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February 2019
Feb. 20, 2019: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas Center for Economic Growth makes push against proposed tax plan
Feb. 19, 2019: ASSOCIATED PRESS / Lawmakers hear testimony on lowering sales tax on groceries
Feb. 18, 2019: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Advocates for reducing Kansas sales tax on food make case before tax committee
Feb. 18, 2019: KSNT-TV / Bill promises cheaper food for Kansas families
January 2019
Jan. 21, 2019: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Political spin on Gov. Laura Kelly’s budget picks up steam
Jan. 10, 2019: High Plains / Midwest Ag Journal / Governor-elect Laura Kelly announces choice for secretaries of agriculture, administration
December 2018
Dec. 30, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / 52 things you learned by reading CJOnline in 2018
Dec. 15, 2018: THE ECONOMIST / Wonk to the rescue: Can Laura Kelly repair Kansas?
November 2018
Nov. 19, 2018: KCUR / Noonletter: Still a problem
Nov. 8, 2018: WICHITA EAGLE / Medicaid expansion? School funding? Kelly’s plans face skeptical GOP Legislature
Nov. 7, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Gov.-elect Laura Kelly open to advice; special interests eager to chime in
Nov. 4, 2018: HAYS DAILY NEWS / Rahjes opposes Medicaid expansion, but pro KanCare fix, KDOT and KPERS funds, sales tax cut
Nov. 1, 2018: HAYS DAILY NEWS / Thomas for 110th favors KanCare overhaul, Medicaid expansion, refunding KDOT, KPERS
October 201
Oct. 31, 2018: HAYS DAILY NEWS / Wasinger opts for KanCare reform, Medicaid work requirement, immigrant work visas
Oct. 24, 2018: HAYS DAILY NEWS / In midst of early voting, Kelly will make a stop in Hays
Oct. 22, 2018: GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM / Kansas tax cuts and revising history
Oct. 17, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / New study: Kansas’ tax policy ranks as 23rd most regressive in the nation
Oct. 3, 2018: EMPORIA GAZETTE / League Holds talk on state budget
September 2018
Sept. 24, 2018: THE EMPORIA GAZETTE / About Town
Sept. 22, 2018: WOMEN FOR KANSAS / Showing Our Strength – Pt 2: Legislative Process (video)
August 2018
August 6, 2018: ASSOCIATED PRESS / Kansas collected $11 million more in taxes than expected in July
August 1, 2018: ITEP / State Rundown 8/1: States Stay Busy During Summer “Break”
July 2018
July 2, 2018: KCUR / Once-Troubled Kansas Revenue Numbers End Year With Sustained Rebound
July 2, 2018: LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD / Kansas 2018 tax receipts up $1.2 billion from previous year
June 2018
June 22, 2018: WICHITA EAGLE / Can the governor make Kansas and Wichita grow faster?
June 21, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Annie McKay: Farm bill debate has SNAP ramifications
June 11, 2018: GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM / Is rural Kansas dying?
June 11, 2018: HAYS POST / Women for Kansas to host second state convention in Wichita
May 2018
May 10, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Grading the 2018 Kansas Legislature
May 7, 2018: LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD / Editorial: House made the right call
May 7, 2018: BLOOMBERG / Kansas session ends without response to federal tax changes
May 6, 2018: THE EMPORIA GAZETTE / Thick or thin?
May 5, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / GOP-led House narrowly rejects tax-reform legislation adopted by Senate
May 2, 2018: HILLSBORO FREE PRESS / Goessel foundation awards $3,420 in community grants
April 2018
April 27, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Heidi Holliday: Kansas can’t afford to repeat the past
April 26, 2018: ASSOCIATED PRESS / After tax cuts man saw as a failure, Kanas may cut again
April 26, 2018: THE NEW FOOD ECONOMY / Rural Kansas is dying. I drove 1,800 miles to find out why
April 25, 2018: KCUR / Kansas Lawmakers Looking To Pass On Revenue Windfall In Favor Of Lower Taxes
- High Plains Public Radio version
- KMUW version
- Wyandotte Daily version
- WVIK version
- Salina Post version
- Hays Post version
April 25, 2018: KCUR STATEHOUSE BLEND / Can we afford new tax cuts?
April 19, 2018: IOLA REGISTER / Economic gurus warn KS of federal tax implications
April 19, 2018: IOLA REGISTER / State’s to-do list is long
April 17, 2018: KANSAS CITY STAR / PBS’ ‘Independent Lens’ looks at the effects of Brownback’s tax-cutting ‘Kansas experiment’
April 17, 2018: THE ATLANTIC / The tax experiment that failed
April 15, 2018: SUNFLOWER STATE JOURNAL / Can Kansas bank on windfall from federal tax code change? Revenue department urges caution
April 12, 2018: OSKALOOSA INDEPENDENT / Lowering the state sales tax on food
April 12, 2018: THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE / Leaders Demand Oversight on Census Citizenship Question
April 11, 2018: MEDIAPART / Kris Kobach, the little Trump of Kansas (French)
April 10, 2018: AMERICAN PROSPECT / Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the trickle-down implosion (repost)
April 10, 2018: HUTCHINSON NEWS / Rivals of school plan see disaster
April 4, 2018: HILLSBORO FREE PRESS / Building prosperity for working families at tax time
April 3, 2018: SUNFLOWER STATE JOURNAL / Kansans’ ability to itemize may be price to funding schools
March 2018
March 27, 2018: CHRONICLE OF SOCIAL CHANGE / Arizona tax credit boosts foster care nonprofits, but at what cost to social services?
March 26, 2018: WIBW / KCEG report challenges claim falling commodity prices led to economic woes
March 25, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Report refutes Brownback claim that ‘rural recession’ caused budget woes
March 24, 2018: CJONLINE.COM / Duane Goossen talks about what happened to the Kansas budget following 2012 tax cuts
March 8, 2018: SUNFLOWER STATE JOURNAL / Constitutional convention bill dies in Senate
March 2, 2018: HAYS DAILY NEWS / House committee finds heavy demand for imposition of online sales tax
March 1, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas House committee finds heavy demand for imposition of online sales tax
February 2018
Feb. 28, 2018: COWLEY COURIER TRAVELER / Goossen talks finances to Rotary
Feb. 21, 2018: THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE / Close the digital divide, protect the Lifeline program
Feb. 19, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas House members weigh opening economic incentive data
January 2018
Jan. 22, 2018: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES / Kansas provides compelling evidence of failure of ‘supply-side’ tax cuts
Jan. 14, 2018: GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM / Opening week of legislature sets state for bizarre conduct
Jan. 6, 2018: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas legislators return Monday facing budget and tax questions
December 2018
Dec. 13, 2017: NPR / Kansas’ 2012 Tax Cut Experiment Could Serve As A Cautionary Tale
Dec. 13, 2017: JUST TAXES BLOG / Supermajority Laws Considered in Some States Even as They Confound Others
Dec. 7, 2017: PBS / Do tax cuts spur growth? What we can learn from the Kansas budget crisis
November 2017
Nov. 30, 2017: VOX / We’re all in Kansas now
Nov. 30, 2017: KSN / Senate to vote on GOP tax bill
Nov. 15, 2017: GOVERNING / Public Officials of the Year
October 2017
Oct. 31, 2017: KCUR / Even After Tax Hikes, Kansas Budget ‘Fix’ Remains Elusive
Oct. 22, 2017: NBC NEWS / The GOP Tried Trump-Style Tax Cuts in Kansas. What a Mess.
Oct. 6, 2017: THE BOND BUYER / Court ruling keeps pressure on Kansas finances
Oct. 4, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Kansas policy advocates prepare for K-12 funding war amid 2018 campaigns
September 2017
Sept. 27, 207: WIBW NEWS / New KCEG Study looks at damage of tax cuts
August 2017
August 1, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas tax collections beat expectations in first month of tax increase
July 2017
July 25, 2017: WICHITA EAGLE / Kansas gets more of its money from fees than most states
June 2017
June 28, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas House, Senate adjourn; Brownback blasts lawmakers
June 28, 2017: AMERICAN PROSPECT / Kansas, Sam Brownback, and the trickle-down implosion
June 22, 2017: HAYS POST: INSIGHT KANSAS / Kansas turnaround
June 17, 2017: HUFFINGTON POST / A free-market failure in the heartland
June 15, 2017: LAW STREET / Kansas Governor Sam Brownback’s tax pledge may be cracking
June 9, 2017: BARABOO NEWS REPUBLIC / Walker needs to account for his decision-making
June 8, 2017: THINK PROGRESS / Lawmakers finally rejected Sam Brownback’s bad economic policies
June 8, 2017: THE ECONOMIST / A Republican revolt in Kansas
June 8, 2017: BLOOMBERG BNA / Kansas rolls back passthrough tax experiment, overrides veto
June 7, 2017: KANSAS CITY STAR / Kansas tax ‘experiment’ offers lessons to the nation, analysts say
June 7, 2017: THE ATLANTIC / The death of Kansas’s conservative experiment
June 7, 2017: WASHINGTON POST / Kansas’ collapsed tax-cut plan will provide political fodder for Democrats for decades
May 2017
May 31, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Kansas House GOP leader weary of ‘zombie’ bill, hungry for tax deal
May 23, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Editorial: Waiting for a better tax deal in Kansas
May 21, 2017: KIOWA COUNTY SIGNAL / The time to build the path forward is now
May 18, 2017: KMUW / Poll: Most Kansas voters support fixing Brownback tax plan
May 16, 2017: WYANDOTTE DAILY / Haley to speak at Democratic breakfast
May 15, 2017: RAW STORY / Kansas offers a ‘cautionary tale’ for Trump’s tax cuts: ‘No evidence whatsoever this plan worked’
May 15, 2017: THE GUARDIAN / ‘We are a cautionary tale’: Kansas feels the pain of massive Trump-style tax cuts
May 12, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Editorial: Kansans are being ignored
May 6, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Editorial: Tax reform is just the beginning
May 3, 2017: KSN / Radio and social media appeal to taxpayers
May 1, 2017: MCPHERSON SENTINEL / Rise Up Kansas makes push for balanced budget
April 2017
April 27, 2017: EDUCATION VOTES / Students deserve better than Gov. Brownback’s failed policies, say Kansas voters
April 25, 2017: HUTCHINSON NEWS / Former state budget director Goossen: Press for tax reform
April 19, 2017: HUTCHINSON NEWS / Former State Budget Director Goossen to speak in Hutch
April 6, 2017: KANSAS NEWS SERVICE / Kansas Senate rejects Brownback’s ‘flat’ tax; work continues on budget fix
April 6, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Flat tax proposal unpopular with think tanks, interest groups
March 2017
March 31, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Kansas poll registers discontent with state tax policy, K-12 funding
March 31, 2017: WIBW NEWS / Poll: Kansas voters sour on 2012 tax cuts
March 21, 2017: KMUW / Kansas flat tax plans garner little support
March 20, 2017: WICHITA EAGLE / Flat tax bills generate small revenue or cost state, groups say
March 20, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Kansas flat-tax proposal finds little enthusiasm at Legislative hearing
March 10, 2017: BULLETIN / Former state budget director speaks on Kansas budget crisis
March 9, 2017: HAYS POST / INSIGHT KANSAS: Name your budget cuts
March 8, 2017: KVOE / Former state budget director speaking at ESU on Wednesday
March 2, 2017: WIBW NEWS / Kansas Center for Economic Growth calls for tax policy change to pay for school funding adequacy
February 2017
Feb. 27, 2017: PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE / As WV considers phaseout, other states look to increase income taxes
Feb. 21, 2017: BLOOMBERG BNA / Kansas lawmakers ax tax exemption for passthroughs
Feb. 16, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Editorial: A proud day for the Kansas House
Feb. 14, 2017: KCUR / Closing the Kansas budget gap, author uses poetry to heal and educate
Feb. 13, 2017: THE GAZETTE / Iowa politics today: Guests from Kansas suggest Iowa not follow Kansas into fiscal oblivion
Feb. 9, 2017: EMPORIA GAZETTE / Hope for possible budget fixes
Feb. 8, 2017: KANSAS CITY STAR / Editorial: Pain will be unavoidable if Kansas is to solve its budget mess
Feb. 8, 2017: KVOE / Changes in tax brackets, education funding debated in Statehouse
Feb. 7, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas senate to debate budget cuts and tax hikes this week
Feb. 7, 2017: WICHITA EAGLE / Lower food tax, higher gas tax under consideration in Kansas House
Feb. 4, 2017: WICHITA EAGLE / Ending LLC loophole not enough to fix state budget
Feb. 2, 2017: TAX JUSTICE BLOG / What to watch in the states: gas tax hikes and swaps
Feb. 1, 2017: WICHITA EAGLE / Kansas exceeds revenue expectations for Jan. as lawmakers weigh budget options
January 2017
Jan. 31, 2017: KAKE / Bill tries to stop Brownback’s tax plan
Jan. 29, 2017: KANSAS CITY STAR / The troubled ‘Kansas experiment’ goes to Washington
Jan. 25, 2017: HILLSBORO FREE PRESS / Rise Up Kansas to present revenue generation plan for Kansas Jan. 29
Jan. 23, 2017: SHAWNEE MISSION POST / Kansas’ cautionary tax tale: a model of what not to do
Jan. 23, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / All Kansans deserves access to library resources
Jan. 19, 2017: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Advocates and critics of LLC tax policy battle for legislative support
Jan. 18, 2017: KANSAS EDTALK / Episode 8: 2017 legislative landscape & Rise Up Kansas
Jan. 12, 2017: BLOOMBERG BNA / Kansas Governor defends LLC tax break, reveals increases
Jan. 10, 2017: KSN-TV / Democrats offer response to Brownback’s State of the State
Jan. 10, 2017: WIBW NEWS / Budget fixes could come in 2017 Kansas legislative session
Jan. 8, 2017: BLOOMBERG / Kansas offers cautionary tale for trump’s tax ambition
Jan. 5, 2017: AZ CENTRAL / A warning to Arizona on income-tax cuts: ‘Don’t do what Kansas did’
December 2016
Dec. 31, 2016: THE HUTCHINSON NEWS / Happy New Year legislators, now fix the budget
Dec. 23, 2016: WALL STREET JOURNAL / Sam Brownback calls on Donald Trump to mimic his Kansas tax plan
Dec. 16, 2016: GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM / Kansans want to hear ideas to help state make ends meet
Dec. 16, 2016: NEWTON KANSAN / The budget needs fixin’
Dec. 14, 2016: GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM / Rise Up Kansas shares tax-reform message
Dec. 13, 2016: HAYS POST: HAWVER / Stomping out fires instead of preventing them
Dec. 13, 2016: HIGH PLAINS PUBLIC RADIO / Kansas advocacy groups propose tax plan to fix state’s budget
Dec. 13, 2016: MANHATTAN MERCURY / It’s not perfect, but it’s a plan
Dec. 13, 2016: NEWTON KANSAN / Group floats tax reform plan
Dec. 13, 2016: KANSAS CITY STAR / First offer on Kansas tax policy is merely the start of a long, difficult debate
Dec. 13, 2016: SHAWNEE MISSION POST / Johnson County safety net advocates paint picture of challenging times amid Kansas budget shortfall
Dec. 12, 2016: HASTINGS TRIBUNE / Proposal a starting point
Dec. 12, 2016: HAYS DAILY NEWS / The roof over our heads
Dec. 11, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL – Kansas lawmakers mining for a pot of gold to fix budget woe
Dec. 10, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Editorial: Rise Up Kansas has started a necessary conversation
Dec. 9, 2016: LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD / Editorial: Conversation starter for state
Dec. 9, 2016: KANSAS CITY STAR / The Chat: Mayor Sly James pitches plan to improve all parts of KC
Dec. 7, 2016: KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE / Kansas advocacy groups push for tax increase to fix budget
Dec. 7, 2016: KANSAS CITY STAR / Former Kansas budget director leads call for lawmakers to make tax changes
Dec. 7, 2016: LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD / Coalition calls for partial reversal of Brownback tax cuts; seeks hike in gasoline tax
Dec. 7, 2016: ASSOCIATED PRESS / Coalition seeks income, gas tax hikes to fix Kansas budget
Dec. 7, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Capitol rally participants look to bite bullet on tax reform
Dec. 6, 2016: CHADRON RECORD / Kansas’ self-inflicted budget crisis a cautionary tale for Nebraska
November 2016
Nov. 27, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Suspense precedes Kansas tax report for November 2016
Nov. 23, 2016: MCPHERSON SENTINEL / Kansas falls flat on overall health
Nov. 22, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Fact Meter: Brownback falsely claims state income tax revenue growth
Nov. 22, 2016: PROGRESSIVE PULSE / The stakes are high, NC should reverse course regarding tax policy
Nov. 19, 2016: HUTCHINSON NEWS / Kansas election’s ‘teachable moments’
Nov. 17, 2016: GOVERNING / Trump’s tax plan sound familiar? Kansas enacted a similar one — and its economy tanked.
Nov. 15, 2016: WICHITA EAGLE: /Does Trump’s tax plan sound familiar, Kansas? It should.
Nov. 13, 2016: DODGE GLOBE / Rise Up Kansas
Nov. 12, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Bad revenue picture may complicate response to anticipated education funding decision
October 2016
Oct. 30, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL / Kansas poll exposes preference for raising state taxes on wealthy, big business
Oct. 25, 2016: SALON / Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s trickle-down economics experiment is so bad the state stopped reporting on it
Oct. 24, 2016: CHICAGO TRIBUNE / Kansas ends bad economic news – by not reporting it
Oct. 24, 2016: BLOOMBERG VIEW / Kansas ends bad economic news by not reporting it
Oct. 19, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas has racked up billions in debt over the past 20 years, more than tripling late 90s level
Oct. 19, 2016: HAYS DAILY NEWS / Forum offers progressive, faith-based voice to issues
Oct. 18, 2016: BLOOMBERG VIEW / Why tax cuts worked for Russia, but not Kansas
Oct. 16, 2016: TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL / Kansas politicos agree revenue forecasts are off, but diverge on solutions
Oct. 14, 2016: HUTCHINSON NEWS / Look who wins under Brownback tax plan
Oct. 13, 2016: KPR / Wealthy benefited most from Kansas tax cuts
Oct. 12, 2016: WIBW / 2012 tax cuts mostly benefited wealthy
Oct. 12, 2016: ABILENE REFLECTOR CHRONICLE / Tax break. Who benefited?
Oct. 7, 2016: WICHITA EAGLE / Don’t hide bad news on revenue
Oct. 3, 2016: SALINA JOURNAL / Goossen: State economy can’t go on like this
Oct. 1, 2016: KANSAS CITY STAR / Sam Brownback’s hidden reports reveal a Kansas economy in the dumps
September 2016
Sept. 30, 2016 – KMUW: Kansas college students paying increasingly more for education
Sept. 30, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Rex Sinquefield gets his facts wrong in explaining Kansas budget deficit
Sept. 29, 2016 – SANTA MONICA OBSERVER: Failed governor cancels quarterly economic report
Sept. 27, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback official acknowledges budget will have to be changed
Sept. 26, 2016 – RAW STORY: Sam Brownback kills report that would show how his Tea Party policies destroyed the Kansas economy
Sept. 26, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: Kansans should distrust cancellation of economic reports
Sept. 26, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Brownback’s ‘sunshine’ on tax cuts vanishes behind big, dark cloud
Sept. 26, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas law requiring the budget to have leftover cash often ignored. Should it be in the constitution?
Sept. 25, 2016 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Brownback, advisers abandon report on Kansas economy
Sept. 24, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Gov. Sam Brownback, advisers abandon report of Kansas economy
Sept. 23, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback administration exempting Cabinet budget plans from KORA
Sept. 20, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: TheChat: Gov. Jay Nixon insists Missouri’s budget is in good shape
Sept. 19, 2016 – MCPHERSON SENTINEL: Former budget director critical of finances
Sept. 17, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Opinion: Brownback dealing in dreams, not reality
August 2016
August 30, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Goossen to speak in McPherson on state budget
August 28, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: They get Kansas tax breaks, and they ‘feel like freeloaders’
August 17, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: What “economic freedom” is costing Kansas
August 13, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Does state need more cuts or more revenue?
August 11, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: State agencies asked to look at 5 percent cuts
August 10, 2016 – KRVN: Report urges Nebraska leaders to avoid Kansas tax mistakes
August 10, 2016 – GRAND ISLAND INDEPENDENT: Kansas budget wound provides cautionary tale for Nebraska
August 9, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: Brownback fails to understand Kansans’ concerns
July 2016
July 22, 2016 – STAR TRIBUNE: Kansas tax cuts don’t work, leave state in hole
July 14, 2016 – TAX JUSTICE BLOG: State Rundown 7/14
June 2016
June 30, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Signs point to June tax revenue missing estimates in Kansas
June 15, 2016 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: The big shift
June 9, 2016 – WYANDOTTE DAILY: Kansas officials disagree about funding for roads
June 9, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Review of tax estimating process needs to be honest
May 2016
May 19, 2016 – KMUW: EngageICT: Economy
May 12, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: New leader of Kansas Action for Children to serve in state’s children’s cabinet
May 10, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Hutchinson native named new president and CEO of Kansas Action for Children
May 9, 2016 – KMUW: New leader takes over at Kansas Action for Children
May 9, 2016 – KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE: Cotsoradis leaving KAC for Nebraska post
May 9, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas Action for Children names new president and CEO
May 9, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Shannon Cotsoradis, prominent advocate for children’s programs, to leave Kansas
May 6, 2016 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Unseat the illiterates
April 2016
April 28, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas lawmakers weigh putting business owners back on income tax rolls
April 28, 2016 – THE COLLEGIO: The part of Kansas tax code that still works
April 27, 2016 – 41 ACTION NEWS: Kansas lawmakers reconvene to tackle budget shortfalls
April 27, 2016 – WIBW NEWS: Kansas Center for Economic Growth proposes “Option 4” to balance budget
April 27, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Session resumes with call for total repeal of Brownback tax cuts
April 27, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas groups call for an end to state’s “failed tax experiment”
April 27, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas coalition urges lawmakers to reverse state income tax cuts
April 26, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Legislators return to finish job, with groups to voice concerns ahead of session’s start
April 26, 2016 – THE PITCH: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback can’t hide from his false promises
April 25, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Center for Economic Growth director to present on Kansas budget at Wichita State
April 23, 2016 – FARRAGUTER: New Kansas revenue forecast expected to spur budget changes
April 22, 2016 – THE ATLANTIC: Kansas’ never-ending budget mess
April 21, 2016 – SALINA POST: Brownback proposing three plans to fix Kansas budget
April 20, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Gov. Sam Brownback orders budget overhaul to match $228 million revenue shortfall
April 20, 2016 – WIBW NEWS: State revenue estimates prompt tough legislative choices
April 20, 2016 – KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE: Kansas revenue estimating group meets amid controversy
April 13, 2016 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Kansas needs to invest back in its people
April 8, 2016 – WINFIELD COURIER: Goossen: Kansas ‘broke,’ won’t be solvent soon
April 7, 2016 – KWCH TV: Report: Investment in public education pays off
April 1, 2016 – PRAIRIE VILLAGE POST: Income tax cuts wreaking havoc on Kansas budget — and more pain to come, warn MainStream speakers
March 2016
March 31, 2016 – WINFIELD COURIER: State budget expert to speak in Winfield
March 30, 2016 – 41 ACTION NEWS: Kansas lawmaker, non-partisan group call Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax plan ‘catastrophic’
March 29, 2016 – WIBW NEWS: Kansas Center for Economic Growth seeking summer interns
March 28, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Overly optimistic revenue estimates prompt Brownback to seek process changes
March 24, 2016 – INSIGHT KANSAS: A billion lost and counting
March 18, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas House committee studies potential of starting rainy-day fund
March 2, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: As Kansas sinks under Gov. Sam Brownback, a fair tax system must be restored
March 1, 2016 – KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE: Kansas February tax revenue falls far short of estimates
March 1, 2016 – KANSAS PUBLIC RADIO: Former budget director judges Kansas tax experiment
March 1, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Town hall exchange sheds light on administration approach to budget
February 2016
Feb. 28, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Restore Kansas group wants budget cuts to stop
Feb. 25, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Sam Brownback slams Bernie Sanders, praises Kansas GOP welfare reform
Feb. 24, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: TheChat
Feb. 22, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Speaker denounces tax path Kansas is on, calls it a ‘failed’ experiment
Feb. 19, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Deliberate financial starving of the state
Feb. 18, 2016 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Tax toll: Legislators can fix problem by reversing reckless policies
Feb. 17, 2016 – TIMES PICAYUNE: Louisiana’s budget is a disaster, but we’re not alone
Feb. 15, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Presentation on legislation, funding effects on public schools to be held at library
Feb. 11, 2016 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Tax plan’s back-door success
Feb. 11, 2016 – HUFFINGTON POST: We’re not in Kansas anymore!
January 2016
Jan. 28, 2016 – NORMAN TRANSCRIPT: The failed Kansas experiment: cutting income tax doesn’t help economy
Jan. 28, 2016 – DUNCAN BANNER: Searching for solutions: Oklahoma Policy institute hosts budget summit to find answers to state deficit
Jan. 22, 2016 – OKLAHOMA DAILY: Summit will attempt to address issues surrounding Oklahoma state budget situation
Jan. 20, 2016 – BLOOMBERG: Taxpayers call themselves businesses as Kansas tax plan founders
Jan. 18, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Efficiency report calls for state to create rainy day fund
Jan. 16, 2016 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Kansas’ uncertain state finances weighs on some lawmakers
Jan. 12, 2016 – LEAVENWORTH TIMES: Voodoo fiscal management wrecking Kansas
Jan. 11, 2016 – WINFIELD DAILY COURIER: Trimmer accuses state Republicans of ‘money laundering’ with budgets
Jan. 11, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Faced with budget shortfall, Republicans point to global economic troubles as session begins
Jan. 10, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Democrats, Republicans huddling day before 2016 session
Jan. 7, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas tax amnesty snagged $23M; $7M less than expected
Jan. 1, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Duane Goossen: State budget woes like deja vu all over again
December 2015
Dec. 31, 2015 – SALINA JOURNAL: With Kansas finances, it’s déjà vu all over again
Dec. 30, 2015 – KANSAS FARMERS UNION: State’s Fiscal Crisis Will Hit Rural Kansas Hardest, Goossen Warns
Dec. 29, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas will pay the price for diverting money from highway fund, some lawmakers say
Dec. 26, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Tax Wars: Is Kansas seeing an awakening or a disturbance in labor force?
Dec. 21, 2015 – MIDWEST PRODUCER: Kansas Farmers Union convention focuses on cultivating healthy rural communities
Dec. 18, 2015 – KCUR: As new jobs numbers hit, report aims to debunk Kansas’ ‘lost decade myth’
Dec. 15, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Panel sees more gloom for low-income Kansans
November 2015
Nov. 19, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: For the welfare of the wealthy
Nov. 18, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Here we go again: Kansas trying to figure out how to handle a budget on the brink
Nov. 9, 2015 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: State tax policies aren’t working, two speakers from fiscal group tell Hutch crowd
October 2015
Oct. 22, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: The Kansas financial crisis
Oct. 19, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas income tax changes could sting
Oct. 14, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Little-noticed court ruling revives possibility Kansas will have to refund man $42 million in taxes
Oct. 14, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Economist discusses impact of Kansas tax policy
Oct. 14, 2015 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Brownback not looking to tax hikes or spending cuts after missed revenue estimates
Oct. 12, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Forum to address economic policy
Oct. 9, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Unfair state tax policy persists
Oct. 9, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas budget director says poor September tax revenue could be an anomaly
Oct. 8, 2015 – CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL: Duane Goossen: Buyer beware in WV, as in Kansas
Oct. 2, 2015 – KMUW: Kansas Starts Fiscal Year With Weak Revenue Numbers
September 2015
Sept. 3, 2015 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Revenue down again
Sept. 8, 2015 – NHFPI: Kansas Tax Cuts: Lessons for New Hampshire Offers Legislators Context for Considering Impact of Proposed Business Tax Cuts
Sept. 11, 2015 – NHPR: As N.H. Budget Debate Continues, Kansas Offered as Example of Tax Cuts Gone Awry
August 2015
August 31, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas Department of Revenue moving release day of its monthly report to include more revenue
August 29, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Debate likely over whether State Finance Council should play role in new school funding formula
August 28, 2015 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Ignoring statistics
August 28, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Goossen: Celebrate all state employees
August 22, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas governor’s council drops online cloak on economic report
August 19, 2015 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Report: Kansas missing out on manufacturing job growth
August 18, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas lost manufacturing jobs in past year, while U.S. gained
August 16, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Amid cuts, local school districts seek help from the Kansas Extraordinary Need Fund
July 2015
July 30, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback orders $62.6 million in state budget adjustments
July 20, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Goossen: State ‘pay-fors’ coming due
July 18, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Data raises questions about how many Kansans make a living wage
June 2015
June 30, 2015 – KCUR: Small Kansas Savings Account Makes Monthly Tax Collections Critical
June 15, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Of 53 lawmakers, six keep no-tax pledges
June 14, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas workers with low to moderate incomes will feel the greatest pain from tax increases
June 12, 2015 – WASHINGTON POST: Kansas keeps making life harder on the poor
June 6, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: An obvious solution to budget crisis
June 4, 2015 – OTTAWA HERALD: Budget expert calls for fiscal balance in Kansas legislature
June 2, 2015 – THE NATION: Life and death in Sam Brownback’s Kansas
June 2, 2015 – TAX JUSTICE BLOG: Kansas Considers Tax Hikes on the Poor to Address Budget Mess
June 1, 2015 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Goossen to Rotary: Budget implosion ‘not out of question’
May 2015
May 26, 2015 – HAYS POST: Former Kan. budget director: State finances ‘badly out of balance’
May 22, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Tax structure is the problem
May 19, 2015 – KCUR: Kansas Lawmakers Talk About Medicaid Expansion, But There’s A Catch
May 19, 2015 – THINK PROGRESS: Kansas’ Governor Destroyed The State Budget With Massive Tax Cuts And Now Kansans Are Paying The Price
May 13, 2015 – KCUR: Kansas Lawmakers Consider Raising Taxes To Lower Deficit
May 11, 2015 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Former state budget director visits Hays Rotary
May 6, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Kansas has lost its balance
May 4, 2015 – PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: Ax state income tax? Kansas says that’s a serious mistake
April 2015
April 28, 2015 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Wrong road
April 24, 2015 – PARSONS SUN: Group worries over highway funding
April 23, 2015 – KAKE – State aid to Kansas libraries cut also
April 21, 2015 – WASHINGTON POST: Kansas lawmakers want the poor to pay for tax cuts for the rich
April 21, 2015 – INDEPENDENT WEEKLY: What’s the matter with Kansas? (Everything. And that matters here.)
April 20, 2015 – KCUR: The Kansas Consensus Revenue Meeting Has Educators Worried
April 15, 2015 – KCUR: Advocates For The Poor Troubled By Provisions Of Kansas Welfare Bill
April 4, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Tough decisions on taxes await lawmakers when they return to Topeka
April 2, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: ‘Kansas leaders need to hear us’: Topeka West students voice concern on the state of Kansas’ education budget
April 1, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback stands firm as groups call for repeal of tax cuts
March 2015
March 30, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Let’s be practical about KanCare expansion
March 7, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Competing viewpoints characterize Kansas’ economic debate
March 5, 2015 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Brownback touts Kansas tax policy to Missouri lawmakers
February 2015
Feb. 23, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Brownback’s block grant plan will cut school funds
Feb. 21, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: More business owners are using tax exemption in Kansas than expected
Feb. 17, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: The Kansas budget crisis as film material?
January 2015
Jan. 30, 2015: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Revenue falls $47 million short in January
Jan. 16, 2015: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Governor’s approach to deficit inspires dissent
Jan. 15, 2015: BLOOMBERG: Kansas Follows Red-Ink Road With Brownback Tax Cuts
Jan. 13, 2015: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Lawmakers told oil revenue will miss estimates
2014
Dec. 31, 2014: TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: December revenue comes in $15 million below estimates
Nov. 12, 2014: UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN: Projected $279 million Kansas budget shortfall could have implications for higher education
Nov. 3, 2014: BLOOMBERG: Brownback Faces Blowback as Kansas Tax Cuts Shutter Classrooms
April 22, 2014: KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE: Report says Medicaid expansion would boost Kansas economy