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Indispensable
A story in the June 13 News-Record balanced two public agencies, the library and the Old Mill Museum, in a lucid report on their...
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Civil tables
Civic clubs often meet at meal time for their business, and for most of them it's to help others who could use a lift,...
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Hybrids needed
Late last month the Kansas secretary of state certified United Kansas as the state's third minor political party. Certified earlier for the next general...
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Property and taxes: a review
Politicians often treat taxes as if they were rogue bacteria, ever-ready to afflict suffering and decay. This makes fine stuff for a speech or...
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Property and taxes (3)
For years after the historic school finance reforms of 1992, the Kansas Legislature continued to wrestle the issue and tinker with its parts. It...
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Property and taxes (2)
People can be inclined to view taxes this way: Impose them on someone else – the "fair share" principle of human nature. But our...
