Derek Schmidt Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

Efficient Spending Is Key to Cutting Kansas’s Retirement Tax 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 24, 2022
The legislative session is out, and election-year attacks are in. This week, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the presumptive GOP nominee for governor, announced his plan to eliminate the state income tax on retirement plans. Governor Laura Kelly made the cut out to be a gimmick that will “take us back to the Brownback era
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Rethinking Regulatory Oversight with SCR 1618 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 16, 2022
This week, the Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee is hearing SCR 1618, which would establish greater legislative oversight regarding executive branch regulations. This bill is a solid step towards healthy regulatory reform that will make Kansas more competitive and provide new opportunities for Kansas families. The constitutional amendment would allow the Kansas legislature to “establish procedures
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