Tax & Spending Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

As COVID-19 triggers financial hardship, Gov. Kelly spares government the pain 0
- Tax & Spending
- July 2, 2020
COVID-19 and government orders continue to wreak havoc on Kansans’ livelihood and finances. Under an economic recession, the state government should feel the pain as well. However, with a looming $1.5 billion state budget shortfall, Gov. Kelly refuses to balance the budget. Instead, her latest plan intends to skip debt payments, push spending into the
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Educators top KPERS ‘millionaires’ list, system badly underfunded 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 15, 2020
Information provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) shows school officials top the list of KPERS ‘millionaires’ — people who will collect at least $1 million in pension benefits during their first 20 years of retirement. But while government retirees are collecting generous pensions at taxpayers’ expense, the system’s unfunded liabilities are nearly
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Shawnee Mission superintendent wants a property tax increase 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 12, 2020
How tone-deaf…or insensitive…or just plain entitled…must one be to propose a property tax increase while individuals and business owners are struggling to make ends meet? Taxpayers in the Shawnee Mission School District are about to find out. The Shawnee Mission Post reports that Superintendent Mike Fulton told the school board the best way to free
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Green Book 2020: Gov. Kelly Vetoes Relief From Nation’s Highest Property Tax Rate 0
- Tax & Spending, Tax & Spending Research
- June 8, 2020
With school closures, businesses shuttered for months, and inconsistent unemployment relief, Kansans’ well-being is in serious trouble. Governor Kelly’s history of denying Kansans tax relief and most recent action to veto the legislature overwhelming approval of property tax relief will only make matters worse. Our 2020 Green Book summarizes what 20+ years of Governor Kelly-like
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Use the special session to support taxpayers 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 2, 2020
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly called legislators back for a special session starting tomorrow, ostensibly to deal with COVID-related issues. But they already did so, and quite effectively. House Bill 2054 provided legislative oversight to Kelly’s emergency management authority and spending federal COVID funds, and also provided much-needed liability protection for healthcare workers and businesses. Kelly
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Governor Kelly’s vetoes showed her disdain for taxpayers 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 2, 2020
Remember Governor Laura Kelly’s campaign promises of bipartisanship, transparency, and doing what’s right for the people of Kansas? Observing her in the legislature over the years made clear it was hogwash, and that it would only be a matter of time before showing her true colors. Her recent vetoes did exactly that. This isn’t a
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