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KPI conducts research on timely issues as determined by its board of directors. In addition, KPI will also conduct research consistent with its mission on a contractual or grant basis for individuals or groups, and will post or publish research conducted by others in which the board of directors finds particularly relevant to the issues facing Kansas. KPI research will focus not only on good policy analysis, but also on how to make it understood by a wider public.

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How Fossil Fuel Money Fueled Kansas Votes Against Wind Energy
January 18, 2017
Co-written by Creed Shepard A 2009 Kansas law on Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) required electric companies to get 20% of their power from wind and other renewable sources by 2020. Fossil fuel interests (FFIs) pushed for repeal from the beginning, led by Κoch Industries of Wichita. They finally succeeded in 2015. However the 2015 repeal was ...
How To Get Away With Murder Incitement Case file #2
September 2, 2016
Case file #2: Troy Newman (1966 –) and Operation Rescue The antiabortion movement uses the terms “mainstream” and “fringe” to distinguish its nonviolent wing from its overtly violent wing. Operation Rescue (OR), which is headquartered in Wichita, might be characterized as operating at the near-fringe or hard edge of the “mainstream.” Nevertheless, inclusion in the antiabortion ...
How To Get Away With Murder Incitement Case File #1
May 26, 2016
Case File #1: Dr. George Richard Tiller (August 8, 1941 –May 31, 2009) by David Burress May, 2016 This is the first in a series of case files presenting some of the raw facts, together with some immediate interpretations. I will leave it to the reader to draw any deeper conclusions. Case File #1: Dr. George Richard Tiller (August ...

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Health Care Reform Overview
September 20, 2009
]This presentation was prepared for the Unitarian Fellowship of Lawrence in September 20, 2009. SEE MORE
Single Payer Health Insurance
June 27, 2009
Part of a panel presentation for the League of Women Voters
Economic Stimulus or more Tax and Spend?
May 9, 2009
A presentation given to the Mainstream Coalition in Mission, KS on May 9, 2009. The main topic was on the Obama administration’s Macroeconomic performance.

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Campaign Bullet Points for State-wide Issues
July 1, 2008
The dominance of market fundamentalist thinking in public policy has been so prescient that often time the charges that the supposed opposition, no matter who or what party it is, doesn’t have any clear agenda for an alternative.
Pragmatists, Visionaries, and Progressive Politics
June 1, 2007
Political struggles among Kansas and national Democrats and progressive activists are said to pit centrists against leftists. I think that’s misleading.
Analysis of Joe King’s Tall-Tower Wind Speed Data over 12 months
November 12, 2006
Wind power is a constantly available energy source, as shown by the analysis of Kansas Corporation Commission data collected from wind turbines throughout the western half of Kansas. Wind power offers a number of advantages over coal

Publications || Presentations || Position Papers KPI conducts research on timely issues as determined by its board of directors. In addition, KPI will also conduct research consistent with its mission on a contractual or grant basis for individuals or groups, and will post or publish research conducted by others in which the board of directors […]