Wichita’s bailout culture

The Wichita City Council will consider a bailout of a real estate development. If the council takes this action, it is just one more step in a series of bailouts granted by the city, and it sets up expectations that the city will continue bailouts, creating a severe climate of moral hazard.

Obama Administration Releases Final Regulation For New Medicaid Program Called "Community First Choice Option"

By Marty Omoto California Disability Community Action Network
Yesterday the Obama Administration announced the release of the long awaited final federal regulations for a new Medicaid program, called the “Community First Choice Option” that will pr…

Obama Administration Releases Final Regulation For New Medicaid Program Called "Community First Choice Option"

By Marty Omoto California Disability Community Action Network
Yesterday the Obama Administration announced the release of the long awaited final federal regulations for a new Medicaid program, called the “Community First Choice Option” that will pr…

Wichita teacher labor kerfuffle illustrates the problem

A dispute over teacher working conditions in USD 259, the Wichita public school district, provides a window into the workings of the public school system and its problems. There is a way out, but it’s not happening in Kansas.

A Constitutional Right to Education?

By Nathan Tucker The answer to that question depends on which Iowa Supreme Court justice you ask, and whether or not it is a retention election year.  Despite a recent stretch of relative calm on the Court since last summer, justices gave vent to their disagreements in an extremely fractured case that produced five opinions [...]