Tax & Spending

Kansas loses private-sector jobs for third month in a row 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 26, 2023
Once again, Kansas ranks in the bottom of the packet when it comes to monthly private-sector job growth. Last month, Kansas lost 500 jobs while 36 other states had growth or smaller losses. Though ebbing and flowing, this month’s poor results are part of Kansas’s four decades of slow economic growth that is causing people
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2022 Kansas Payrolls: $2.36 billion 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 16, 2023
Kansas payrolls for employees at state agencies and universities totaled $2.36 billion during the 2021 calendar year, including $37.8 million on overtime. Compared to 2021, total was pay was 4.4% greater while overtime was 11.8% greater. Complete records on total pay and overtime for state employees can be found on KansasOpenGov.org. The amounts listed in
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Kansas’s $1 billion Panasonic handout part of $100 billion in subsidies nationwide 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 11, 2023
2022 was the biggest year for multi-billion dollar megasubsidies in states across the country, including Kansas’s own $1 billion investment in Panasonic. The roughly $100 billion spent on state and local economic development subsidies across the country was more than the 11 smallest state budgets combined. Yet, these subsidies in Kansas and across the country
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Kansas collects higher state tax per capita than average 0
- Tax & Spending
- May 8, 2023
The KLRD’s recently released budget profile predicted a massive $3 billion ending surplus in FY 2024 even AFTER the potential tax relief from implementing a flat tax in Kansas. Even more, this doesn’t include an additional $1.6 billion in the state’s Budget Stabilization Fund. Yet, this bill and other commonsense tax reforms failed to get
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Kansas slips into second straight month of job loss 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 28, 2023
Last night, the Kansas senate failed to overrule Governor Kelly’s veto of SB 169, a bill that would have established a flat tax and sped up the elimination of the food sales tax amongst other forms of relief. It’s disappointing that with a massive $3 billion predicted budget surplus in FY 2024 WITH SB 169
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Governor Kelly vetoes tax relief amidst budget surplus 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 24, 2023
This morning, Governor Kelly vetoed SB 169, a tax package that includes provisions to flatten the income tax and eliminate the food sales tax. The legislature will have the chance to override it with a two-thirds majority vote in each chamber. Instead, Kelly proposed a rebate of $450 per person over the summer totaling $800
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