We can rest assured that the special session of the state legislature beginning Tuesday, called to reportedly approve a plan to return some tax money […]
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Skip Governor Kelly – get tax relief via Constitutional Amendment
Double-digit increases in assessed valuations are being used by many local elected officials to sock taxpayers with unaffordable property tax hikes, and legislators can do […]
Survey: Kansas 12th highest tax burden in the U.S.
While taxpayers await another threatened veto of tax relief, a new analysis shows Kansas has the 12th highest tax burden in the nation. The research by WalletHub and the Tax Policy Center is […]
Taxes choke off Kansas job growth, and politics prevents a solution
Kansas’s 2024 legislative session can be characterized as a constant back-and-forth between the Legislature and Governor Kelly on tax reform, with several vetoes, failed overrides, and dozens […]
Laura Kelly will keep your money – again
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of HB 2036 was entirely predictable. We’ve heard the same excuses as she vetoed every income tax bill placed on her desk […]
Kelly to poorest Kansans: Keep giving unto Caesar
TOPEKA – In one felled swoop of her veto pen on Friday, Governor Laura Kelly denied tax relief to 341,000 low-income Kansas taxpayers who, under […]
Kansas Senate needs more votes to pass tax relief bill over Kelly’s likely veto
TOPEKA –The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would set a single rate on state income taxes, setting up a likely […]
Tax relief? Kansas’ 2 percent food sales tax reduction is a drop in the bucket
TOPEKA – While the State of Kansas sits on its biggest pot of tax-generated spare cash in state history – some $2.8 billion – you’ll […]