Kansas Legislative Research Department Archives

Tax relief going forward in the Kansas Legislature 0
- Tax & Spending
- February 27, 2023
This last week was “turnaround week” in the Kansas Legislature during which a bill typically has to be approved by one chamber of the Legislature to move forward through the rest of the session. A few bills that would provide tax relief for Kansas families are very-much alive. They’ll still have the pass the other
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Review of Kansas’ Performance-Based Budgeting Shows Poor Results 0
- Tax & Spending
- January 9, 2023
The State of Kansas is scheduled to spend more than $22 billion this year. Still, there is little – that’s being generous – accountability for spending that money. Kansas does not have a budget or appropriations process; it has a spending process that simply distributes money. Even modest attempts to ensure that money is well-spent
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Kelly’s Tax Council proposes higher taxes, more spending 0
- Tax & Spending
- April 20, 2022
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly’s Council on Tax Reform recently released their final report and the message is clear: higher taxes to pay for more spending. Spending has jumped 24% since 2018 under Kelly and is more than $2 billion higher than if adjusted for inflation since 1995. The Tax Council she assembled is continuing this
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