Editorial Big barriers Barriers to business success cited across sectors
An analysis argues that high insurance and retiree costs, along with customer weaknesses and material prices, create major barriers to profit for firms from Hostess to local businesses. It urges collaboration, promotion, and practical planning to strengthen business communities and prevent failures like Hostess.
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Hostess
Boeing
Aunt Jennie’s
Ottawa
Crist Automotive
Prairie Star Bbq
Brownback's 2012 agenda reshapes Kansas schools pensions and taxes
Martin Hawver outlines Governor Brownback's State of the State budget blueprint for 2012. He targets dramatic school finance changes toward a $4,492 base aid per pupil, a sweeping defined contribution pension plan for public employees, Medicaid challenges with looming federal cuts, and broad tax-cut ambitions framed as cultural policy. The piece notes rising revenues but argues bold reforms loom.
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Sam Brownback
Brownback
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Public Employees
Promising Uprisings Rise From 2011 Political Downers
Jim Hightower notes 2011’s gridlock and GOP surge sparked grassroots energy. He highlights Occupy protests, Wisconsin and Ohio battles, and upcoming populist campaigns including Warren, Baldwin, Solomon, Sherman, and Griego. He urges organizing for 2012.
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Massachusetts
Tammy Baldwin
Norman Solomon
California
Ilya Sherman
Illinois
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