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Kansas Politics · KansasKansas legislators are struggling to overcome political divisions that have prevented their state’s residents from seeing major income tax cuts over the past two years even as other states have slashed income tax rates. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a bill early Saturday morning that would cut income, sales and property taxes by more than $1.5 billion over three years. However, statements from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly earlier in the week and from a top aide Friday night suggested she might veto the plan. It wasn’t clear supporters would have the two-thirds majorities in both chambers needed to override such an action. The debate appears stuck where it was at the start of 2023, with top Republicans pushing for a single personal income tax rate instead of the current three and Kelly opposed to steps in that direction. See the Story
Kansas lawmakers approve a tax bill but the state still might not see big tax cuts
60% Left coverage: 20 sources
Republican Party · KansasTop Republican legislators and the Democratic governor in Kansas have brokered a deal on cutting taxes after GOP leaders gave up on moving the state to a single-rate personal income tax that the governor strongly opposed. The Kansas House and Senate were expected to vote on the compromise package Thursday or Friday, and Gov. Laura Kelly was expected to sign it if it reached her desk. The plan would save taxpayers about $1.4 billion over the next three years, but it is smaller than separate plans approved last month by each chamber and smaller than one passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature in January that Kelly vetoed. GOP leaders wanted to move Kansas to a single personal income tax rate from the three current rates and cut the top rate from its current 5.7%, which Kelly said would benefit the “super wealthy.” The same dispute thwarted major tax cuts in 2023, when a dozen other states cut income tax rates, according to the conservative Tax Foundation.See the Story
Kansas’ governor and GOP leaders have a deal on cuts after GOP drops ‘flat’ tax plan
55% Left coverage: 11 sources
Kansas Politics · KansasThe publisher of a Kansas newspaper that was raided by police in August is now suing officials involved in the move, accusing them of retaliating against the paper and violating its First Amendment rights.
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Kansas newspaper publisher sues over police raid, claiming retaliation
Coverage: 28 sources
Republican Party · TopekaRepublican legislators in Kansas have revived a proposal to stop giving voters three extra days after polls close to return mail ballots after making key concessions in a bid to get enough votes from rural GOP lawmakers to overcome the Democratic governor’s potential veto.See the Story
Kansas GOP lawmakers revive a plan to stop giving voters 3 extra days to return mail ballots
68% Center coverage: 19 sources
Kansas Politics · TopekaKansas lawmakers are approaching a deadline to pass pending legislation or let it die. The Republican-controlled Legislature is heading into its annual spring break and most bills that don’t pass Friday will simply fade away when politicians return for a short wrap-up session.See the Story
Kansas lawmakers race to solve big fiscal issues before their spring break
Coverage: 17 sources
Laura Kelly · KansasKansas could become the latest state to ban gender-affirming health care for minors after its Republican-dominated Legislature sent a bill prohibiting transgender youth from accessing treatments such as puberty blockers and hormones to the governor’s desk.
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Kansas lawmakers send bill banning gender-affirming care for minors to governor’s desk
59% Center coverage: 22 sources
Kansas Politics · KansasRepublican legislators gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state.See the Story
Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions
46% Left coverage: 13 sources