas #EconomicGrowth

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Leavenworth is closing the school for 5th- and 6th-graders and moving them to the school that currently serves 7th- and 8th-graders. #KSGov #KSEd #RaisingKS
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Student outcomes are lower despite billions more in school funding, and even Gov. Kelly says schools are fully funded. #KSGov #KSEd #RaisingKS
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The recall effort in Bourbon County is related to inaccurate ballots.
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The assessed value of Oklahoma ag land increased by just 9% between 2012 and 2024, compared to 89% in Kansas. #BeeHonestKS #AgLand #propertytaxes #KSGov
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The federal government requires accuracy testing of SNAP payments, but not TANF. #KSLeg #SNAP #TANF
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Ongoing spending in Prairie Village has jumped more than 50% over the last five years, leading to unaffordable property tax hikes.#KSGov #PropertyTax #BeeHonestKS

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From @VanceGinn

“Tax the rich” sounds easy until lawmakers define “rich” broadly enough to hit the small business owner, farmer, physician, contractor, manufacturer, and family-owned shop trying to stay open in Kansas.

#KSGov #KSLeg #BeeHonestKS

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