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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 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 bolls 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
February 27, 2017 – PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE: As WV considers phaseout, other states look to increase income taxes
February 21, 2017 – BLOOMBERG BNA: Kansas lawmakers ax tax exemption for passthroughs
February 16, 2017 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: A proud day for the Kansas House
February 14, 2017 – KCUR: Closing the Kansas budget gap, author uses poetry to heal and educate
February 13, 2017 – THE GAZETTE: Iowa politics today: Guests from Kansas suggest Iowa not follow Kansas into fiscal oblivion
February 9, 2017 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Hope for possible budget fixes
February 8, 2017 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Editorial: Pain will be unavoidable if Kansas is to solve its budget mess
February 8, 2017 – KVOE: Changes in tax brackets, education funding debated in Statehouse
February 7, 2017 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas senate to debate budget cuts and tax hikes this week
February 7, 2017 – WICHITA EAGLE: Lower food tax, higher gas tax under consideration in Kansas House
February 4, 2017 – WICHITA EAGLE: Ending LLC loophole not enough to fix state budget
February 2, 2017 – TAX JUSTICE BLOG: What to watch in the states: gas tax hikes and swaps
February 1, 2017 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas exceeds revenue expectations for Jan. as lawmakers weigh budget options
January 2017
January 31, 2017 – KAKE: Bill tries to stop Brownback’s tax plan
January 29, 2017 – KANSAS CITY STAR: The troubled ‘Kansas experiment’ goes to Washington
January 25, 2017 – HILLSBORO FREE PRESS: Rise Up Kansas to present revenue generation plan for Kansas Jan. 29
January 23, 2017 – SHAWNEE MISSION POST: Kansas’ cautionary tax tale: a model of what not to do
January 23, 2017 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: All Kansans deserves access to library resources
January 19, 2017 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Advocates and critics of LLC tax policy battle for legislative support
January 18, 2017 – KANSAS EDTALK: Episode 8: 2017 legislative landscape & Rise Up Kansas
January 12, 2017 – BLOOMBERG BNA: Kansas Governor defends LLC tax break, reveals increases
January 11, 2017 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Brownback budget relies on borrowing idle funds, continued raids on highway money; critics call it ‘delusional’
January 10, 2017 – KSN-TV: Democrats offer response to Brownback’s State of the State
January 10, 2017 – WIBW NEWS: Budget fixes could come in 2017 Kansas legislative session
January 8, 2017 – BLOOMBERG: Kansas offers cautionary tale for trump’s tax ambition
January 5, 1017 – AZ CENTRAL: A warning to Arizona on income-tax cuts: ‘Don’t do what Kansas did’
December 2016
December 31, 2016 – THE HUTCHINSON NEWS: Happy New Year legislators, now fix the budget
December 23, 2016 – WALL STREET JOURNAL: Sam Brownback calls on Donald Trump to mimic his Kansas tax plan
December 16, 2016 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Kansans want to hear ideas to help state make ends meet
December 16, 2016 – NEWTON KANSAN: The budget needs fixin’
December 14, 2016 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Rise Up Kansas shares tax-reform message
December 13, 2016 – HAYS POST: HAWVER: Stomping out fires instead of preventing them
December 13, 2016 – HIGH PLAINS PUBLIC RADIO: Kansas advocacy groups propose tax plan to fix state’s budget
December 13, 2016 – MANHATTAN MERCURY: It’s not perfect, but it’s a plan
December 13, 2016 – NEWTON KANSAN: Group floats tax reform plan
December 13, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: First offer on Kansas tax policy is merely the start of a long, difficult debate
December 13, 2016 – SHAWNEE MISSION POST: Johnson County safety net advocates paint picture of challenging times amid Kansas budget shortfall
December 12, 2016 – HASTINGS TRIBUNE: Proposal a starting point
December 12, 2016 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: The roof over our heads
December 11, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas lawmakers mining for a pot of gold to fix budget woe
December 10, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: Rise Up Kansas has started a necessary conversation
December 9, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Editorial: Conversation starter for state
December 9, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: The Chat: Mayor Sly James pitches plan to improve all parts of KC
December 7, 2016 – KANSAS HEALTH INSTITUTE: Kansas advocacy groups push for tax increase to fix budget
December 7, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Former Kansas budget director leads call for lawmakers to make tax changes
December 7, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Coalition calls for partial reversal of Brownback tax cuts; seeks hike in gasoline tax
December 7, 2016 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Coalition seeks income, gas tax hikes to fix Kansas budget
December 7, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Capitol rally participants look to bite bullet on tax reform
December 7, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas coalition plan: Reinstate top tax bracket, eliminate LLC exemption, raise gas tax to solve fiscal problems
December 6, 2016 – CHADRON RECORD: Kansas’ self-inflicted budget crisis a cautionary tale for Nebraska
November 2016
November 27, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Suspense precedes Kansas tax report for November 2016
November 23, 2016 – MCPHERSON SENTINEL: Kansas falls flat on overall health
November 22, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Fact Meter: Brownback falsely claims state income tax revenue growth
November 22, 2016 – PROGRESSIVE PULSE: The stakes are high, NC should reverse course regarding tax policy
November 19, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Kansas election’s ‘teachable moments’
November 17, 2016 – GOVERNING: Trump’s tax plan sound familiar? Kansas enacted a similar one — and its economy tanked.
November 15, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Does Trump’s tax plan sound familiar, Kansas? It should.
November 13, 2016 – DODGE GLOBE: Rise Up Kansas
November 12, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Bad revenue picture may complicate response to anticipated education funding decision
October 2016
October 30, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas poll exposes preference for raising state taxes on wealthy, big business
October 25, 2016 – SALON: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s trickle-down economics experiment is so bad the state stopped reporting on it
October 24, 2016 – CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Kansas ends bad economic news – by not reporting it
October 24, 2016 – BLOOMBERG VIEW: Kansas ends bad economic news by not reporting it
October 19, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas has racked up billions in debt over the past 20 years, more than tripling late 90s level
October 19, 2016 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Forum offers progressive, faith-based voice to issues
October 18, 2016 – BLOOMBERG VIEW: Why tax cuts worked for Russia, but not Kansas
October 16, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas politicos agree revenue forecasts are off, but diverge on solutions
October 14, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Look who wins under Brownback tax plan
October 13, 2016 – KPR NEWS: Wealthy benefited most from Kansas tax cuts
October 12, 2016 – WIBW NEWS: 2012 tax cuts mostly benefited wealthy
October 12, 2016 – ABILENE REFLECTOR CHRONICLE: Tax break. Who benefited?
October 7, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Don’t hide bad news on revenue
October 3, 2016 – SALINA JOURNAL: Goossen: State economy can’t go on like this
October 1, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Sam Brownback’s hidden reports reveal a Kansas economy in the dumps
September 2016
September 30, 2016 – KMUW: Kansas college students paying increasingly more for education
September 30, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Rex Sinquefield gets his facts wrong in explaining Kansas budget deficit
September 29, 2016 – SANTA MONICA OBSERVER: Failed governor cancels quarterly economic report
September 27, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback official acknowledges budget will have to be changed
September 26, 2016 – RAW STORY: Sam Brownback kills report that would show how his Tea Party policies destroyed the Kansas economy
September 26, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Editorial: Kansans should distrust cancellation of economic reports
September 26, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Brownback’s ‘sunshine’ on tax cuts vanishes behind big, dark cloud
September 26, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas law requiring the budget to have leftover cash often ignored. Should it be in the constitution?
September 25, 2016 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Brownback, advisers abandon report on Kansas economy
September 24, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Gov. Sam Brownback, advisers abandon report of Kansas economy
September 23, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Brownback administration exempting Cabinet budget plans from KORA
September 20, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: TheChat: Gov. Jay Nixon insists Missouri’s budget is in good shape
September 19, 2016 – MCPHERSON SENTINEL: Former budget director critical of finances
September 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
February 28, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Restore Kansas group wants budget cuts to stop
February 25, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Sam Brownback slams Bernie Sanders, praises Kansas GOP welfare reform
February 24, 2016 – KANSAS CITY STAR: TheChat
February 22, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Speaker denounces tax path Kansas is on, calls it a ‘failed’ experiment
February 19, 2016 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: Deliberate financial starving of the state
February 18, 2016 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Tax toll: Legislators can fix problem by reversing reckless policies
February 17, 2016 – TIMES PICAYUNE: Louisiana’s budget is a disaster, but we’re not alone
February 15, 2016 – LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD: Presentation on legislation, funding effects on public schools to be held at library
February 11, 2016 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Tax plan’s back-door success
February 11, 2016 – HUFFINGTON POST: We’re not in Kansas anymore!
January 2016
January 28, 2016 – NORMAN TRANSCRIPT: The failed Kansas experiment: cutting income tax doesn’t help economy
January 28, 2016 – DUNCAN BANNER: Searching for solutions: Oklahoma Policy institute hosts budget summit to find answers to state deficit
January 22, 2016 – OKLAHOMA DAILY: Summit will attempt to address issues surrounding Oklahoma state budget situation
January 20, 2016 – BLOOMBERG: Taxpayers call themselves businesses as Kansas tax plan founders
January 18, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Efficiency report calls for state to create rainy day fund
January 16, 2016 – ASSOCIATED PRESS: Kansas’ uncertain state finances weighs on some lawmakers
January 12, 2016 – LEAVENWORTH TIMES: Voodoo fiscal management wrecking Kansas
January 11, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Faced with budget shortfall, Republicans point to global economic troubles as session begins
January 10, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Democrats, Republicans huddling day before 2016 session
January 7, 2016 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Kansas tax amnesty snagged $23M; $7M less than expected
January 1, 2016 – WICHITA EAGLE: Duane Goossen: State budget woes like deja vu all over again
December 2015
December 31, 2015 – SALINA JOURNAL: With Kansas finances, it’s déjà vu all over again
December 30, 2015 – KANSAS FARMERS UNION: State’s Fiscal Crisis Will Hit Rural Kansas Hardest, Goossen Warns
December 29, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas will pay the price for diverting money from highway fund, some lawmakers say
December 26, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Tax Wars: Is Kansas seeing an awakening or a disturbance in labor force?
December 21, 2015 – MIDWEST PRODUCER: Kansas Farmers Union convention focuses on cultivating healthy rural communities
December 18, 2015 – KCUR: As new jobs numbers hit, report aims to debunk Kansas’ ‘lost decade myth’
December 15, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Panel sees more gloom for low-income Kansans
November 2015
November 19, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: For the welfare of the wealthy
November 18, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Here we go again: Kansas trying to figure out how to handle a budget on the brink
November 9, 2015 – HUTCHINSON NEWS: State tax policies aren’t working, two speakers from fiscal group tell Hutch crowd
October 2015
October 22, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: The Kansas financial crisis
October 19, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: Kansas income tax changes could sting
October 14, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Little-noticed court ruling revives possibility Kansas will have to refund man $42 million in taxes
October 14, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Economist discusses impact of Kansas tax policy
October 14, 2015 – GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM: Brownback not looking to tax hikes or spending cuts after missed revenue estimates
October 12, 2015 – EMPORIA GAZETTE: Forum to address economic policy
October 9, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Unfair state tax policy persists
October 9, 2015 – WICHITA EAGLE: Kansas budget director says poor September tax revenue could be an anomaly
October 8, 2015 – CHARLESTON GAZETTE MAIL: Duane Goossen: Buyer beware in WV, as in Kansas
October 2, 2015 – KMUW: Kansas Starts Fiscal Year With Weak Revenue Numbers
September 2015
September 3, 2015 – HAYS DAILY NEWS: Revenue down again
September 8, 2015 – NHFPI: Kansas Tax Cuts: Lessons for New Hampshire Offers Legislators Context for Considering Impact of Proposed Business Tax Cuts
September 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
February 23, 2015 – INSIGHT KANSAS: Brownback’s block grant plan will cut school funds
February 21, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: More business owners are using tax exemption in Kansas than expected
February 17, 2015 – KANSAS CITY STAR: The Kansas budget crisis as film material?
January 2015
January 30, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Revenue falls $47 million short in January
January 16, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Governor’s approach to deficit inspires dissent
January 15, 2015 – BLOOMBERG: Kansas Follows Red-Ink Road With Brownback Tax Cuts
January 13, 2015 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: Lawmakers told oil revenue will miss estimates
2014
December 31, 2014 – TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL: December revenue comes in $15 million below estimates
November 12, 2014 – UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN: Projected $279 million Kansas budget shortfall could have implications for higher education
November 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