County property tax nearly triples rate of inflation and population
- Tax & Spending
- March 8, 2018
Kansas’s months of discussing legislation regarding ESG, or environmental, social, and governance, criteria towards state governmental investing is on its way to Gov. Laura Kelly’s desk in the form of HB 2100. While the vote was a veto-proof majority in the Senate, it wasn’t in the House. Governor Kelly hasn’t given any indication of whether
READ MOREKansas keeps slogging on through four decades of economic stagnation. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s recently released data, Kansas ranked 38th in the country in private non-farm earnings growth between 2021 and 2022. Of Kansas’s neighbors and nearby states with similar economies like Iowa and Arkansas, Kansas ranks at the bottom of the
READ MOREThe Truth in Taxation revenue-neutral law continues to save taxpayers money in some counties, but elected officials elsewhere took advantage of valuation spikes to impose large property tax increases last year. Actions taken last year by education entities (local school boards, community colleges, etc.) for 2023 budgets resulted in increases below 3% in 30 counties;
READ MORESince 2021, Kansas’s Truth in Taxation laws have been a strong tool for taxpayers to voice their opinion and oppose tax increases in their community. Here’s three ways that citizens are empowered to keep property taxes affordable. 1. Local officials must be transparent with their communities. Truth in Taxation requires that taxing authorities within a
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