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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys
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Economist. "He's an impediment to Civic Progress" - Patrick La Forge, Edmonton Oilers President
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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 5h
Gotcha. Thought it was some kind of waffle

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 5h
What is that?

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 8h
Oof, no. Bondholders will buy these bonds BECAUSE they are backed by a lucrative tax income stream committed by the state. Tax revenue that would otherwise go to something else will now pay back the stadium debt. fox4kc.com/news/kansas-...

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RAND @rand.org · 9h
New report outlines West Virginia's rural health challenges—workforce shortages, chronic disease, infrastructure gaps, and access barriers—and describes a preliminary research agenda to guide improvements:
How to Improve Health Care Access and Quality in Rural West Virginia
In rural West Virginia, health system strengths and weaknesses are interwoven with unique geographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. Certain research priorities, promising programs, and communit...
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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 9h
Accurate.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11h
Here's our 20th most-read piece of 2025.
An Accurate Organizational Chart of Your University
Our 20th most-read article of 2025. - - -In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it ...
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 11h
A new lucrative revenue stream that flows directly to the Hunts.
What are PSLs? Explaining divisive ticketing tool possible at Chiefs’ new stadium
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium doesn’t have PSLs. But are they coming to the future home of the Chiefs?
www.kansascity.com

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 11h
Opportunity costs exist

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 12h
Yet, Ohio leaders found $600 million to build a replacement NFL stadium for the Haslams, who have a net worth approaching $9 billion.
Ohio’s libraries could face hard choices next year after 2025 budget cuts
2025 was a tumultuous year for Ohio’s libraries, between the dismantling of a decades-old state funding system and millions of dollars in financial cuts.
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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 14h
I mean, no pro sports stadium has ever generated significant economic activity before, but it's totally sound policy guidance to assume it will happen this time.

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Contemporary Economic Policy @cep-sky.bsky.social · 15h
✨New Article✨
Does nurse practitioner scope of practice expansion affect safety net participation? Owen Fleming and Lilly Springer find that 4-5 years after NP's are granted full practice authority, WIC participation increases by 4.1%.

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 1d
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mharrisondupre.bsky.social Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · Jan 9
NEW: Springer Nature — the prestigious publisher of scientific journals like Nature and the 1845-founded magazine Scientific American — is imploring published journal authors to buy $49 AI-generated "Media Kits" that summarize their own work.

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 1d
I have no words to describe what’s going on in college sports

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d
If he knows when you're awake and when you've been bad or good it's not unreasonable to assume that he also knows your preferences.

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Dan Wolken @danwolken.bsky.social · 1d
With Baylor adding a former NBA Draft pick to its roster this week, the line between pro and college continues to blur. Can the NCAA stop the progression toward full-fledged NBA players coming back to college? Should they even try? sports.yahoo.com/mens-college...
'This s*** is crazy' — Baylor's addition of James Nnaji further blurs line between pro and college hoops
The combination of schools looking for players outside the traditional recruiting realm and judges eroding the NCAA’s ability to enforce eligibility rules has led everyone here, whether they like it o...
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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 1d
The state is using Chiefs HQ as a carrot for munis to give their tax $s too. States should always discourage, not encourage, horizontal local gov competition as it’s wasteful. Since KS gov has committed state $s to go the cost alone, munis would be foolish to help. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Olathe officials to hold public hearing, vote on tax dollars for Chiefs project
In the next 60 days, the Olathe City Council must conduct a public hearing, vote and adopt an ordinance that would pledge all new incremental general sales tax generated within the Sales Tax and Reven...
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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 1d
Agglomeration ftw!
wbur.org WBUR @wbur.org · 1d
East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies.

Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States.
Inside the Connecticut factory behind some of the world's most famous bells
Bevin Bells made the bell that Muhammad Ali used in most of his fights; the Good Humor ice cream truck bell; and perhaps most famously, the bell from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
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WBUR @wbur.org · 1d
East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies.

Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States.
Inside the Connecticut factory behind some of the world's most famous bells
Bevin Bells made the bell that Muhammad Ali used in most of his fights; the Good Humor ice cream truck bell; and perhaps most famously, the bell from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
www.wbur.org

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Random paper from RePEc @random-repec-paper.bsky.social · 2d
Contrary Evidence on the Economic Effect of the Super Bowl on the Victorious City
by Victor A. Matheson (2005)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:sae:jospec:v:6:y:2005:i:4:p:420-428
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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 2d
Zoning for pickleball… I guess we need to focus on the issues of our times, but this is indicative of a complain-oriented way of planning
#Bestof2025 One of the most downloaded Zoning Practice issues of the year examines how planners can manage pickleball noise through zoning — explaining why traditional noise ordinances fail and outlining tools like setbacks, conditional use permits, and use-specific standards to balance recreation demand with neighborhood livability. Over the holidays, we’re taking a look back at 2025 and recapping what planners read, watched, and listened to this year. https://plnn.org/4ssaGZV

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Aricie | 아리시 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @parisien.cc · 3d
The only true way is the Canadian way

(As much as I wish it was a joke, it is in fact not one and this is exactly how it works here)

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 3d
😬🙁

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Billy @billygomila.bsky.social · 3d
I bet Mary and Joseph really wanted to kill that drummer boy

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 3d
Kansans inside the district wouldn't pay higher taxes, though — tax rates everywhere stay unchanged. It's just that all the sales and liquor taxes within the district get siphoned off and sent to Clark Hunt, leaving a $3B hole that all Kansas taxpayers will have to cover.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
Taxpayers...the subsidy revenue comes from taxpayers.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE STADIUM www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 3d
The stadium tax district would cannibalize sales and liquor taxes from an enormous chunk of the NE corner of Kansas, puttiing the lie to Gov. Kelly's claim that the Chiefs deal "requires no new funds from the current state budget."
Chiefs stadium subsidy hits $4.1B, could siphon off taxes from 293-square-mile swath of Kansas
It's been a whirlwind couple of days since Monday's announcement that the state of Kansas was offering Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt billions of dollars in cash and tax breaks to move across the...
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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 4d
Ouch. Current est of public resources to the Chiefs is $6.3b (nom) and $4.1b (real). I assume the $2.775b "cap" is all debt financed. Cost comes down if state uses cash. Cap is not what is owed to bond holders but what the state commits to project. $6.3b is rivaled by DC deal for the Commanders.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 4d
It's going to be that kind of a day.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 4d
What's the difference between a burglar and an NFL owner?

A burglar takes your stuff and leaves. An NFL owner takes your stuff and then gives you a lecture about why it's for your own good.

Sam McDowell bringing 🔥