Kansas is—yet again—embracing trickle-down economics. The results could be devastating

It’s not alone. Mississippi and other states are pushing tax cuts for the wealthy, which could dramatically reduce funding for education, health and other vital programs.

Heather Ferguson loves to talk about her daughter’s school in Johnson County, Kansas, and the quality of the state’s education system, citing it as one of the main reasons that she moved here recently from Albuquerque. The school, which she says boasts excellent teachers, is an environmental lab that includes seven acres of woods and ponds where students can study hedgehogs and snakes.