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State Government May 1, 2024 - 10:28 am

Kansas Legislature adopts $2.3 billion, 5-year tax cut despite bipartisan forecast of veto

by Tim Carpenter and Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The Kansas Legislature passed a tax reduction plan early Wednesday that closely mirrors the package vetoed by Gov. Laura Kelly and includes property tax relief, elimination of sales tax on groceries and more.

Pancho Metz / Contributed photo
Lawrence news April 30, 2024 - 3:32 pm

East Lawrencian, Air Force veteran kicks off campaign for Kansas House

by Lawrence Times

Brooklynne Mosley, an Air Force veteran and community organizer living in East Lawrence, has kicked off her campaign for Kansas House District 46.

State Government April 30, 2024 - 10:47 am

Jackson County dropped the ball, so Kansas making last-minute drive to lure KC sports teams

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Kansas House and Senate members worked Monday to consider whether to approve an economic development package designed to attract the Kansas City football team, Kansas City Royals or professional hockey or basketball franchises to Kansas.

State Government April 30, 2024 - 10:40 am

Kansas Senate fails to override governor’s veto of tax cut package

by Sherman Smith and Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

Three Senate Republicans joined with Democrats on Monday to sustain Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a massive tax cut package over concerns about reshaping income tax brackets and the state’s long-term fiscal vitality.

State Government April 29, 2024 - 2:58 pm

Kansas House fails to override veto on bill that would ban gender-affirming care for kids

by Sherman Smith and Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

As the Kansas Legislature renewed its yearslong assault on transgender children, Sen. Mary Ware told her Senate colleagues Monday she had a “simple” question for them: ”What is the acceptable number of youth suicides?”

Education April 29, 2024 - 12:16 pm

Kansas school finance bill, passed without ‘poison pill,’ on its way to governor

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

Kansas lawmakers have sent a bipartisan school finance bill that will shape state education funding for the next three years to the governor’s desk, packaging a $75 million increase in special education funding into the bill. 

State Government April 26, 2024 - 4:52 pm

Kansas House overrides governor’s veto of tax cut bills despite gloomy five-year forecast

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

House members voted to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s vetoes of income, property and sales tax cuts that would lower state revenue by about $520 million per year.

State Government April 26, 2024 - 4:50 pm

Kansas governor slices border funding, anti-abortion program, ESU earmark from state budget

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly sliced tens of millions of dollars from the state budget through a series of line-item vetoes, striking out funding to deploy the Kansas National Guard to the Mexico border, support for anti-abortion programs, and another earmark for Emporia State University’s enrollment-cratering “model.”

State Government April 24, 2024 - 4:24 pm

Kansas governor vetoes bipartisan plan to slash income, property and sales taxes

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly rejected a bipartisan package of tax cuts Wednesday and proposed a cheaper […]

State Government April 24, 2024 - 1:14 pm

Kansas places into state law blueprint for reforming K-12 instruction in reading

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly affirmed in law Wednesday a flurry of bills on reading literacy, employing people with disabilities, parking railroad cars adjacent to intersections and creating the crime of egging on someone to commit suicide.

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