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Kansas Supreme Court Case Shows Public Services Suffer When Tax Breaks for Wealthy Take Priority
March 11, 2014 • By Jenice Robinson
Far too often, lawmakers use tax cuts to score political points and throw around phrases such as “more effective government” to gloss over the lasting, negative effects of starving public investments. In the case of Kansas, public schools are paying the price. The state Supreme Court ruled last Friday that the state Legislature hasn’t allocated […]
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